I’ve devoted my life to ridiculing religion. I’ve been wrong. Why?

Well done to the government. It’s established a long overdue Commission to review suspected wrongful convictions, something we could have usefully had decades ago.

On 14^th June one of Australia’s most famous ever citizens, the acclaimed philosopher Peter Singer, was due to deliver a speech at Sky City. I wouldn’t go as I find listening to speeches tiresome, but in this case it would be unnecessary anyway as I’m fully aware of Singer’s views and mostly agree with him. But were I to have a one-to-one there are two points I’d raise.

A few weeks ago I wrote a teasing article suggesting Tauranga lawyer Mary-Ann McCarty had come up with a unique prison avoidance defense on behalf of her criminal client.