by Paul Thomas | Sep 11, 2015 | The Age of Terror
Paul Thomas2015-09-11 Burning Monk Syndrome (BMS) has always been with us but is becoming more prevalent due to advances in communications technology. The condition takes its name from the periodic spectacle of monks setting themselves on fire to draw the world’s... 
by Paul Thomas | Sep 4, 2015 | Strange Days Indeed
Paul Thomas2015-09-04 They say there’s nothing new under the sun and, as usual, they are pretty much on the money. Fashions, trends, fads, waves, movements come and go. Then the wheel turns and they come around again. No matter how silly, unsightly or impractical a... 
by Paul Thomas | Aug 14, 2015 | Americana
Paul Thomas2015-08-14 For the sake of argument let’s assume Donald Trump is, in American parlance, an asshole. So the question is: why is an asshole – and not just any old asshole but someone widely regarded as a gigantic asshole, one of the world’s biggest – holding... 
by Paul Thomas | Jul 17, 2015 | Americana
Paul Thomas2015-07-17 Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz called it “the darkest 24 hours in our nation’s history.” Was he referring to: The outbreak of the American Civil War The assassinations of Abraham Lincoln or John Kennedy or Martin Luther King The 1929... 
by Paul Thomas | Jul 11, 2015 | Canon Media Award 2016, Sports
Paul Thomas2015-07-11 Next week’s All Blacks-Samoa test in Apia will be, among other things, a celebration of the Samoan influence in New Zealand rugby. While there’s much to celebrate, it shouldn’t be forgotten that the Polynesian presence in our national game wasn’t... 