Skip to content
The Inquiring Mind
Commentary on what interests me, reflecting my personal take on the world
Home
About Adam Smith 1922
Immigration Scandal – Posts so far
Section 92A – Protest
Food & Water Issues
Posts from the ‘Ethics’ Category
5
September 30, 2012
Good luck Ms Guyton
0
November 20, 2011
Herald on tea-tape – part 1
0
September 3, 2011
Other People’s Wars
0
June 14, 2009
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
1
June 13, 2009
Further thoughts on L’Affaire Choudary
0
May 29, 2009
MPs Expenses #1
0
May 23, 2009
Quackers
11
May 21, 2009
Hypocritical Catholic Church has no moral authority whatsoever
0
May 19, 2009
UK MPs – Bizarre expenses #2 – John Prescott
0
May 16, 2009
WSJ on UK MPs expenses rort
0
May 15, 2009
Claiming your expenses Part 1
0
May 15, 2009
Cartoon for Today, Friday May 15
0
May 14, 2009
Cartoon for Today, Thursday May 14
0
May 11, 2009
Vaclav Havel:A Table for Tyrants
4
May 11, 2009
Tortured Reasoning
0
May 11, 2009
Cartoon for Today, Monday May 9
0
May 6, 2009
Cartoon for Today, Wednesday May 6
1
April 27, 2009
Is Sauron stirring?
0
April 15, 2009
Cartoon for Today, Wednesday April 15
3
April 1, 2009
Cartoon for Today, Wednesday April 1
5
March 30, 2009
MAY YOU ROT IN HELL
3
March 23, 2009
Chickens come home to roost!
0
March 8, 2009
Monkey business
19
March 7, 2009
Absolutely bloody outrageous
13
February 4, 2009
Snobbish media sharks after Bennett because she is not PLU
« Older Entries
Subscribe to The Inquiring Mind
Subscribe in a reader
Subscribe to The Inquiring Mind by Email
Rate The Inquiring Mind at Blogged
Adam’s Twitterings
This man wants to steal your savings
wp.me/pcaoZ-6mV
1 month ago
Mind blowing, vomit inducing
wp.me/pcaoZ-6mR
on Labour's hypocrisy
1 month ago
Unnecessarily cumbersome - a massive understatement
wp.me/pcaoZ-6my
1 month ago
Who wrote...
wp.me/pcaoZ-6mw
1 month ago
Another misleading Herald headline
wp.me/pcaoZ-6mt
1 month ago
Categories
Select Category
20th Century (161)
21st Century (237)
Abuse of Power (97)
ACT NZ (19)
Acting (26)
Actors (46)
Afghanistan (49)
Africa (55)
Agri-Development (21)
Agri-Science (18)
Agriculture (77)
Aid (1)
Airlines (15)
alphainventions (6)
Annoyances (2)
APEC (3)
Arts (10)
Asia (86)
Australia (51)
Awards (16)
Bad Ideas (17)
Beer (18)
Beijing Olympics (46)
Belgium (1)
Bigotry (4)
Biofuels (17)
Blog Poll (1)
Blogging (278)
Blogosphere (128)
Blues (24)
Blues & Jazz (66)
Books (10)
Bureaucracy (7)
Burma (20)
Buses (4)
Business (230)
Business Model (24)
Business Quotations (22)
Cambodia (1)
Capital (11)
Capitalism (62)
Caribbean (1)
Cartoons (780)
Change (6)
Cheese (7)
Chefs & Cooking (10)
China (93)
Christianity (15)
Cinema (89)
Classical (8)
Climate Change (129)
Climate Change Sceptics (12)
Clinton (18)
Cloud Computing (3)
Comedy (60)
Commodities (21)
Communications (19)
Competition (17)
Computers (16)
Consulting (2)
Corruption (14)
Country (4)
Cricket (41)
Crime (34)
Culture (112)
Customer service (5)
Czechoslovakia (5)
Dairy (20)
Defence (5)
Democrats (16)
Diet (3)
Digitization (12)
Documentary (4)
Doha Round (26)
Drugs (4)
Economics (459)
Educated Workforce (6)
Education (16)
Election 2008 (617)
Election Commission (3)
Elections (82)
Electoral Commission (22)
Electoral Finance Act (41)
Emissions Trading (27)
Emissions Trading Scheme (14)
Employment (31)
Employment Conditions (12)
Energy (19)
Energy Efficiency (12)
Enforcement (36)
England (103)
Enjoyment (784)
Entertainment (76)
Environment (105)
Epics (5)
Ethics (50)
