What would it take for Labour to win?
“Certainly, it will not take very long for Labour’s leadership deficit to be cruelly exposed by the surfeit of political leadership to Labour’s left.” – Chris Trotter
22Dec 
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
18Dec 
A view from Tamaki, and from Sydney
“… no Fair Pay Agreements had been activated by the time of the election: possibly if they had, Brooke would have found it hard to be the Grinch who actually stole Christmas” – Joanne Wilkes
13Dec 
“Colonization” is a deeply flawed explanation for the 7 October massacre
“… within days, some of Israel’s opponents fell into “Hamas atrocity denial”. In contrast, Holocaust denial took years to rear its ugly head in the West.” – @shereetrotter1
8Dec 
Mandated Cultural Humility for New Zealand Midwives
“Women aren’t mentioned at all; neither is breastfeeding. Childbirth is described just once in list form as ‘birthing’; a less specific word with quite different connotations and usages.” – @gcsarahjean
7Dec 
A free rein to broadcast falsehood
“The gaping chasm between the allegations and the actual figures is both astounding and deeply unsettling.” – @AKADaneGiraud
4Dec 
Censorship, free speech, and the Israel-Gaza conflict
Through the debate we see that free speech is not an abstract conception. It is, as Dr Moon argues, a thread in the fabric of society and state suppression of speech does lead to citizens self-censorship.
27Nov 
Where to from here?
“The ‘progressive’ world seems either against us or quiet. More than ever in my lifetime.” – @KiwiDaveC
24Nov
Sometimes your silence truly is golden
“I feel sorry for the actress… But the world was not crying out for Ms. Barrera’s perspective on this particular conflict.” – @AKADaneGiraud
22Nov 
Daphna Whitmore responds to Iranian-Kiwi columnist Donna Miles
“This is the most shocking statement. @UnPressed has airbrushed the murderous barbaric Hamas death squads out of the equation” – @daphna_nz