Ultimos Posts 1. 10/02/2012 20:55 - Opinions on Coffee and Cricket For a change, here are a couple of opinions I agree with. Australian food writer Michael Symons puts his credentials behind two claims I'm happy to make but can't really back up: the flat white is one of best ways to drink coffee; and its art has been perfected in Wellington: As an Australian food historian, I declare that it started in Australia, where it often remains weak, murky... 2. 20/01/2012 06:07 - Observations on My Vacations 2: The Continuing Dominance of the Automobile One day when I was down south for the holidays, I drove my rental car from my parents' place in Rolleston to my sister's in Kaiapoi. The plan was to take my nephew and niece for a swim and maybe to a movie. The pool in Kaiapoi was closed so we drove out to Rangiora. From there we headed across to the Shirley mall, targeting a showing of Puss in Boots . It turned out the cinem... 3. 13/01/2012 06:12 - Observations on My Vacations, 1: The Transformation of Christchurch I've just spent approximately three weeks in the South Island, including Christmas, New Year, two weddings and trips to Hanmer Springs and Queenstown. As usual, this has inspired me to have partially-informed opinions on things, about some of which I intend to write a series of posts.The posts will be, probably in this order: The Transformation of Christchurch The Continuing Domina... 4. 16/12/2011 04:48 - Birds of a Feather Since I've been living in the Northland/Kelburn area of Wellington over the past three years or so, it's been my privilege to see native bird life return and flourish. The Karori Sanctuary (now renamed "Zealandia") is nearby, and, as the birds have established themselves there and reproduced, they've naturally decided to extend their habitat to wherever they please. When I first mo... 5. 13/12/2011 06:05 - It All Fits Together, Somehow Jorge Castañeda warns that with its slide into ever greater inequality, the United States risks falling into the trap Latin American countries have found it so hard to scramble out of. It is different here, but you could also plausibly substitute "New Zealand" into that sentence. Jeffrey Frankel summarizes the characteristics of the "resource curse" well known to development studie... |
