I don’t know if it’s reassuring or not, but there have been plenty of other times, before and since the Cuban crisis, when we have come much, much closer to wiping ourselves off the face of the planet.

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My debut novel is available at TrossPublishing.co.nz. I have had my work published in the Australian Spectator, the New Zealand Herald and several on-line publications. One of the only right-wing people...