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Daily review 12/06/2025

2 weeks ago | thestandard.org.nz | Nathan Attrill |Nick Rockel |Linus Cohen |Nzctuby Jack McDonald

Daily review 12/06/2025 Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:30 pm, June 12th, 2025 - No comments Categories: Daily review - Tags: Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other … Related Posts
Daily review 09/06/2025

2 weeks ago | thestandard.org.nz | David Slack |David Farrier |Nzctuby Jack McDonald |Jack McDonald

Daily review 09/06/2025 Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:30 pm, June 9th, 2025 - No comments Categories: Daily review - Tags: Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other … Related Posts
Daily review 06/06/2025

3 weeks ago | thestandard.org.nz | David Slack |Neeraj Manhas |Nzctuby Jack McDonald |Jack McDonald

Daily review 06/06/2025 Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:30 pm, June 6th, 2025 - 1 comment Categories: Daily review - Tags: Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other … Related Posts
Open mike 06/06/2025

3 weeks ago | thestandard.org.nz | Malcolm Davis |David Slack |Nzctuby Jack McDonald |Jack McDonald
Daily review 05/06/2025

3 weeks ago | thestandard.org.nz | David Slack |Nzctuby Jack McDonald |Jack McDonald |Afeeya Akhand

Daily review 05/06/2025 Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:30 pm, June 5th, 2025 - No comments Categories: Daily review - Tags: Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other … Related Posts
Migration: the spectre at the feast

1 month ago | thestandard.org.nz | Nzctuby Jack McDonald |Jack McDonald |Robyn Alders |Bernard Hickey

Since the 1980s, some free-market economists have argued that the unfettered flow of trade and investment must be accompanied by the equally unfettered flow of labour. In other words, low or non-existent borders for trade and capital must be complemented by the free movement of people.
Did someone mention “class”?

2 months ago | thestandard.org.nz | Nzctuby Jack McDonald |Jack McDonald |Bernard Hickey |Jihoon Yu

We often have favourite books to which we return. One of mine is Umberto Eco’s “The Name of the Rose.” Sherlock Homes meets the Inquisition in a riot of geo-politics, medieval cuisine, architectural critique and semiotic analysis and reference. Such are the layers of the novel that it bears re-reading far better than most. One theme rings contemporary bells.
The Fall of Saigon 1975. Fifty years of repeating what was forgotten.

2 months ago | thestandard.org.nz | Nzctuby Jack McDonald |Jack McDonald |Bernard Hickey |Jihoon Yu

The first demonstration I ever went on was at the age of 12, against the Vietnam War. The first formal history lesson I received was a few months later when I commenced high school. That day the old history master, Mr Griffiths, chalked what I later learnt was a quote from Hegel: “The only lesson we learn from history is that we do not learn the lessons of history.” It’s about time we changed that.
Open mike 03/04/2025

2 months ago | thestandard.org.nz | Robert Wihtol |David Slack |Andrew Forrest |Nzctuby Jack McDonald
Daily review 02/04/2025

2 months ago | thestandard.org.nz | David Slack |Andrew Forrest |Nzctuby Jack McDonald |Jack McDonald

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other … Related Posts