Ethiopia (1)
Europe (25)
Evolution (1)
Family (16)
Family Violence (14)
FAO (13)
Farming (49)
Fiji (1)
Financial Markets (88)
Flim-flam (4)
Folk (79)
Food & Wine (102)
Food Issues (51)
Food Prices (36)
Food Safety (15)
Food Security (38)
Food Security (7)
Foreign Policy (84)
France (12)
Fraud (3)
Free Speech (187)
freedom (153)
FreeTrade Agreements (34)
General Quotations (80)
Georgia (11)
Germany (5)
Global Warming (19)
Globalisation (2)
Good Ideas (87)
Google (31)
Governance (827)
Grain production (8)
Green issues (24)
Greens NZ (67)
Groupthink (7)
Growth (145)
Health (59)
History (357)
Hotels (10)
Human Rights (33)
Humour (1514)
Humourous Quotations (55)
Hydro (2)
Ideas & Concepts (70)
IMF (6)
India (34)
Indonesia (4)
Inflation (10)
Influence (36)
Innovation (22)
Insulting Quotations (21)
Intellectual Property (23)
International (303)
Internet (209)
Intolerance (30)
Investment (24)
Iran (25)
Ireland (4)
Islam (29)
Israel (7)
Italy (1)
Japan (6)
Jobs (20)
Journalism (140)
Judaism (4)
Judicial System (27)
Kenya (1)
Knowledge Economy (9)
Labour (8)
Labour Party NZ (241)
Land (4)
Language (8)
Laos (2)
Law (42)
Law & Order (119)
Leadership (168)
Legislative Process (16)
Life (649)
Literary Quotations (21)
Literature (27)
London (36)
Malaysia (1)
Management (62)
Maori (68)
Maori Party NZ (59)
McCain (32)
Meat (5)
Media (761)
Metrics (22)
Microsoft (17)
Middle East (81)
Monetary Policy (19)
Monopoly (2)
Motown (2)
MSM (232)
Music (322)
National Party NZ (118)
Nationalism (15)
NATO (3)
Natural Disasters (30)
New York (3)
New Zealand (986)
Nostalgia (174)
Nuclear (1)
Nuclear weapons (4)
NZ First (89)
NZ Police (21)
Obama (98)
Obesity (2)
Oil (13)
Oil (1)
Opera (1)
Oscar (10)
P4 (6)
Pakistan (18)
Parody (36)
Philanthropy (1)
Philosophical Quotations (80)
Pinot Noir (2)
Political Correctness (37)
Political Quotations (166)
Politics (1956)
Polls (24)
Pop (61)
Prejudice (24)
Probity (56)
Protectionism (72)
Public Finances (5)
Public Service (82)
Public Transport (6)
Pubs (27)
Quotations (697)
Radio (31)
Railways (4)
Rant (67)
Recession (39)
Reggae (5)
Regulation (15)
Religion (68)
Religious freedom (5)
Religious Fundamentalism (17)
Republicans (6)
Resources (53)
Restaurants (20)
Rock & Roll (90)
Russia (15)
Safety (1)
Sales & Marketing (4)
Satire (652)
Sauvignon Blanc (3)
Scandal (60)
Science (10)
Singapore (21)
single issue politics (5)
Sleaze (34)
Social Commentary (1455)
Software (20)
South Africa (12)
South Pacific (21)
Spending Cuts (1)
Sport (104)
State Owned Enterprises (1)
Stupidity (68)
Sustainability (34)
Swing-Big Bands (4)
Tax policy (6)
Taxation (2)
Technology (60)
Telecommunications (6)
Terrorism (33)
Thailand (6)
Theatre (11)
Tourism (17)
Trade (148)
Transport (13)
Travel (64)
TV (105)
UK (64)
UK Politics (47)
UN (30)
UN Human Rights Council (1)
Uncategorized (1669)
UNDP (7)
Unintended Humour (56)
US Elections (87)
USA (226)
Vietnam (5)
Viticulture (4)
War (128)
Waste (16)
Water (10)
Water issues (1)
Web 2.0 (29)
Web Based Apps (10)
Westerns (3)
WFP (3)
Wine (12)
Winston Peters (65)
World (143)
World Bank (8)
WTO (27)
You Tube (46)
Zimbabwe (44)
Timeline
May 2013
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
« Apr
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Adam’s Pages
About Adam Smith 1922
Food & Water Issues
Immigration Scandal – Posts so far
Section 92A – Protest
Adam’s newest posts
ANZAC Day 2013
This man wants to steal your savings
Mind blowing, vomit inducing
Adam is sick and tired of….
