Drinking liberally

An appearance this Tuesday 23 April 7pm at Velvet Underground, Dunedin for the Drinking Liberally series. Facebook version here.

That’s very generous of you . . . sir

A small mention here at Tumeke for my comments today about our Prime Minister who craves to see the warm … More

New Zealand’s leading public intellectual of the Left, Chris Trotter, seems to have been genuinely unsettled by the defeat of … More

I have been selected to stand for the Alliance Party in the 2008 general election for the Dunedin North electorate. … More

On the theme of things “eco”, George Monbiot sums up recent thoughts rather nicely here. He also manages to pin … More

My friend Jack Yan just posted a thought provoking article about globalization and the relationship between economy, business and society … More

Went to the new documentary from Alister Barry at the Film Festival last night. Alister was there to give a … More

Thanks to BinaryHeart for this.

Sad to hear about the death of Rod Donald in the weekend. Earlier in the year, during the election campaign, … More

I have a new blog that is going to feature all the election stuff. This one will stay on for … More

I attended an interesting protest action today on behalf of the Alliance Party with a couple of other local activists. … More

That was the name of the late Hunter S. Thompson’s book on the Nixon/McGovern fight for the US Presidency back … More

After recovering from a dose of the midwinter flu and blues I’m looking forward to going on holiday. Heading across … More

For the middle of winter, we’ve enjoyed some clear, peaceful days at Warrington. However, I haven’t been able to enjoy … More