Latest from Sir Bob Jones

Bob Jones: On likeability alone, Robertson's your man

Jones: Capital gains tax a sign of envy

The recent clamour for capital gains tax, like so many cries from the mob throughout history, stems from envy and ignorance, writes Bob Jones.

Bob Jones: Continuing to ban organ sales makes no sense

We don't need two kidneys. The donor operation is not onerous and the odds of the remaining one failing are minuscule, writes Bob Jones.

Bob Jones: Even trees can't grow for dullards' fear of change

If it was my choice, I'd rip out all the native plants and replace them with aesthetically superior deciduous trees, writes Bob Jones.

Bob Jones: Stay perfect, George, don't grow up

The fact is we're badly designed, for in a perfect world Peter Pan-like children ideally would never grow up, writes Bob Jones.

Bob Jones: English should be the one quaking

A frenzied hysteria arose in Wellington following the "big one" two weeks ago.

Bob Jones: Dr Death lurks around every corner at your doctor's

We're all grateful to nurses, doctors and surgeons when we need them and survive their attempts to kill us, writes Bob Jones.

Bob Jones: Smash some education into them, Hekia

A 10-year-old boy, accidentally smashed from a blow to the head with a baseball bat has developed Einstein-like mathematical powers, writes Bob Jones.

Bob Jones: NZ - No 1 danger spot for tourists

Sooner or later a foreign journalist will research our tourist crimes history and write a sensational account, writes Bob Jones.

Bob Jones: Beware gullibility in the art world

One can giggle at the twisted iron behind large reception desks, supplied by wide boy so-called art consultants, but ultimately it's their money to waste, writes Bob Jones.

Bob Jones: Indulgences of office 'difficult-to-resist'

History shows that minority parties entering into coalitions with major parties are decimated at the next election, writes Bob Jones. One can only speculate why. .

Bob Jones: 'Saving is for fools'

Saving for the proverbial rainy day is illogical, after all, if it comes there goes your savings while if it doesn't, you've simply wasted spending power. Insurance adequately covers unexpected contingencies.

Bob Jones: Foolish to blame landlords and foreigners

If Auckland's housing woes can in part be laid at the door of residential investors as alleged, simply ban them, writes Bob Jones.

Bob Jones: Religion rejection worldwide phenomenon

Bob Jones: Labour should leave out cheap promises

It probably sounds silly but the polls no longer matter as they did under first past the post, writes Bob Jones.

Bob Jones: Internet dating part of life

In 1968, when friends learned I was off to India, they begged me to bring back Indian newspapers to see what they had often read about in incredulous newspaper articles.