Music for Easter #2 – Comfort ye my people and Every valley shall be exalted
Currently popular posts by Adam
Water:a critical resource
Top 10 quintessential English foods
Cartoon for Today, Monday 2 February
Profile:Alison Steadman
Is GST a regressive tax?
Broon's gaffe
Blue Cod, ginger, soy & steam = perfection
Top 10 Quintessential Kiwi Foods
Does America live up to its' ideals?
Cry, God for Harry, England and Saint George
Comments on The Inquiring Mind
Freshman Guitars Wik…
on
Music for Easter #1 – Ha…
Guitar Lessons…
on
Adam is sick and tired of…
scrubone
on
Mind blowing, vomit induc…
Chip on
Adam is sick and tired of…
jon on
US links to torture in Ir…
homepaddock
on
5 Years of blogging
inventory2
on
Winston plans savings gra…
Allan on
Winston plans savings gra…
Cadwallader on
Snarky media comment on Key…
adamsmith1922 on
5 Years of blogging
inventory2
on
5 Years of blogging
awbraae
on
Snarky media comment on Key…
Cadwallader on
Snarky media comment on Key…
billbennettnz
on
Another sub-editing fail from…
pdm on
Adam Likes…….
Asia
Cactus Kate
Our Shared World
Business
Blogs at the Economist
Brad Taylor’s Blog
Dear John
dig-n-stir
Financial Times – Capitalism Blog
FT.com – UK Home
New York Times
ratesblog at interest.co.nz
Show me the Money
Stirring the Pot
The visible hand in economics
Climate Change
Adding Noughts
Circle of Blue – Water issues
Climate Change
International Water Management Institute
Culture
Consumist
George Packer -Interesting Times
NZ Listener
Texture
Tumeke
Current Affairs
Alf Grumble
Audrey Young
Barnsley Bill
Beehive Buzz
Big News
Bill Ralston’s Media Scrum
Blogs at the Economist
Brad Taylor’s Blog
Cactus Kate
cearta.ie
Cicero on Politics
Circle of Blue – Water issues
Colin Espiner – On The House
Comparablog
Conservative Blogs Central
Consumist
Contra Celsum
Cranmer
Curiablog
Curly’s Corner Shop
Dear John
dig-n-stir
DimPost
Ex-expat
George Packer -Interesting Times
Hard News-Russell Brown
Homepaddock
Huffington Post
Jafapete
Keeping Stock
Kiwiblog
Kiwipolitico
Kiwisfirst
Legal Beagle – Graham Edgeler
liberation
Lindsay Mitchell
Luke's musings on the things of life
MacDoctor moments
MandM
Melanie Phillips
Midnight Ruminations
Monkeys With Typewriters
New York Times
New Zealand Conservative
No Minister
No Right Turn
NZ Listener
NZ Pundit
NZ Right Wing Leftie
OZY MANDIAS' WARNING
PM of NZ
Pundit
roarprawn
ROBERTGUYTON
Save the Humans
SCOOP:ELECTION 08
Show me the Money
Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later
Take Back the Flag
The Alligator
The Conservative Journal
The Hive
The Standard
The Thorndon Bubble
This is Zimbabwe
Tracy Watkins
Tumeke
Watching Brief
Whale Oil
Economics
Anti-Dismal
Blogs at the Economist
Brad Taylor’s Blog
Circle of Blue – Water issues
Financial Times – Capitalism Blog
FT.com – UK Home
International Water Management Institute
ratesblog at interest.co.nz
Show me the Money
The visible hand in economics
Environment
Circle of Blue – Water issues
Climate Change
International Water Management Institute
ROBERTGUYTON
Save the Humans
Faith
(((billy the atheist)))
Cranmer
MandM
Open Parachute
Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later
Film
NZ Listener
Food & Wine
roarprawn
Texture
Food Security
Circle of Blue – Water issues
dig-n-stir
IAASTD
History
Brixton, London
Cranmer
Humour
Alf Grumble
Beau Bo D’Or
Cactus Kate
DimPost
Editing the Herald
Homepaddock
Jib Jab
John Ansell
Luke's musings on the things of life
OZY MANDIAS' WARNING
Save the Humans
Life
(((billy the atheist)))
Annie Fox
Barnsley Bill
Beau Bo D’Or
Cactus Kate
Cicero on Politics
Consumist
Editing the Herald
Ex-expat
goNZo Freakpower
Homepaddock
John Ansell
Kiwiblog
Kiwipolitico
