Reasoned feedback is welcome at the address below. Also email me if you would like to receive this column by email COLIN JAMES Political Journalist & Analyst OTAGO DAILY TIMES ARCHIVE 2009 DECEMBER 2011 The banality of good 27 December 2011 Otago Daily Times column The year of the stratospheric cruiser 20 December 2011 Otago Daily Times column Concession or convenience? 13 December 2011 Otago Daily Times column Signposts for Labour 6 December 2011 Otago Daily Times column NOVEMBER 2011 Now for results 29 November 2011 Otago Daily Times column Second term with twists 28 November 2011 Otago Daily Times extra Brand-Key and work-in-progress 22 November 2011 Otago Daily Times column Ticking voting systems 15 November 2011 Otago Daily Times column The other election 14 November 2011 Otago Daily Times column Greens being a bit rich 8 November 2011 Otago Daily Times column Key: bland or bold? 1 November 2011 Otago Daily Times column OCTOBER 2011 Back to the election grind 25 October 2011 Otago Daily Times column Key's slips are showing 18 October 2011 Otago Daily Times column The Power of ideas 11 October 2011 Otago Daily Times column Party before policy 4 October 2011 Otago Daily Times column SEPTEMBER 2011 Trading through to the new normal 27 September 2011 Otago Daily Times column Auckland no laughing matter 20 September 2011 Otago Daily Times column Superpowers in the Pacific 13 September 2011 Otago Daily Times column When the world changed 6 September 2011 Otago Daily Times column AUGUST 2011 Two elections: getting noticed -- or not 30 August 2011 Otago Daily Times column Key's social investment 16 August 2011 Otago Daily Times column The more-often-than-not government 9 August 2011 Otago Daily Times column A life choice for Key 2 August 2011 Otago Daily Times column JULY 2011 Labouring through big rough tides 26 July 2011 Otago Daily Times column Social investment for the economy 19 July 2011 Otago Daily Times column Labour's leaky tax 12 July 2011 Otago Daily Times column WAI262: the Treaty's next phase 5 July 2011 Otago Daily Times column JUNE 2011 To and beyond Australia 28 June 2011 Otago Daily Times column Something for Labour 21 June 2011 Otago Daily Times column Key constitutional innovator 14 June 2011 Otago Daily Times column The good society as economic infrastructure 7 June 2011 Otago Daily Times column MAY 2011 The Treasury and Green hopes 31 May 2011 Otago Daily Times column Labour's fair go 24 May 2011 Otago Daily Times column Brash, the budget and bigger questions 17 May 2011 Otago Daily Times column Off the field where are the Maori? 10 May 2011 Otago Daily Times column Life on the fringe 3 May 2011 Otago Daily Times column APRIL 2011 Key amid right-royal pomp 26 April 2011 Otago Daily Times column An Easter message on children 19 April 2011 Otago Daily Times column Oz: compete or collaborate 12 April 2011 Otago Daily Times column Bill English and innovation 5 April 2011 Otago Daily Times column MARCH 2011 Dalliance versus deep change 29 March 2011 Otago Daily Times column Auckland is NZ is Otago 22 March 2011 Otago Daily Times column When principled is populist 15 March 2011 Otago Daily Times column The unseen power of a Power 8 March 2011 Otago Daily Times column The long haul out of Christchurch 1 March 2011 Otago Daily Times column FEBRUARY 2011 The long tides of history 22 February 2011 Otago Daily Times column When the show is the substance 15 February 2011 Otago Daily Times column Waitangi and the liberal challenge 8 February 2011 Otago Daily Times column Green growth? 1 February 2011 Otago Daily Times column JANUARY 2011 Barbecue time for Goff 25 January 2011 Otago Daily Times column CONTACT P O Box 9494, Wellington 6141, New Zealand Email: ColinJames@synapsis.co.nz HOMEPAGE