Archive - Uncommon Sense

Max Bazerman's mea culpa; a day late and a dollar short

Max Bazerman provides his perspective on the Gino Ariely "clusterfake" affair

Apr 4 •

March 2025

The sheer lunacy of contemporary progressive politics or How I became a right-wing extremist

With Kemi Badenoch taking over the leadership of Tories in the UK, newspapers have been replete with how this represents a radical turn to the right.

Mar 13 •

Trump’s tariff wars will make us all poorer.

The Trump administration has imposed tariffs on imports to the United States, a controversial decision that will rock numerous economies directly…

Mar 13 •

August 2021

"Opt out" option can held reduce vaccine inertia

The Prime Minister has recently laid out some plans for opening New Zealand’s borders.

Aug 15, 2021 •

July 2021

Why we could not just "trust the science" when it came to Covid-19

The science behind Covid-19 must include a host of others besides just epidemiology.

Jul 22, 2021 •

Hard but not early: Separating facts from fiction about New Zealand’s Covid-19 response

New Zealand's stringent approach was hard but not early and has come at the cost of nearly 2 million life years or the equivalent of more than 45,000…

Jul 21, 2021 •

New proposed NZ hate speech law further proof of this government's authoritarian intent

There is understandable unease with the proposed new hate speech law.

Jul 13, 2021 •

June 2021

The government’s zero Covid stance and its future implications

The on-going crisis over the Covid-positive person who visited Wellington from Sydney raises questions about the government’s zero Covid stance.

Jun 27, 2021 •

Why would China leak Covid-19?

There is increasing chatter in the Western press that Covid-19 escaped from a lab in Wuhan.

Jun 3, 2021 •

A lesson for our Govt: Inviting the next Sergey Brin to build the next Google

When it comes to something like the budget, everyone has an opinion.

Jun 1, 2021 •

May 2021

The NYT article about India's true death count

The New York Times is reporting that India’s true death toll from Covid-19 is possibly many multiples higher.

May 25, 2021 •

Putting Covid-19 in India in perspective

Among the many casualties of the Covid-19 pandemic is the complete loss of objectivity and any sense of proportion.

May 5, 2021 •

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