Lindsay Mitchell
Luke's musings on the things of life
MacDoctor moments
Midnight Ruminations
Monkeys With Typewriters
OZY MANDIAS' WARNING
PM of NZ
Poneke’s Weblog
ROBERTGUYTON
Save the Humans
Texture
The Alligator
Whale Oil
Media
Audrey Young
Bill Ralston’s Media Scrum
Blogs at the Economist
Colin Espiner – On The House
Editing the Herald
FT.com – UK Home
George Packer -Interesting Times
Huffington Post
New York Times
No Minister
NZ Media and other stuff
roarprawn
Tracy Watkins
Tumeke
Metrics
AlphaInventions
Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later
Tumeke
TUMEKE! NZ Blogosphere
Middle East
Melanie Phillips
Music
Hard News-Russell Brown
NZ Listener
Networking
LinkedIn
LinkedIn Blog
Marzar
Plaxo
Xing
News
Audrey Young
Beehive Buzz
Big News
Bill Ralston’s Media Scrum
Blogs at the Economist
Colin Espiner – On The House
Dear John
Editing the Herald
FT.com – UK Home
Hard News-Russell Brown
Huffington Post
Keeping Stock
Kiwiblog
Kiwipolitico
Midnight Ruminations
New York Times
OZY MANDIAS' WARNING
SCOOP:ELECTION 08
The Alligator
The Conservative Journal
The Hive
This is Zimbabwe
Tracy Watkins
Nostalgia
Brixton, London
Curly’s Corner Shop
Opinion Polls
Curiablog
Kiwiblog
Places I used to go
Brixton, London
Political
Alf Grumble
Audrey Young
Barnsley Bill
Beau Bo D’Or
Beehive Buzz
Big News
Bill Ralston’s Media Scrum
Brad Taylor’s Blog
Cicero on Politics
Colin Espiner – On The House
Comparablog
Conservative Blogs Central
Contra Celsum
Curiablog
Curly’s Corner Shop
DimPost
George Packer -Interesting Times
Hard News-Russell Brown
Huffington Post
Jafapete
John Ansell
Keeping Stock
Kiwiblog
Legal Beagle – Graham Edgeler
liberation
Lindsay Mitchell
Luke's musings on the things of life
MacDoctor moments
Melanie Phillips
Midnight Ruminations
Monkeys With Typewriters
New Zealand Conservative
No Minister
No Right Turn
NZ Listener
NZ Pundit
NZ Right Wing Leftie
PM of NZ
Pundit
roarprawn
Samuel Dennis
SCOOP:ELECTION 08
Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later
Take Back the Flag
The Conservative Journal
The Standard
This is Zimbabwe
Tracy Watkins
Tumeke
Watching Brief
Whale Oil
Pubs
Brixton, London
Resources
Circle of Blue – Water issues
Cr!key Creek
dig-n-stir
ROBERTGUYTON
Social Commentary
Alf Grumble
Barnsley Bill
Beau Bo D’Or
Beehive Buzz
Bill Ralston’s Media Scrum
Brad Taylor’s Blog
cearta.ie
Cicero on Politics
Comparablog
Consumist
Curly’s Corner Shop
dig-n-stir
Editing the Herald
George Packer -Interesting Times
goNZo Freakpower
Homepaddock
Huffington Post
John Ansell
Keeping Stock
Kiwiblog
Kiwipolitico
Kiwisfirst
Legal Beagle – Graham Edgeler
liberation
Lindsay Mitchell
Luke's musings on the things of life
MacDoctor moments
MandM
Melanie Phillips
Midnight Ruminations
Monkeys With Typewriters
New Zealand Conservative
No Minister
No Right Turn
NZ Right Wing Leftie
Open Parachute
OZY MANDIAS' WARNING
Poneke’s Weblog
Pundit
roarprawn
ROBERTGUYTON
Save the Humans
Take Back the Flag
The Alligator
The Conservative Journal
The visible hand in economics
Tracy Watkins
Tumeke
Whale Oil
Technology
Hard News-Russell Brown
WordPress.com
WordPress.org
Travel
Our Shared World
US Affairs
(((billy the atheist)))
Conservative Blogs Central
George Packer -Interesting Times
Huffington Post
Midnight Ruminations
Take Back the Flag
The Alligator
The Conservative Journal
Zimbabwe
This is Zimbabwe
Other Links
StatCounter and Active Meter
clustrmap
Frog Blog
General debate, May 19, 2013
May 18, 2013
frog
Homepaddock
May 20 in history
May 19, 2013
homepaddock
Keeping Stock
The Greens try to stop progress; again
Keeping Stock
Kiwiblog
Some quiz trivia questions
May 19, 2013
David Farrar
No Minister
NOT THE RESULT MANY ANTICIPATED.
