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Jay Kuten
Columnist
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Trump, free of the threat of removal, is anointed by his Trump Senate party as a monarch.
What's our excuse for putting our elderly at risk?
Legalising cannabis may give the far right a field day for trolling us.
Comment: The "naming" incident at the council deserves our attention and concern.
A NZ Strike Force Raptor won't improve safety. Ultimately police bullying affects us all.
Gordon Sondland's statement corroborated the testimony of less central prior witnesses.
Comment: Oils combined with THC or nicotine at high temperature are believed responsible.
It's local election time and columnist Jay Kuten discusses the important issues
Bullying may prevent a clear and honest debate on the issue of choice in the way we die.
Calling Assange a narcissist is psychobabble or misuse of diagnostic tags to diminish him.
Just like the fate of real possums, that paralysis can be fatal.
Simon Bridges is following in Richard Nixon's footsteps with politicisation of cannabis.
Hope dawns as Democrats take control of the US House of Representatives.
Trump v Ardern -- the bad and the good of 2018
Saudi Arabia annually cuts off more heads than Isis has done in all its years of existence
These hearings are not criminal trials. They are job interviews for high judicial posts.
Seating Kavanaugh would put the faith of citizens in the US Supreme Court in jeopardy.
If we could bottle Don Brash's boring cadences, we'd have a cure for insomnia.
A country's greatness can be measured by the way it provides for its most vulnerable.
Good advice for middle-class, well-off Kiwis, but what about those in struggle street?
Cosby created a fictional model that inspired others to become their best selves.
We can't have politicised police; we must be sure police act for our safety not against it
We need reasoned weighing of medical cannabis, without politicians' thumbs on the scales.
Forced out by sex allegations without the chance to defend himself.