A DNA analysis of the origins of my political conservatism would likely reveal the following: 25% - a reaction against leftist brainwashing at university, 25% - a personal tendency to caution and the contrary, and 50% - an early exposure to the writing of P.J. O’Rourke.

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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...