I find it depressing that it wasn't so long ago that real conservative writers and thinkers like Russell Kirk, William F. Buckley, Alan Bloom and Francis Fukuyama were on the bestseller lists and getting serious media attention.

And also on that, there is a real, almost tangible sense that philosophies…

Francis Fukuyama

I would say that Mr Fukuyama's most recent work, in 2006, was the recipient as much, if not more ink, especially in the mainstream, than any of his earlier books...and it reached number one on the NYT list as I recall.

He reached the front page of The…

Moore, as I said I have my problems with him, largely due to lazy editing, and a tendancy to, shall we…

Oh, that was just me being snarky – because that's another part of the Moore-Coulter shtick that really pisses me off – the Park Avenue populist, pretending they're oppressed but undaunted speakers of truth to the evil forces arrayed against them. Please, if that pair ever said anything genuinely…

Sorry? Perhaps I'm really politically incorrect, but I do like books being marketed as non-fiction to undergo some basic fact-checking before they hit the shelves – a good start is making sure footnoted quotes and references bear some relationship to their source material. Otherwise, you might as well sign…

Time to rest my weary head after a cracking night of SJD at the Kings Arms!

Who would have guessed that the Michael Moore of the far-right would finally be useful for something?

I have my own problems with Moore but I think it's a wee bit unfair to lump him in with with someone whose quotes include:

__"we should invade their countries, kill their leaders…

Yes, I believe Ann Coulter's made a whole career out of sruverys like that. I don't think that's the kind of company you want to be keeping in these parts – hell, after her recent mouth-fart at the C-Pac convention last week, she's even getting the bum's rush from…

Interestingly for me that when the data is sliced and diced,(& generalising wildly) being in any of the following demographic groups tend to exhibit similar outcomes in decision making when it comes to answering this survey…

Was the problem with having "Free" in the name? (If so, allow me to suggest TView. Even 3VNZ sounds nicer, though it still looks about as poetic as their nom de turd.)

If you're sitting at your desk all day thinking…

Then again, Shortland St...

Yes, it was. I thought the same thing about critic's daling The Insider's Guide to Happiness and checked out – and having finally watched the rest of it on DVD, it still stinks but found it's feet pretty quickly. The problem…

Bad character intros and characters that seemed to have no depth past 5mins. Grumblegrumble

The first episode of Rude Awakenings was pretty bad. I think just awkward character introductions, but it's warmed up

I quite enjoyed the first episode, but I suspected the show could swing either way. Agreed, awkward character introductions. & now I like it.

The Hothouse: opening scene = police girl walks…

What happened to all of the sit-com proposals that went into TVNZ limbo last year?

Being dusted off right now, I'd wager ...

Noizy noted yesterday how woeful their sports coverage was for a "New Zealand" news site.

re: The Point $$$

What happened to all of the sit-com proposals that went into TVNZ limbo last year?