Bowalley Road
Ruminations of an Old New Zealander
Friday, 30 April 2010
In Harm's Way
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"And there's another country": Stoicism and sacrifice, the virtues that permitted a nation of barely one million citizens to b...
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Thursday, 29 April 2010
Cynical Politics
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Don't ask - don't tell: As Bobby Kennedy is said to have quipped after the 1960 Presidential Election: "Democracy is like a goo...
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Sunday, 25 April 2010
The Blood of Its Sons (ANZAC Day 2010)
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Blood for Butter: The sacrifice of so many young New Zealanders was made not for democracy or freedom - but for the future prosperity of the...
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Saturday, 24 April 2010
Dangerous Preaching
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Orwell's chilling revisionism: Are we, too, approaching the point where the principles upon which we believed our "farm" to be...
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Thursday, 22 April 2010
Third Time Lucky?
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Praying for another chance? The current alignment of political constellations could hardly be more propitious for Winston Peters and NZ Firs...
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Friday, 16 April 2010
Dismissing Democracy
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Grim Precedent: In this 1933 Punch cartoon, Adolf Hitler is carried to power on the shoulders of President Paul von Hindenburg (Left) and Ch...
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Impasse
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Stalemate: New Zealand can move neither forwards, nor backwards, and yet it cannot stand still forever - but try telling New Zealanders that...
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