The story of the Chilean miners
It’s not often you get a happy disaster story. But on Sunday – two weeks after their mineshaft in northern Chile caved in – all 33 miners acknowledged they were alive. Trapped after rocks blocked their exit, they managed to live in a shelter 700 metres (2,300 feet) underground. But rather than bring them straight [...]
Has the Anglo-Saxon peaked?
For the best part of a century, the Anglo-Saxons have been the world’s dominant ethnic group. Together they produce a third of the world’s total economic output. But these five countries of English origin – America, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – may have collectively peaked. As the world goes through a power shift, [...]
The revolution in Latin America
In June, award-winning American film director Oliver Stone released his latest documentary South of the Border into American cinemas. The film looks at the phenomenal, yet relatively unknown revolution taking place in South and Central America. There, a collection of presidents have rallied behind one main cause – to make their countries strong and prosperous [...]
Boobs on Bikes: Chance or Genius?
By having the annual ‘Boobs on Bikes’ parade in various Kiwi cities, has New Zealand by chance made itself the most revolting, scummy and perverted country on earth? Or is this actually a genius event that should be applauded and loved!??? YOU TELL US!!!!
You Should Be Into This
This week you should be into… the Australian Election! Go on, it’s seriously interesting and possibly historic for a number of reasons; a woman voted in, first Labor Government not to serve two terms in how long, ever? The main reason I want you to be into it is because of the strange mood this [...]
The exclusive retreat of the Bohemian Club
For the last two weeks, some of America’s most powerful men have been camping out among the Redwood trees just north of San Francisco. It’s the annual gathering of the Bohemian Club at Bohemian Grove in Monte Rio. There, as they have done since 1893, the club’s members of artists, presidents, politicians, businessmen and academics [...]
Is there going to be a second recession?
In 2008, fear gripped the financial world in the wake of the US sub-prime mortgage crisis. Since then, governments have spent up large to revive their faltering economies. That revival has largely gone well, with many beginning the year thinking the worst was over. However, since April, fear has returned to financial markets and to [...]
Haiti unprepared for the hurricane season
Haiti’s devastating magnitude 7 earthquake on January 12 was a brutal blow to the Western hemisphere’s poorest country. 220,000 people died, 300,000 were injured, and 300,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. Including government buildings, schools, hospitals and other key infrastructure, the total damage is estimated to be US$7.8 billion. Now the hurricane season has arrived [...]