The internet neatly divides us into separate isolated tribes with polarised views of what are the issues and what is reality. How do we engage in a civilised discussion to educate each other and reach a consensus of what we should be doing?
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The pace of politics of transformation is glacial but it is unstoppable.
Robert Mueller’s report has now been released and questions are being asked at the benign spin that the White House has been allowed to engage in to describe it before its release.
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TVNZ have just announced a surprise return for NZ’s favourite sermoniser.
With the benefit of hindsight the decision not to proceed with a capital gains tax was almost inevitable.
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The Government has announced that there will be no Capital Gains Tax. It’s a shame, but it’s good politics.
Tova O’Brien has reported that different National MPs are speaking out against Simon Bridges and that a coup against him may be in the offering.
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Keep it seemly.
Donald Trump has considered taking some extraordinary steps to quell a surge in migration through the southern boarder of the United States.
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The latest 1 News Colmar Brunton Poll is out and it says that a Labour/Greens Government is what NZ wants. Oh, and we quite like Jacinda Ardern.
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Nat List MP Nuk Karako has unexpectedly announced his retirement, effective next month.
Simon Bridges has given a train wreck of an interview this morning on Radio New Zealand’s morning report about National’s culture review. It appears that National is keeping the report secret because of fears that the report may be leaked.
Silencing dissonant voices only leads to more and stronger dissonant voices and further radicalisation.
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There is no doubt that Julian Assange should be extradited when his UK jail sentence ends. Justice demands it.
Auckland Vice Chancellor Stuart McCutcheon has attracted the ire of Auckland students by suggesting that their concern with recent evidence of fascist behaviour at Auckland campus is because they are being too sensitive.
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Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.
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The latest Reid Research suggests that Labour is almost at the stage where it could rule alone. And National is getting into danger territory.
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Julian Assange has been arrested by British Police inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London after his asylum was revoked.
UPDATE: Assange has been convicted of skipping bail and the US has requested his extradition.
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The first image of a black hole has been released. It’s brighter than expected, but kinda underwhelming.
