Lindsay Mitchell

Karl Du Fresne has a very readable column posted entitled, Capitalism needs to lift its game. Essentially we blame systems instead of the i...

Last night was the grand final of Homai Te Pakipaki. I voted for Dane Moeke - not because his was the best performance on the night. But bec...

Exceeded 6,000 visits for first time ever last month. Thanks for staying tuned in. And leaving comments which I (nearly) always appreciate. ...

There are social trends happening here - and in other similar developed countries - which demand some attention. It is true that through the...

Oh yes. Prohibition is a wonderful deterrent. Recorded cannabis offences rose by almost 26 percent in the year to June 2009.

The June quarter crime statistics have just been released and they aren't good. What irks me no end is the spin the police put on them....

My generation commonly referred to adults as 'grown-ups'. I suppose it was the natural extension of the often-asked question, what a...

Minister for Social Development, Paula Bennett, is in Paris addressing her OECD counterparts about what New Zealand has done in the face of...

From today's NZ Herald; In 2008 the Maori Party campaigned on ending child poverty by 2020. Child poverty is, however, implicitly tied i...

The young cynic takes a candid look at violence. (This is a kid who loves to wander around with the cat cradled in his arms and gets 'h...

I have been trying to find a quote I once read about how thinking changes over time, simply that today's radical idea is tomorrow's ...

This has got to be the whackiest interview script I have ever read. Paul Holmes interviewing Hone Harawira about his goal to make criminals...

Every day there are stories in the media related to alcohol laws and consumption, with an emphasis on young people. One could get bored by t...

Young Robert has leapt back to life. Can't tidy or censor the stuff. It just is.

There are those who want to see local government much more heavily involved in "improving social well-being" - in practical terms ...

The following chart is from a report called Dynamic Benefits and is based on UK data. The UK has a lone parent benefit rate similar to NZ in...

This won't be a very popular post but I am going to say something - or two if I can stretch to it - positive about Sue Bradford. When I ...

A Palmerston North judge banned photographs of the accused and the accused is not seeking bail. The reason for both actions is the "ly...

Hone Harawira plans to slaughter tobacco industry executives when he drags them before a Maori Affairs select committee 'full inquiry...

A post over at Oswald's reminded me of two protest signs recently waved at the President of the US; "The problem with Obama isn...