gravedodger
The Standard
NRT: National’s “innovation” agenda
May 18, 2013
notices and features
The Visible Hand in Economics
New Site @ www.tvhe.co.nz
December 13, 2008
agnitio
BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
Imran Khan blames rival for killing
May 19, 2013
Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan's PTI party, is blaming one of his political rivals for the killing of PTI official Zahra Shahid Hussain.
Syria army 'storms' rebel-held town
May 19, 2013
Syrian government forces surround the rebel town of Qusair with opposition activists saying at least 16 people have been killed.
Lennon guitar sells for $408,000
May 19, 2013
A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles in 1967 fetches $408,000 (£269,000) at auction in New York.
Tunisia police clash with Islamists
May 19, 2013
Tunisian police clash with hundreds of supporters of the radical Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia defying attempts to bar a gathering.
Denmark crowned Eurovision winners
May 19, 2013
Denmark's Emmelie de Forest wins the Eurovision Song Contest, with the UK's Bonnie Tyler finishing 19th out of 26 countries.
CNN Top Stories
What was that explosion on the moon?
May 18, 2013
Amputee uses new bionic hands
May 18, 2013
Baby tweets for a diaper change
May 18, 2013
Key e-mails found in Jackson trial
May 18, 2013
Holiday photos you wish you'd taken
May 18, 2013
New York Times
Syrian Troops Said to Strike Town Near Lebanon
May 19, 2013
Game 6: Pacers 106, Knicks 99: Knicks’ Path Through Playoffs Is Blocked by Pacers
May 19, 2013
Boom in Luxury Towers Is Warping New York Real Estate Market
May 19, 2013
Pacers 106, Knicks 99: Pacers Knock Out Knicks With Win in Game 6
May 19, 2013
Suspect in Hofstra Home Invasion Had Extensive Criminal Record
May 19, 2013
Salon.com – Original, independent news coverage and investigative reporting, and insightful commentary on politics and culture
An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.
Wired News Top Stories
Wired Space Photo of the Day: Dunes of Titan
May 19, 2013
Autodesk Purchases, Revives 3-D Design App Tinkercad
May 18, 2013
The Schticky Is the Dark Knight Rises of Infomercials
May 18, 2013
Wired Space Photo of the Day: Galactic Wheels
May 18, 2013
Dropping Jaws (And Slowpokes) on Cervelo's $10,000 Racing Bike
May 18, 2013
Meta
Register
Log in
Entries
RSS
Comments
RSS
WordPress.com
Inquiring Mind – The Archive
Select Month
April 2013 (3)
March 2013 (24)
February 2013 (2)
January 2013 (4)
December 2012 (12)
November 2012 (14)
September 2012 (20)
August 2012 (12)
June 2012 (3)
March 2012 (27)
February 2012 (16)
January 2012 (6)
December 2011 (21)
November 2011 (38)
October 2011 (25)
September 2011 (16)
August 2011 (13)
May 2011 (3)
April 2011 (3)
March 2011 (21)
February 2011 (24)
January 2011 (12)
December 2010 (41)
November 2010 (35)
October 2010 (74)
September 2010 (81)
August 2010 (86)
July 2010 (96)
June 2010 (81)
May 2010 (84)
April 2010 (80)
March 2010 (78)
February 2010 (78)
January 2010 (84)
December 2009 (114)
November 2009 (119)
October 2009 (165)
September 2009 (159)
August 2009 (163)
July 2009 (192)
June 2009 (164)
May 2009 (236)
April 2009 (202)
March 2009 (213)
February 2009 (150)
January 2009 (214)
December 2008 (259)
November 2008 (324)
October 2008 (326)
September 2008 (243)
August 2008 (256)
July 2008 (207)
June 2008 (231)
May 2008 (232)
April 2008 (190)
March 2008 (125)
February 2008 (35)
Networked Blogs
NetworkedBlogs
Blog:
The Inquiring Mind
Topics:
Politics
,
Life
,
News
Follow my blog
Follow
Follow “The Inquiring Mind”
Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.
Join 68 other followers
Powered by WordPress.com