http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Content for Peter Calder en-nz Copyright 2017 APN HOLDINGS NZ Sat, 30 Dec 2017 18:20:02 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/rssLogo.png http://www.nzherald.co.nz/peter-calder/headlines.cfm?a_id=37 A conventional rule of etiquette advises that, if you don't have anything nice to say, you should say nothing at all. It's an imperative that, taken at face value, would put reviewers in any field out of business. And, as someone... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/peter-calder/news/article.cfm?a_id=37&objectid=11959752&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 24 Dec 2017 05:00:13 +1200 It's a tough life giving a damn about what words mean. I know that most people regard as obsessive-compulsive those who care when a writer uses "miasma" when he means "maelstrom" or "refute" when she means "deny". So when I decided... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/peter-calder/news/article.cfm?a_id=37&objectid=11960300&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 17 Dec 2017 10:00:00 +1200