After just six weeks Canada's Conservative minority may be brought down by its own hubris
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NZ fiddles on climate change while the world burns
It's deja vu all over again as the Emissions Trading Scheme is placed on hold so that National, Act and their business supporters consider the merits of alternatives... again
Read MoreAs the US power vacuum sucks up billions, let's fast-forward to inauguration day.
With the US President pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey while the President-elect gets to grip with the financial crisis, serious questions are being asked about who should actually be running the country
Read MoreAfghanistan III – unfinished business
Phil Goff has left some messy unfinished business for his successors to the Foreign Affairs and Defence portfolios after nearly three years of fruitless negotiations with the Karzai government
Read MoreKnights & Dames
Jon dispenses with aroha to explore John Key's retrograde plan to restore knighthoods
Read MoreThose French farmers are at it again
Stories of the EU "overhauling" its farm subsidies are coming off the wires today. If only they were true
Read MoreIt's a giddy time... for now
National is enjoying the onset of what should be a long honeymoon. Are there any black clouds looming?
Read MoreThe big tanks of the US auto industry running on empty
The American auto industry car tsars took their corporate jets to Washington to plead poverty, but the Big Three's warnings of catastrophic job losses haven't convinced senators to ride to their rescue
Read MoreKey's action plan needs fine tuning
John Key’s first 100 days are starting with a hiss and a roar – but a pause for breath and is in order, especially if he wants to avoid ACT building its influence to his right
Read MoreAfghanistan in the media: Pundits on TV
Jihad to continue against "foreign forces" in Afghanistan, as we debate media coverage of our soldiers there on TVNZ 7
Read MoreIf Palin would get north to Alaska, we can busy ourselves with Hilary speculation
The US election may be over but the politics rolls on with Sarah Palin sucking the oxygen out of the Republican Governor's Conference and Hilary Clinton playing cute over speculation she may be named Secretary of State.
Read MoreJohn Key, Barack Obama and the poisoned chalice of office
John Key and Barack Obama have more in common than you'd think. The main difference is that New Zealand's prime minister-elect has big shoes to follow
Read MoreOne smart, tough Kiwi rooster
Helen Clark, consummate international performer, leaves big shoes for John Key to fill as he heads to Peru's APEC as her successor
Read MoreA new America
Barack Obama won the US election thanks to young people, African-Americans, Hispanics... and the rich?
Read MoreOur last Poll of Polls
Crunching the numbers in the last, late polls. Is there a swing further right? Is Winston toast? Has the Maori Party lost its kingmaker's crown?
Read MoreI too, sing America
A quick, poetic word about yesterday's powerful uplift
Read MoreBarack Obama: Yes he did!
If Barack Obama can endure the pressure of expectation, he could bring us another Roosevelt moment. Plus: His acceptance speech
Read MoreUS Elections - live blog
Follow our updates as the US election results come in
Read MoreWhy the US presidency is still a Black and White issue
Obama's time has come, but that doesn't mean everyone is ready
Read MoreObamamercial so schmaltzy, but send money now!
Obama's commandeering of prime time television pulled in 34 million viewers. The warning label should, however, read "only in America"
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