Common Sense

A Common sensibility is something we’ve been thinking about since a couple years back when a group of us in the left media space met to discuss communication and direction of the broader left project.

NewsletterKyle ChurchDecember 20, 2021Common Sense

Beyond the Spin

New Zealand's success at eliminating COVID in 2020 saw the Sixth Labour government receive international praise and fanfare. In the early stages of the pandemic, our small island nation demonstrated the virtues of evidence-based governance and of listening to the science on issues.

NewsletterKyle ChurchDecember 20, 2021Common Sense

We Didn't Start the Fire

The anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine protests across the country last week demonstrate eroding trust in the economic and political system and our institutions. This lack of trust is in part the product of an increasingly frail social contract.