You have to ask: why did Cameron distrust and disparage the numerous assurances given by Netflix that – for example – it would not interfere with Warners creative outputs, and would not shorten the 45 ...

Every Friday, Werewolf is re-publishing some essays about classic children’s book, that I began writing in 2009. This essay on Badger’s Parting Gifts has been slightly updated: ...

About 15 years ago on Werewolf, I started writing a series of articles about classic children’s books. Over the next few months, these articles will be re-published here, every Friday. The series ...

The world has been quietly hoping and praying that the Republicans will lose control of the lower House or Senate – or both – in November’s mid-term elections, since this would put restraints on ...

Pauline Hanson is one of the few politicians able to make Winston Peters look like a team player. Hanson’s “my way or the highway” dominance of her party is, of course, one of the things that her ...

ACT also aims to charge a $6 a day “infrastructure surcharge” on all temporary work visa holders, and to exclude all residence visa holders from welfare assistance for five years from time of arrival.

About 15 years ago on Werewolf, I started writing a series of articles about classic children’s books. Over the next few months, these articles will […] ...

The National Party caucus has got itself into in a real bind. For weeks, their Cabinet Ministers and MPs have had their work cut out trying to look credible while voicing their undying loyalty to an ...

The spectacular improvements in reading achievement announced by Education Minister Erica Stanford on Monday were almost too good to be true – so it isn’t surprising that the figures justifying those ...

Decades ago, Alexander Cockburn wrote a column pointing out that the true believers in the power and precision of the defence industry’s latest weaponry tend to be (a) their gullible government ...