4, March, 2025

A semi-serious look at how world alliances may change over the next decade.

6, February, 2025

Why do we have three tiers of government? Is there a better way?

25, May, 2021

Is democracy the best form of government and is it likely to be around in a hundred years?

4, January, 2021

Why does social progress take so long? Why do some people resist change that will give us a better life?

19, June, 2019

What do you want from politicians? Will you get it, or is it even realistic to demand it?

2, October, 2018

How does the modern world stack up against older civilizations? What can we learn from the Incas?

9, January, 2018

There is a doomsday clock that tells us how close we are to the planet's self-destruction. Should there be a democracy clock to tell us how close we are to the end of democracy?

28, June, 2017

Creative thinking and politics conjure up images of rorting and dodgy accounting. However, innovative thinking should be applied to some of the problems governments face to find alternative solutions.

12, March, 2017

How should we structure the power balance between the Public Service and Politicians?

14, June, 2016

Do minor parties have a role in a two-party state? They can promise whatever they want with no chance of being accountable. Why have them?