With the United States Supreme Court allowing individual states to choke voting rights into bare consciousness, that country is accelerating its democratic decline. That matters for every democracy including ours. Closer to home, Samoa's democracy is rapidly downgrading, with self-entitled elites actively sustaining their reign.…
Cross posted from niemanlab.org using the Creative Commons licence. Celsius temperatures added for clarity. By Sarah Miller June 29, 2021, 2:11 p.m. What kind of awareness quotient are we looking for? What more about climate change does anyone need to know? What else is there to…
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On Monday, RNZ reported that “Chinese Communist Party spies are infiltrating New Zealand universities,” citing the suspicions of three lecturers in Chinese history and politics. Auckland University lecturer Dr. Stephen Noakes said that on one occasion, "There was someone I did not recognise in the…
I honestly am not sure what Judith's game plan. It is sort of evident but it is so bizarre that I question whether she is playing six dimensional chess or a rather bad game of tic tac toe. Elements within National think it is the…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …