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Paul Little: Dialling back history

Are the French familiar with bananas?

Paul Little: Rational thinking on the school syllabus

Reason and logic may soon be used as a basis for making decisions.

Paul Little: The bandwagon breaks down

Ricky Gervais ruffled feathers at the Golden Globes once again.

Trump, a new world's tallest building and a mission to mars - what's in store for 2020

2020 is shaping up to be a blockbuster for all of its 366 days, both here and overseas.

Top five columns of 2019: Paul Little

These were the most read columns by Paul Little in 2019.

Paul Little: Rocking around the Christmas tree

There is no such thing as a bad Christmas song.

Paul Little: Weighing up the risks of adventure tourism

There is nothing unusual about taking visitors to volcanoes.

Paul Little: Where's the harm in a little casual racism?

Just as well Jews have a great sense of humour. They're famous for it, you know.

Paul Little: A billion dollars isn't what it used to be

Today's peddlers of frivolous folderol have means of separating you from your money.

Paul Little: Four wheels bad, two wheels good

COMMENT: On yer bike.

Paul Little: Te reo adds to our cultural identity

COMMENT: There has been no commitment to making our second language compulsory in schools.

Paul Little: Vaccinating kids against stupidity

COMMENT: Literacy and numeracy standards are complex subjects.

Paul Little: What do white men know?

COMMENT: I probably won't be first person to tell you that being a white guy is awesome.

Paul Little: Saving the world, one teabag at a time

COMMENT: Who would have thought that the humble teabag hid so much danger?

Paul Little: It's time to make 'Kiwi' extinct

COMMENT: It's time to stop people calling us – and to stop calling ourselves - Kiwi.