Steven Pinker: we're making good progress
The Trump campaign slogan 'Make America Great Again' makes no sense to Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker. He believes America - and the world - is better than it's ever been.
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Michael Lewis: The Fifth Risk and Trump's chaotic first few months
Donald Trump's unexpected victory in the 2016 US presidential race was a case of "the dog caught the car" says author Michael Lewis. "Instead of figuring out what to do once you catch the car, [Trump then] fired all the people who might have helped him," Lewis tells Wallace Chapman.
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David Neiwert - The Rise of the Radical Right
The alt-right movement is made up of fundamentally white-nationalist misogynists with a conspiracist mindset, author and expert David Neiwert says in his new book.
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Jordan Peterson: His 12 rules for a chaotic world
Depending on your stance, Jordan Peterson is either the public intellectual de jour or the acceptable face of alt-right cultural warriors. The clinical psychologist and University of Toronto professor made a name for himself in 2016 after posting a series of controversial YouTube videos.
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Michael Wolff: 'Donald Trump is truly stupid'
In a crowded market of books about Donald Trump, journalist Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury has taken top place. The exposé, which President Trump calls "fake," "garbage," and "really boring and untruthful", is just the latest success for Wolff.
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Cornel West - Confronting a polarised world
Informed, evidence-based discussion he says has practically disappeared from American public life, says leading left-wing intellectual Cornel West.
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'Trump is the Worst President Ever' - Republican Strategist
Donald Trump is pouring acid into America's national dialogue, says long-time Republican strategist Rick Wilson. He claims Trump is destroying the Republican Party.
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AC Grayling: the crisis of democracy
Author and philosopher AC Grayling says there's a crisis in democracy and we need to try to get political and government systems back on track. "And I think we can do with relatively modest reforms."
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Peter Hitchens: The UK is an 'atrophied' nation
British journalist and author Peter Hitchens has long been an advocate for the UK leaving the European Union but believes the current path of Brexit will leave Britain half in and half out "after a lot of shouting".
The UK is due to leave the European union on 29 March 2019. Photo: AFP
Are we letting China breach New Zealand's sovereignty?
When it comes to Chinese political influence, New Zealand's allies consider that we are something of a soft underbelly, according to Kiwi academic Anne-Marie Brady.
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