OPINION: In his final column for The Dominion Post, Richard Long gets a few things off his chest.

OPINION: Forget about Superstorm Sandy. President Barack Obama should be more concerned about Homer Simpson.

OPINION: The Kiwi dream of owning a house is now out of the question for lower-wage earners.

OPINION: The mess over the security flaw at Winz demands sackings of those who bungled, rather than a ceremonial hara-kiri by the chief executive.

OPINION: The trouble with the Dotcom security saga is that there is no clearly defined good guy, fighting for liberty, freedom and the Western way of life.

OPINION: Why on earth would Labour choose this time to start a civil war in its own ranks with a reshuffle, which is bound to aggravate the factions.

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OPINION: Rarely have so many politicians and commentators fulminated at such great length to so little avail.

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OPINION: Hands up all those who remember the sheep retention scheme? Or maybe the John Clarke parody, the black singlet retention scheme?

OPINION: I am getting increasingly grumpy about how the Greens and Lefties insist that we should be nice to people smugglers.

OPINION: Let's blame the Greeks. Ultimately, we can hold them responsible for the sudden, unforeseeable collapse in value of the gilt-edged state enterprise Solid Energy.

OPINION: Most would acknowledge that ACT, as a political force, is destined for the knacker's yard.

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OPINION: Our economy is going to hell in a handcart, with Government policies not nearly strong enough to halt the precipitous decline.

OPINION: The continued popularity of Mr Key and his Government must be a frustrating mystery to the Opposition.

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OPINION: It would have to rank as the best political dog whistle since Don Brash's "one law for all" Orewa speech.

OPINION: It was inevitable, after the verdict in the Scott Guy murder trial, that there would be calls for the "not proven" option.

OPINION: Forget the sell-down of state assets. Voters are more likely concerned about hip-pocket issues: rising prices and, most of all in Wellington, huge increases in insurance and rates.

OPINION: It does not seem to occur to Transmission Gully critics that inefficient roads clogged with goods and commuters would be the real loss of production.

OPINION: As Mr Key pointed out after his European trip, his Government and the Germans are the only ones likely to survive an election in the continuing world economic crisis.

OPINION: Some of Parata's party colleagues are probably secretly delighted to see the rapidly promoted high-flier get her comeuppance.

OPINION: It was Prime Minister John Key's response to the claim that we lead the stakes for the world's most promiscuous young women that gets my political award for the week.