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A good question, posed here in this literal version of Radiohead’s “No Surprises”: More irreverence for Beatles fans here with a literal ver...

I vaguely registered from this post at Home Paddock that some outfit called NZX had bought Feilding-based Countrywide Publications, which p...

Home Paddock regularly posts poems – I do hope she has copyright clearance for them – and her latest points out that April is Poetry Month,...

Many years ago I struggled through Stage II Political Philosophy, for which I had to read not only a lot of Marx but also some Engels. It w...

They say: “I’m writing a book.” I say: “No you’re not, you’re writing a manuscript.”

I almost wish I was back in the Mt Albert electorate to vote in the by-election, even though I wouldn’t be able to vote for Helen for the fo...

‘It is the role of key staff within my office to dispense tequila and lime juice to the minister and visiting dignitaries as requested,’ McC...

It’s been awhile since Doc Sportello has seen his ex-girlfriend. Suddenly out of nowhere she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a ...

Alex Tabaroff recalls a post of his on Marginal Revolution from 20 October 2003 . In it he describes taking his children to see the dinosau...

In case you didn’t already know, my former colleague Poneke is back blogging. To celebrate the occasion, here is a line from his latest pos...