I decided to hold off on talking the New Zealand elections until the final results came in,...
James K
James is a government policy analyst, and lives in Wellington, New Zealand.
His interests including wargaming, computer gaming (especially RPGs and strategy games), Dungeons & Dragons and scepticism.
No part of any of his posts or comments should be construed as the position of any part of the New Zealand government, or indeed any agency he may be associated with.
New Zealand holds a General Election every 3 years, and every election I do a post outlining...
I don't expect something even remotely resembling these 28th Amendment reforms will ever happen, but I thought...
The Trump Presidency was a catastrophe, and is a dire indictment of the Republican Party and the...
The preliminary results are in for New Zealand’s election 2020, the number of seats per party (for...
There is no reasonable doubt about the outcome of the New Zealand election, but that doesn’t mean...
I’ve been playing Factorio for years in Early Access, it’s been an essentially complete game for quite...
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Symposium: I advise you to consider what you are endorsing with your vote, be that for the...
I recently read this trilogy by Chinese science fiction author Cixin Liu
While our political divides aren't going away, the way we talk about them should.
How would we get a social media service that won't sell our personal data?
In which an economist looks at one of the seminal science fiction works of the 20th Century.
Warning: This post contains unmarked spoilers for The Last Jedi
So how did New Zealand's election go?
On Saturday New Zealand has an election, who are the main players and what are the big...
Many scientists like to nitpick science fiction, but why should they have all the fun?
Bet you weren't expecting this..
A lot of people feel that the global economy has let them down. How do we figure...
In the end, we decided to flag it.