Paul Little: Literally terrified by soap
Pedants are among the least loved minorities in any society; it's not their belief that they know better than the rest of us - it's the delight with which they tell us so.
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Paul Little: Why Kiwis are made, not born
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Paul Little: Catcalls catapulting Morgan into a cat flap
UNICEF goodwill ambassador Gareth Morgan is known for combining an adventurous spirit with a commitment to original thinking.
Paul Little: Gluten-free is now the new flu
I'm not sure when gluten was invented, but I do know that a generation ago hardly anyone had heard of it.
Paul Little: Zero logic in right to bear arms
America has 311 million people and 300 million guns. If nothing else, the reaction to the massacre of the innocents at Sandy Hook school has shown the rest of the world what Americans apparently take for granted - the pervasiveness of gun culture.
Paul Little: Benefits rare in short term solutions
It's not the education system that is at fault, but the economic and social systems which, if they were doing their job, would be identifying and helping those who start life on the back foot.
Paul Little: Boffins tot up our benefit blues
Bennett is not, as she is often accused of doing, attacking beneficiaries themselves.
Paul Little: Intelligent TV an oxymoron in the age of the internet
Those who lament the passing of the good old days of public service television should be condemned to an evening watching it.