Much the same motives of revenge and paranoid
secrecy have driven the US government's attitude to national
secrets, as Wellington writer James Robinson
demonstrates with his extensive report filed from the US,
where James is currently engaged in postgraduate journalism
studies. Ever since the early Cold War period and onwards
to Richard Nixon, George W. Bush and Barack Obama,
successive US Presidents have obstructed any moves towards
greater transparency and accountability with respect to
whatever they deem to be within the ambit of state security.
Genuine national secrets, outright lies and political
convenience have all become entwined, as Robinson
demonstrates, in the process. Elsewhere in this issue, Cushla McKinney looks at the social benefits
and personal risks and gains associated with the so called'
stomach stapling' procedures involved with weight loss
surgery. Along the way, Cushla notes the fascinating
contrast that exists between our social tolerance of
anorexia on one hand, and obesity on the other.
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The Quest to Punish the Waihopai
Three
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/11/the-quest-to-punish-the-waihopai-three/ The
legal battle now shifts to civil court by Gordon Campbell
Heavyweight Contenders
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/11/heavyweight-contenders/
The plusses (and perils) of weight loss
surgery by Cushla McKinney
Hiding in Public
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/11/hiding-in-public/
Truman to Nixon, Bush to Obama – how the
US has rationalized the ‘need’ for state secrecy by
James Robinson
& from the last edition
Profiteering from Prisons
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/10/profiteering-from-prisons/
On the global evidence, private prisons are
no more efficient, and are no less expensive for the
taxpayer by Rory MacKinnon
Lady in Waiting
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/10/lady-in-waiting/
Helen Clark’s chances of becoming the next
UN Secretary-General by Gordon Campbell
Saint Australia
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/10/saving-a-nation-of-sinners/
The blessings of the Lucky Country now
extend to the afterlife by Gordon Campbell
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Left Coasting : Open Season on
Healthcare
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/11/left-coasting-open-season-on-healthcare/
Count the ways the medical-industrial
complex is bad for everyone’s health… by Rosalea
Barker
Milestone Movies : Daisies
(1966)
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/11/milestone-movies-daisies-1966/"
Freedom’s just another word for making fun
of everything by Brannavan Gnanalingham
From the Hood : Lost in Wiseacre
Wood
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/11/from-the-hood-lost-in-wiseacre-wood/"
Isn’t it funny / How a bear likes cutting
the public service? / Buzz buzz buzz, / I wonder why he
does. by Lyndon Hood
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