by Paul Thomas | Aug 30, 2014 | Americana
Paul Thomas2014-08-30 Another week, another racism row. Last week Taylor Swift’s new video was the issue. Rapper Earl Sweatshirt didn’t even need to watch it to know (and tell the world) that it’s “inherently offensive and ultimately harmful.” Swift wears hip hop gear...
by Paul Thomas | Oct 5, 2013 | Americana
Paul Thomas2013-10-05 The leaders of America and Iran are talking to each other for the first time since 1979, but US domestic politics remain mired in communication breakdown. Obviously we can’t attach too much significance to the contact between Barack Obama and...
by Paul Thomas | Feb 25, 2012 | Americana
Paul Thomas2012-02-25 You’d think that if you googled “santorum”, you’d be inundated with stuff about Rick Santorum, the US religious right’s flavour of the month now being touted as a serious contender to be the Republican Party’s candidate in this year’s...
by Paul Thomas | Nov 19, 2011 | Americana
Paul Thomas2011-11-19 The line between politics and entertainment just got even more blurred with the news that the search for a Republican candidate to take on President Barack Obama next year will double as a reality TV show. Speaking exclusively to the New Zealand...
by Paul Thomas | Sep 4, 2010 | Americana
Paul Thomas2010-09-04 Observing American politics these days is a bit like watching an old family friend go through a mid-life identity crisis: he’s dumped his wife for a pole-dancer, become a Buddhist, and got himself a tattoo and a ponytail. You wonder: what next?...
by Paul Thomas | Dec 20, 2008 | Americana
Paul Thomas2008-12-20 In Independence Day, the president leads an air raid against alien invaders. In Air Force One, the president saves his family from terrorists who’ve hijacked the presidential jumbo jet. And this week life imitated art when President George W....
