After several years now at Blogger I've finally decided to move NZ Conservative to more dynamic premises on Wordpress. I'll keep the existing blog up and running until I get around to moving the old posts and links.

I recently saw Sam Tanenhaus, editor of the New York Review of Books, defend his new book, The Death of Conservatism, on Book-TV, at an event that took place at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). I haven’t read the book, but apparently the idea...

For an American, the two most momentous national events of this decade have to be the terrorist attack on 9/11 and the financial meltdown in September 2008. The consequences of these two events will be with us for a generation or more, and are deeply...

George Will’s recent column, “In Afghanistan, Knowing When to Stop” September 1, 2009 has drawn quite a lot of heat from fellow conservatives, such as Bill Kristol, who wrote: “Will is urging retreat, and accepting defeat." With very little...