Every American ought to have had high hopes for Barack Obama’s presidency. An unsuccessful administration is bad for the country and, given America’s global status, it’s bad for the world too. That’s not to say you should have supported his entire agenda. Rather, as with Bill Clinton, you might have hoped the realities of governing […]
On politics
Let me be optimistic about the times we live in. Perhaps the silver lining to this insane election year is that more people are getting engaged in politics and awakening to the importance of it. Every other week it seems another person in my social media circle posts something starting with “Okay, I don’t post […]
New Zealand pays price for letting mateship die
Published in the Australian Financial Review, June 13, 2002 Should the NZ Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Helen Clark, win enough support to govern alone, the paths of New Zealand and Australia look set to keep diverging. A strong showing by the Green Party would result in more isolationist policies. A National government would […]