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Paul Little: Senility and lack of brains no bar

Much fun has been had at the expense of the US Republican Party candidates for the presidential nomination over the fact they're all bonkers.

Paul Little: He fought for his country

Paul Little: 'Tis the season for friends and family

Paul Little: Treatment of prisoners is criminal

The release of a report into fighting at Mt Eden Prison is held up in court, thanks to a legal challenge by former prison manager, Serco.

Paul Little: Ingenious poor help themselves

Paul Little: Say a sad farewell to an old friend

From early to mid-January, the Oldfriends site will be closed down and you won't be able to access it any more. Any data will also be deleted.

Paul Little: Another wreath, another yawn

For four days, an elderly British couple have been shuffling around the country, beaming inanely and muttering platitudes.

Paul Little: Our weed ban is simply dopey

Paul Little: Did you hear the one about ...

Among the boons the internet has brought us have been the opportunities it provides to connoisseurs of gullibility, writes Paul Little.

Paul Little: Housing Minister loses the plots

Housing Minister Nick Smith is beyond embarrassment, writes Paul Little.

It never rains but it pours

It surrounds us the moment we are born. Yet still we struggle to get our heads around the weather, writes Paul Little.

Paul Little: Let the magic of art win us over

Art has a way of winning people over once it's there. It has its own magic but it literally has to be seen to be believed, writes Paul Little.

Paul Little: Cultural cringe alive and well

Paul Little writes: The cultural cringe is back: If a show is not from overseas, or has an overseas seal of approval, we're not going to rate it.

We've never had it so dull

Paul Little writes: How many people, I wonder, watch the opening and closing leaders' addresses of the election campaign, shown by TVNZ, as it is required to do by law. None?

Sporting chance a loser's game

There is no surer way of sucking all the enjoyment out of something than being in a position where you have to do it, writes Paul Little.

Trade always trumps human rights

The Saudi Arabian visit was a return to the old Key model of jet setting, glad-handing and grandstanding, which we can now see has never worked, writes Paul Little.