January 2011
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and this is only the end of it →
One of the best pieces yet on the asset sales debacle. I think we should address our debt, but clearly selling stuff isn’t the answer, or certainly isn’t the answer to this questions. Not that the Herald is listening:
On the other hand, if you’re an editorial writer for the Herald, you might consider John Key’s case for asset sales to be “powerful”. Despite the fact that he HASN’T...
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The Hoi Polloi
I know I shouldn’t have expected much from wannabe scene mag “See and Be Seen”. It’s mainly made up of photos of what counts for the rich and famous in Christchurch, pages and pages of them. It also has a food column, which was recommended to me by Cheryl Bernstein on twitter (and is worth tracking down for). But I also found a column by new councillor Jamie Gough, in which...
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Sleigh Bells to tour with Neon Indian, Cansai de... →
shoplifteroftheworld:
Can we just go ahead and call this the “Catch A Falling Star Tour?”
or “Teaching the indie kids to dance again. Again. Please guys?”
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Does it count as plagiarism if you're answering a...
In this otherwise perfectly interesting article about the poverty gap in New Zealand - and people’s responses to it - I was struck by this quote:
“I thought the DPB was a hand-up not a handout”
I know that the sentiment exists, but I’m surprised / disappointed that the Kiwiblog readers who choose to wheel this out can’t even find another way to phrase it. Imagine...
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