Karl du Fresne

(First published in The Dominion Post , June 27.)   More pressing questions for our troubled times: Does the simple act of giving a...

(First published in the Nelson Mail and Manawatu Standard , June 18.) HANDS UP all those who have read French economist Thomas Piketty’...

(First published in The Dominion Post , June 13.) I NOTICE someone has started a “Keep Jim Mora in Afternoons” page on Facebook. I wond...

(First published in the Nelson Mail and Manawatu Standard , June 4.)   Interesting things have been happening in British politics. An...

(First published in The Dominion Post , May 30.) WHATEVER else you might think of Sue Bradford, she sticks to her principles. You have ...

You sometimes have to  wonder about TV3's news judgment. There's  a place for aggressive reporting that pushes the boundaries, and...

I accept that some grown men (and, much more rarely, women) indulge in a form of hero worship. The object of their adoration may be a spor...