The current rise in unemployment is being widely attributed to people thinking that things are getting better and therefore returning to job seeking…but, apparently, without success. If so, that makes ...

Reportedly, the aim is to create a $12 billion stockpile of rare earth minerals, although there is absolutely no transparency about how, when and to whom the US would allocate the contents of that ...

This new single “Dashboard Mary” from the London band Modern Woman builds and builds to a dissonant climax. Along the way, the video makes use of Stephen King horror-lite imagery to tell its ...

If the economy was an apartment building, the recovery would be the party that’s beginning to kick off in the penthouse flat, while everyone else in the building is trying to get some sleep before the ...

If the economy was an apartment building, the recovery would be the party that’s beginning to kick off in the penthouse flat, while everyone else […] ...

In the past week, Israel has reverted to slaughtering civilians, starving children and welshing on the terms of the peace deal negotiated earlier this year. The IDF’s current offensive seems to be ...

In the wake of Winston Peters lame response to the US attack on Venezuela, its almost enough to make one yearn for the good old days when Murray McCully was our Foreign Minister. Here’s the gist of ...

Politicians are often urged to reach consensus on certain issues, so that everything doesn’t just flip back again when there’s a change of government. Unfortunately, these calls for consensus are ...

Mother’s Day, Father’s Day…there are a couple of other occasions when shopping is mobilised to express love and appreciation. (Black Friday panders to more basic instincts.) The wonder is that ...

If something isn’t really broken, no wonder people feel suspicious when government promises to “fix” it to the potential benefit of corporate interests. In 2011, Parliament passed legislation that ...

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 ...