David Cohen - Columnists

Sir Tim Berners-Lee: still weaving his web

Issue 3797 12th Feb 2013

The inventor of the World Wide Web is an ardent opponent of reining in the internet, but his plea for openness has its caveats.

Interview: Mayor Nick Leggett

By David Cohen in Politics

Issue 3793 15th Jan 2013

Porirua Mayor Nick Leggett became a councillor at 19 and took the top job at 31. And his friends say he’s getting better with age.

The Golden Door: Letters to America by AA Gill - review

By David Cohen in Books

Issue 3792 3rd Jan 2013

A caustic critic finds love in the US.

Kiwiblog – David Farrar’s nine-year old baby

By David Cohen in Technology

Issue 3769 4th Aug 2012

Kiwiblog author David Farrar took a long time to find his voice, but now there’s no stopping him.

Here’s to you, Ma’am

By Jane Clifton David Cohen Joanne Black Anne Scott in Current Affairs

Issue 3761 9th Jun 2012

After some difficult times, the Royal Family has its mojo working again.

Fairness and Freedom by David Hackett Fischer - review

By David Cohen in Books

Issue Listener Plus 11th May 2012

The US and us - two "open societies" yet based on markedly different values. This rewarding work of popular historical scholarship explains why.

Holidays in Heck by PJ O'Rourke review

By David Cohen in Books

Issue 3742 28th Jan 2012

PJ O'Rourke treads the well-worn journalistic anthology route.

Beyond the Front Line by Mike McRoberts review

By David Cohen in Books

Issue 3739 7th Jan 2012

3 News frontman Mike McRoberts gives us a romantic narrative geared not so much around the story as around the storyteller.

Arguably by Christopher Hitchens review

By David Cohen in Books

Issue 3725 1st Oct 2011

Arguably has 752 pages of reasons for wishing Christopher Hitchens well.

Masters of misfortune?

By David Cohen in Commentary

Issue 3650 24th Apr 2010

An MBA from the Harvard Business School used to buy entry into the financial and political elite, but a now-infamous graduate argues it's not all it's cracked up to be.