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Climate chaos

For anyone wondering what impacts accelerating climate change will have on the lives of our children, there are plenty of examples around the world. One...

Bewitched, bothered and bewildered¹

President Donald Trump’s chaotic approach to imposing tariffs on most US trading partners might best be described as embodying the concept of ‘scofflaw’. Originally...

Food, glorious food¹

Recent discussions about government provision of school lunches have spurred memories of my own schooldays. At primary school, I experienced a Labour government’s, reportedly, world-first...

Shocking and awful

The recent diplomatic stoush between New Zealand and the Cook Islands provided a fascinating glimpse of the possible future of world affairs. Meanwhile, China can...

Going up in smoke

One of the grimmest of the current global ironies is that newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump will inherit responsibility for dealing with the...
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