It’s 2017: Things can only get better, right?

2016 was a crappy year for so many people. So things can only get better in 2017, right?

Top ten predictions for 2017

Here are my predictions for 2017

Go home, Roy Morgan Poll, you’re drunk

Go home, Roy Morgan Poll, you’re drunk.

People have been awful on the internet again

Who was behind the offensive and awful comments lefty on Radio NZ Checkpoint’s Facebook page? What do we know for certain?

Something needs to be done about all these crackpots

The death of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia seems to have provoked all sorts of nuttery from far right groups and conspiracy theorists. It’s now infecting the political mainstream, with leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump raising questions about the circumstances surrounding Scalia’s death.

Why we were right to sign the TPP

A detailed analysis of the controversial trade deal and what it means for New Zealand

Is Mike Hosking biased?

Is Mike Hosking biased? Is the Pope a Catholic? Actually, I’m not so sure he is.

A thousand apologies

If the murderous attack on the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has taught me anything, it is that it is no longer safe to offend some people. It is a powerful message, as it has forced me to reflect on my own online behaviour. In my five and a bit years of blogging, I…