Kiwi populism… and future shock.
“To put it another way, future shock is the sense that your future is being taken away from you. By whom? By ‘them’ – Mike Grimshaw
21Feb 
2Feb
Making sense of the Treaty: The new civil religion of Aotearoa New Zealand?
“Te Tiriti o Waitangi/ the Treaty of Waitangi has, over the past 50 years, become a central element of a new civil religion” – Mike Grimshaw
19Jan
Societies have always been divided – it’s the degree of division that counts…
“… identity politics is the restriction of collective identity rather than as often expressed, its expansion.” – Mike Grimshaw.
21Dec
A new cold war…
“I want to raise what I know will be a controversial option: Is it time for a new, 21st-century Congress of Cultural Freedom?” – Mike Grimshaw
8Nov
It’s about critiquing power, stupid!…
“With a change in Government, it is time for the centre left and left in society and the universities to ensure that free speech and academic freedom is supported and engaged with” – Mike Grimshaw
27Oct
What’s in a name?
“Consider the addition of the word’ white’ to the abuse. Suddenly a word, ‘cunt’, that is I would suggest vulgar but usually acceptable on the rugby field, becomes a part of what we can term a phrase of controversy.” – Mike Grimshaw
16Oct
The broken system – and broken social contract – of tertiary education in New Zealand
“The tertiary system is failing because the school system feeding into it is failing, and the school system is failing because society is failing.” – Mike Grimshaw
6Oct
Critic and conscience: what should the universities offer – and expect?
“As the late great Christopher Hitchens stated, the important thing is not to teach people what to think but rather teach people how to think.” – Mike Grimshaw
28Sep
Election 2023: A totemic & charisma failure? The D&W analysis.
“This analysis is why D&W have labelled the 2023 election ‘the anti-election’, because leadership seems to be expressed, exercised and experienced in negative terms” – Mike Grimshaw
20Sep
It’s the economy – and the spirit, Stupid…
“Levett’s central point is that “the 1930s welfare state was aimed at the spirit of the nation.” – Mike Grimshaw