Lindsay Mitchell

Further to my last post questioning the drop in sole parents on the DPB, I remain very sceptical about the spin being put on this. Here'...

The Minister of Social Development has just announced that there were 339,095 people on benefits at the end of December 2012. She hasn'...

No surprises really that the PPTA want education dominated by the state. The following full page advertisement is apparently running in maj...

I'm out of step with public opinion on this one. Australia has every right to its political autonomy. If the government doesn't want...

Writing in the NZ Herald about youth unemployment in NZ, calling for the PM to make it his priority, Fran O'Sullivan said this: In t...

The Truth website is still being updated. Here's my first column for 2013. A look at the year ahead in politics: Ten things that mi...

The Children's Commissioner has started the year off with another condemnation of New Zealand's child poverty statistics: Dr Will...

In response to my post yesterday which suggested blaming government for obesity is an adrogation of personal responsibility, Rodney Hide wri...

Here's food for thought. The Freeman claims government has made Americans fatter through pushing bad diet advice and being captured by ...

The Economist has a piece titled British Society: Not so broken (hat tip NotPC ): "... society is not broken, at all. If anything,...

This is a welcome development, Michael Laws' column on-line the day it's published. Today he describes growing his first ever (as a...

Here's a cut and paste from Cato . Quick and easy read: Grading the Fiscal Cliff Deal: Terrible, but Could Be Worse ...

 What will be happening with welfare in 2013? The major event that springs to mind is changes to the names  of all main benefits. I still ...

By coincidence I had backed the horse Ashley Mundee was riding on December 30 so was watching the race. Elleaye was around mid-field when he...

New breakfast host Martin Devlin says Radio Hauraki is "crap". It's been crap since they dumped Nick, Deano and Mel from ...

That's what Matt McCarten says in his Herald column today: This year has finished him. His evasiveness over Kim Dotcom, his shonk...

When there is no current news, perusing papers from the past is sometimes entertaining. The Truth had the best articles. Here's one abou...

It's been a somewhat strange Xmas here. The weather has see-sawed between intense heat and considerable chill, for the first time we put...

(My December 20 Truth column isn't on-line yet no doubt due to Xmas break. Below in full.) Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia has ann...

Light blogging due to Xmas rush; still finishing and framing commissions due for delivery Xmas eve. But this is worth a wider read. Again fr...