Reasoned feedback is welcome at the address below. Also email me if you would like to receive my weekly column by email COLIN JAMES Political Journalist & Analyst NEW ZEALAND HERALD ARCHIVE 2008 DECEMBER 2008 Our huge advantages 30 December 2008 NZ Herald column The 'yes' of Christmas 23 December 2008 NZ Herald column The H word, a big exit and a star 16 December 2008 NZ Herald column Wag the dog and get smaller 9 December 2008 NZ Herald column Simon Power's big job 2 December 2008 NZ Herald column NOVEMBER 2008 Key's harder foreign relations task 25 November 2008 NZ Herald column Developing the Maori party 18 November 2008 NZ Herald column Key's biggest task: give all kids a good start 11 November 2008 NZ Herald column An election phenomenon 10 November 2008 NZ Herald election review Campaign of doom and hope 7 November 2008 NZ Herald election review Leaders count 4 November 2008 NZ Herald column OCTOBER 2008 Brand, image, values 31 October 2008 NZ Herald election review The economic advantage 28 October 2008 NZ Herald column Doing democracy differently 24 October 2008 NZ Herald election review A social question 21 October 2008 NZ Herald column Government arithmetic 17 October 2008 NZ Herald election review A new world order 14 October 2008 NZ Herald column A bad time to be in government 10 October 2008 NZ Herald election review Austerity politics 7 October 2008 NZ Herald column Political generational change 7 October 2008 NZ Herald election review SEPTEMBER 2008 Two-world politics 30 September 2008 NZ Herald column Financial ups and downs 23 September 2008 NZ Herald column Will Peters leave a policy hole? 16 September 2008 NZ Herald column Turning CER into SEM 13 September 2008 Business Herald Climate is foreign and trade policy too 9 September 2008 NZ Herald column Marrying the economy and the environment 2 September 2008 NZ Herald column AUGUST 2008 Making best use of water 26 August 2008 NZ Herald column Fiddling with elections 19 August 2008 NZ Herald column Key's "P" ideas 12 August 2008 NZ Herald column Why unwritten rules are important 5 August 2008 NZ Herald column JULY 2008 Key's real election challenge 29 July 2008 NZ Herald column A legacy issue for Clark 22 July 2008 NZ Herald column The populist's shriinking popular base 15 July 2008 NZ Herald column Trucking to nowhere 8 July 2008 NZ Herald column The protection duty 1 July 2008 NZ Herald column JUNE 2008 Hot air over emissions 24 June 2008 NZ Herald column The disappearing worker 17 June 2008 NZ Herald column Pingpong ball economics 10 June 2008 NZ Herald column Popular constitution-making 3 June 2008 NZ Herald column MAY 2008 Finding space for the Greens 27 May 2008 NZ Herald column Cullen's Budget legacy 23 May 2008 Business Herald Now the party's over 20 May 2008 NZ Herald column ETS: Swiss cheese or cheddar 13 May 2008 NZ Herald column Cullen's Treaty sprint 6 May 2008 NZ Herald column APRIL 2008 The early life fright 29 April 2008 NZ Herald column Key, future man 26 April 2008 NZ Herald column The Australian factor 22 April 2008 NZ Herald column Investing in a credit crunch 15 April 2008 NZ Herald column Changing political generations 8 April 2008 NZ Herald column Free trade with the unfree 1 April 2008 NZ Herald column MARCH 2008 In search of the sacred 25 March 2008 NZ Herald column Counting the cost of George Bush 18 March 2008 NZ Herald column The long and short of a slowdown 11 March 2008 NZ Herald column The other globalisation 4 March 2008 NZ Herald column FEBRUARY 2008 Losing the art of political management 26 February 2008 NZ Herald column Labour's biggest idea 19 February 2008 NZ Herald column Clark's problem with 'fresh' Key 12 February 2008 NZ Herald column Indigenising indigenous rights 5 February 2008 NZ Herald column JANUARY 2008 The Key to the door to power 29 January 2008 NZ Herald column Clark's uphill climb 22 January 2008 NZ Herald column The real economic challenge 15 January 2008 NZ Herald column The water problem 8 January 2008 NZ Herald column More than the sum of the parts 1 January 2008 NZ Herald column CONTACT P O Box 9494, Wellington, New Zealand Email: ColinJames@synapsis.co.nz HOMEPAGE