OLITICAL Pathetic Pundit's Audacity of Nope
My profession sucks at what they do. Let me be very specific. Commentators, pundits, columnists, people like me who get their little heads put in a box on the left side of the story, are myopic sheep— on a good day. [more..]
The Biggest Story You've Never Heard
The biggest story you’ve never heard of in the last decade had nothing to do with 9/11 or the War on Terror. It is a story that will have more ramifications to your life than Al Qaeda ever will, yet you probably have no idea what Operation Aurora, Titan Rain, or GhostNet is. [more..]
Welcome to John Key's The Age of Beige
One year on from John Key taking office and it feels as if New Zealand has entered the Age of Beige-- and I can’t think of anything more terrifying. [more..]
The Terrible Cost of War by the Numbers
Today more US soldiers are commiting suicide than are dying in combat while overseas. This is the highest suicide rate the Army has reported since record keeping began. [more..]
ACC: 1, Sexual Abuse Survivors: 0 [Again]
Louise Nicholas may have lost a lot of battles but she’s winning this war. The number of people finally coming forward to get help after their sexual abuse has spiked dramatically recently. The prominence of her case, coupled with the “It’s not okay” campaigners are drowning in their success, and it’s not pretty.[more..]
American The Beautiful--I Swear
Kris Kristofferson never sang, ‘Freedom’s just another word for no brain cells left to lose’, but I’m thinking it’s time he did. Go ahead, bring your loaded handgun, or even an assault rifle to Town Hall Presidential health care discussions. About a dozen people already have. [more..]
This is the residual stench of future corporate warfare, where a court martial has no meaning. When war is so thoroughly outsourced, we can only audit the books-- and the bodies-- after the funerals. [more..]
Why We Will Lose in Afghanistan
Let’s make it plain, Prime Minister. Redeploying SAS troops back into Afghanistan is about currying long term political favour from America and Australia first and foremost. I thought we knew better. [more..]
When Dr. John Johnson finally brought himself to look at the slain body of his beautiful 19-year-old daughter flown home from Iraq, he knew immediately he was looking at murder. [more..]
When Yahoo’s Chief Executive, Jerry Yang, turned to bow in apology three times-- each bow deeper than the last—the mother of jailed Chinese journalist Shi Tao began to cry. [more..]
Louise Nicholas lost the trials she always believed would rebalance justice. But she won something much bigger than her own experience. She won a different future for her daughter-- one that was stolen from her past. [more..]