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Fake Breath Tests Are Bad. The Police Response Is Worse

Dec 8, 2025 • Roger Partridge

The Open Mind and the Closed University

Dec 5, 2025 • Roger Partridge

Rebuilding the Open Society

Centre for Independent Studies

Nov 28, 2025 • Roger Partridge

What Did New Zealand Do With Its Trillion Dollars?

Nov 26, 2025 • Roger Partridge

Supreme Court Matters: The Flaw at the Core of the Supreme Court's Uber Decision

Nov 24, 2025 • Roger Partridge

The Lever-Pullers

The Occasional Saturday Satire

Nov 21, 2025 • Roger Partridge

Why Burying Beats Exposure: A Structural Flaw in New Zealand’s Public Service Architecture

Nov 20, 2025 • Roger Partridge

Heretics in the Temple of Educational Orthodoxy

Nov 10, 2025 • Roger Partridge

Manage subscription advice

For my US and other international subscribers

Nov 2, 2025 • Roger Partridge

KiwiBuild in Scrubs

The Occasional Saturday Satire

Oct 31, 2025 • Roger Partridge

Another Judge-Made House of Cards: Why Council Liability Reforms Won’t Save Us From the Perils of Judicial Lawmaking

Oct 29, 2025 • Roger Partridge

No, America Is Not Experiencing Fascism. Yes, You Should Still Worry: A Response to Sir Niall Ferguson

Oct 26, 2025 • Roger Partridge

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