Lushington D. Brady: The Yapping Dogs of NZ’s Race-Baiters

Is there a more odious, pathetic, political buzz-word than “dog-whistling”?

Because, here’s the funny thing about a dog whistle: only dogs can hear them.

So, if you’re a journalist or politician screeching that your opponent is “dog-whistling”, you’re admitting that you are a dog. Otherwise you wouldn’t be able to hear this supposed “dog-whistle”. If you claim to hear a “racist dog-whistle”, then you must be a racist dog.

Don Brash: I've cancelled my sub to the NBR

I have subscribed to the National Business Review for many years and try to read their daily emails most days. Sometimes, they have had some good articles, and one of their reporters is one of the best investigative journalists in the country.

But I have today advised the publisher that I do not want to renew my subscription when it expires shortly.

Why? Yesterday they published an article by Dita De Boni entitled “Right wing try dog-whistles to excite the wet and whiny ones”. The first lines of the article read: