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Reality, Sarah Palin style
Is it wrong to hope Sarah "hockey mom" Palin will remain on the world stage simply for our own entertainment? And does that make us as bad as the folks who convinced her she has a shot at choosing the drapes for the Oval Office?
Read MoreAfghanistan: temperature rising
New Zealand is reviewing its involvement in Afghanistan, as President Hamid Karzai fights for his political life, the US and NATO pour thousands of additional troops onto the battlefield, and Kiwi troops come under fire in Bamiyan
No resting in peace for Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson, tragic in life and death, is the most extreme example of what happens when we commodify people
Read MoreRecieving spelling lessons from British freinds
Education bureaucrats want to dump the only spelling rule that I can remember
Read MoreIs this Iran's new revolution?
As Iranians throng Tehran's streets, braving batons and bullets, the Islamic State's Supreme Leader has opted for an inquiry into the election results. Will it be a legitimate exploration of an implausible result, or a tactic to kill the protest momentum?
Read MoreNorth Korea couldn't care less
North Korea's latest bargaining chips, two US journalists, are a human dimension to an out of control nuclear situation which has left the world's diplomats stumped—again. It is now a waiting game to see what they are worth
Read MoreThe stench of death now hangs on Gordon Brown
It is Gordon Brown's own political cowardice that will finally do him in
Read MoreMulroney the foxymoron
A former Canadian PM is the latest politician to prove "political judgment" is an oxymoron
Read MoreTorture takes a toll... on Obama
As the release date for more US troop-abuse photos nears, the White House executes another awkward policy turnaround
Read MoreThere's no escaping the swine flu
Obama now has to deal with plague and pestilence to add to his 100 days of crises, and swine flu is proving no complacent little piggy
Read MoreIt's torture, stupid, and those who approved it could be liable to prosecution
The white collar guys who forumlated the US torturers' manifesto may be under the screws themselves as President Obama has now said they are open to investigation
Read MoreHavana good time... but what next for Cuba?
Fidel Castro has survived many US Presidents, and a trip to Cuba suggests he may outlive the Cold War as well as Obama re-thinks 50 years of failed sanctions
Read MoreCanadians ask why their soldiers died to protect extremist laws
The 116 Canadian soldiers who have died in Afghanistan were not sacrificed for the sake of interfering with women's rights
Read MoreLet's name and shame the AIG bonus grabbers
So who actually accepted the AIG bonuses? And when is Obama going to stop spending political capital on this mess?
Read MorePakistanis: We Don’t Like Extremists But Can’t We Just Cut a Deal?
Despite appearances, the tolerance for extremism in Pakistan is waning
Read MoreWho is the despot most vile?
The unintended consequences of tackling two of the world's most hideous despots are difficult to stomach, but the world has little option but to take action
Read MoreThe Middle of the Road – Globally Speaking
Who said money can't make you happy? Pew Research suggests the world's middle class is more satisfied with life than its lower classes, and is also more concerned with freedom of speech and religion. Poorer people are more concerned with freedom from want
Read MoreAn easy $4 billion hits an Israeli blockade
Those who sat by and watched the destruction of Gaza have now come up with a quick $4 billion in guilt reparatiion. It's all a little much to stomach.
Read MoreHold the tasers... they're not all they're volted up to be
Before New Zealand police get too attached to stun guns as the preferred method of controlling "non-cooperatives", perhaps they should take a close look at the taser inquiries underway in Canada
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