Legalising cannabis may give the far right a field day for trolling us.

Given her self-appraisal, vulnerability is not an attribute of Paula Bennett

People here take for granted that Christmas is celebrated in mid-summer

Whanganui District Council needs to play a role in mitigating global warming.

Jay Kuten encourages people to choose their words wisely.

Present system makes for harmful social policy on recreational cannabis, says Jay Kuten.

Calling Assange a narcissist is psychobabble or misuse of diagnostic tags to diminish him.

When I first heard of the End of Life Choice bill I was skeptical and frankly curious.

Any inquiry into the terror attack needs to look into the gun lobby's influence

Claims of endorsement of vaping are simply false

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.

Studies liken doctors' sleep deprivation, to 0.05 per cent blood alcohol.

Hope dawns as Democrats take control of the US House of Representatives.

Trump v Ardern -- the bad and the good of 2018

What's needed is a clear understanding of frank and more subtle bullying.

The story of computer technology is a tale of hindrance as well as help.

Whitaker is in a position to warn Trump exactly how much danger he is in.

Trump's language lit the fuse of Soyac's bombs and the explosions of Bowers' guns

Saudi Arabia annually cuts off more heads than Isis has done in all its years of existence

Trump, who admires strongmen, is not as interested in human rights as he is in power.

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.

The Trump virus, once imbibed, erodes the spine, alters the brain and erases principle.

A genuine patriot would have resigned and then written his objections.

John McCain had the mark of genuine heroism — strong at the broken places.

If we could bottle Don Brash's boring cadences, we'd have a cure for insomnia.

End-of-life issues are too important to be left to politicians with a religious agenda.

'The Great Gatsby' feels right for the times, although Gatsby is timeless.

Jay Kuten on the end of life debate.

We ought to declare Stephen Miller, author of the contemptible policy, persona non grata.

The iron rod ripped into his brain and exited through his skull, landing several feet away

Separating children from parents is a terrorising technique of authoritarian states.

Legal medicinal cannabis suffers death of 1000 cuts at the hands of bureaucrats.

Beehive syndrome occurs when elected members appear to leave their spines at the door.

A country's greatness can be measured by the way it provides for its most vulnerable.

It is no great wonder that the edifice of church power has crumbled in Ireland.

Revising history is especially dangerous while the very nature of truth is under attack

Jay Kuten: The view from here

Good advice for middle-class, well-off Kiwis, but what about those in struggle street?

Research on laws in Canada and Oregon has found claims of elderly coercion are overblown.

Cosby created a fictional model that inspired others to become their best selves.

The Facebook wizard has reassured the timid lions, tin men and scarecrows of Congress.

A police squad stricken by a fictitious malady intimidates unsuspecting elderly? Really?

MP's plan for mandatory palliative care denies patient's the choice to end their life

Once people sought public office to serve others, not as a path to personal fortune.

We can't have politicised police; we must be sure police act for our safety not against it

An MIT study shows falsehoods have far greater and faster reach than fact on social media.

You can't begin to solve a problem if you're not willing to acknowledge it's there.

War is too important to be left to generals, death too important to be left to medics.