Dick Brass
US Correspondent
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Dick Brass: Hey buddy, have you got a jab?
OPINION: There's supply, but it's chaos in the race to get the vaccine distributed.
Dick Brass: Return of the A-listers - what Lady Gaga says about US now Trump's gone
OPINION: The inauguration of Joe Biden marks a sea change in America.
Dick Brass: We mistook a gangster for a businessman
OPINION: How does Trump fare on the sliding scale of business leaders?
Dick Brass: The social media network that allowed treason in plain sight
OPINION: The US President's reckless impact on the United States and world will be vast.
Dick Brass: Plea from the States - how do we end this madness
OPINION: Dear Prime Minister Ardern, I write to ask your advice.
Dick Brass: Fireworks likely in season finale of The Trump Show
OPINION: Can't get enough of Trump's theatrics? Tune in on January 7 for one last act.
Dick Brass: Pardon me, Mr President
OPINION: I've got a plan that solves all Donald Trump's problems in one fell swoop.
Dick Brass: Trump fleeing US is no joke
OPINION: If President cannot stay in office, he loses immunity from criminal prosecution.
Dick Brass: Unnerving to think third of US states were ready to sign on to a coup
Despite Trump's 56 lawsuits to overturn the election have drowned, is it over? Not quite.
Dick Brass: Hunt for pardons from possible prosecution begins for Trump
OPINION: What crimes do people allege he may have committed — and how do they rate?
Dr Anthony Fauci: Why NZ 'rose to the top' in Covid battle
Dick Brass talks to Dr Fauci about Covid and New Zealand's response.
Dick Brass: No coup for you - how a bunch of billionaires helped save US democracy
OPINION: Stock market surge must be particularly galling after Trump predicted a crash.
Dick Brass: Why it's time to call Trump's bluff
Dick Brass on Donald Trump's refusal to accept the outcome of this month's election
Dick Brass: How to kill 250,000 Americans
Dick Brass on how it took special incompetence and neglect to let so many die in the US.
Dick Brass: Nail-biting finale to first season of Trump presidency
Dick Brass on the chaotic end to Donald Trump's time in office.
Dick Brass: Covid vaccine is cool news - here's how it will work
OPINION: Pfizer vaccine has to be stored at -70C - that takes some pretty big freeezers.
Dick Brass: A message to NZ from America - sorry, give us another chance
OPINION: Dick Brass on how the US election left people here and in the US feeling afraid.
Dick Brass: Forget the election drama - everybody must get stoned
OPINION: Although US voters appear to hate each other, we seem to agree on cannabis.
Dick Brass: Trump won't survive the Army of the Dead he helped create
OPINION: I was right in 2016 and I'm just as certain this time.
Dick Brass: Why some of those we love choose to vote for Trump
OPINION: Dick Brass on how the US election is splitting families.
US election: How us Americans have already flunked the biggest stress test of our lives
New Zealand and all traditional friends may need to rethink their relations with the US.