Bowalley Road

Ruminations of an Old New Zealander

Friday, 2 November 2012

The Efficacy Of Violence

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Make It Stop: Contrary to popular belief the most common response to the experience of violence is not retaliation, but shock, fear and ...
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Thursday, 1 November 2012

Anything Cam Can Do ...

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Can He Handle The Truth? Cameron Slater has leveraged his extraordinary success as the author of the Whaleoil blog into the editorship ...
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Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Because They Can

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Beyond The Law: A mother embraces all that remains of her son - murdered by the Serbs at Sebrinecia. When the possibility of being held ...
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Friday, 26 October 2012

"The Newsroom" - The Ideal And The Real

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Journalistic Passion: Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom presents television news and current affairs as it should be. But Sorkin, like al...
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Thursday, 25 October 2012

Memo. To: Greg O'Connor From: Billy Jack

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"When policemen break the law, then there isn't any law - just a fight for survival. " -  Billy Jack* *Hero of the 1971...
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Mr Shearer's Selective Patriotism

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Last Refuge? David Shearer's repreated use of the word "patriotism" would be less worrying if it was more inclusive. Unfo...
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Monday, 22 October 2012

A Thought For Labour Day

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Apologies for the Spelling! But this cartoon from the US Christian Science Monitor neatly encapsulates my thinking on Labour Day 2012. ...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter has spent most of his adult life either engaging in or writing about politics. He was the founding editor of The New Zealand Political Review (1992-2005) and in 2007 authored No Left Turn, a political history of New Zealand. Living in Auckland with his wife and daughter, Chris describes himself as an “Old New Zealander” – i.e. someone who remembers what the country was like before Rogernomics. He has created this blog as an archive for his published work and an outlet for his more elegiac musings. It takes its name from Bowalley Road, which runs past the North Otago farm where he spent the first nine years of his life. Enjoy.
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