Taki's Daily Blog
Having forced myself to watch the most recent display of Republican presidential intelligence in Columbia, South Carolina on May 15, I came away with impressions that clearly jar with those of the authorized FOX commentators. Unlike Hannity and Colmes, who after the debate rushed to assure us that the “Mayor” had performed brilliantly, I cringed with disgust at Hizzoner’s verbal ineptness. … [Read More]
When I wrote a tongue-in-cheek column about the Puerto Rican parade ten years ago in the London Spectator, all hell broke loose. The politically correct busybodies had a field day, so much so that Rudy Giuliani declared that he would try and deport me and have me fired from the Spectator. There were only two problems: First, I am an American … [Read More]
During the German occupation of my homeland in the Second World War there were nightly shouts of “Vasta Rommel” by certain Greeks. “Vasta” in Greek means “Hold on.” In other words, Greeks were praying for the great Erwin Rommel to hold against Montgomery’s 8th army. The German officers who were billeted in our house were immensely flattered. Until, that is, Fraulein, … [Read More]
The immigration protest march this week gave me some food for thought. There are 800,000 British passport holders who can at any time come to the United States without a visa or subject to any controls. These Brits are all either Pakistani born and naturalized British subjects, or their sons or grandsons. Pakistani Britons travel to their ancestral land of Pakistan … [Read More]
The Battle of Thermopylae, the subject of Zack Snyder’s animated 300, was memorialized by the Greek historian Herodotus in his Histories. Herodotus’ purpose in writing about these events was to preserve the kleos (fame) of heroes. What a testament to his efforts it is that over 2,000 years later Mr. Snyder portrays these heroes on the big screen. The Battle of … [Read More]
Justin Raimondo has written a very important article for The American Conservative. It is about the upcoming trial of two AIPAC agents who were indicted along with Pentagon analyst Larry Franklin and charged with espionage for Israel. Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman are former officials of the Israeli Lobby and as the trial nears it seems the Lobby is pulling out … [Read More]
Boris Nikolayevitch Yeltsin, Russia’s first democratically elected head of state, has died. At least twice in his years of power he begged the Russian people for forgiveness for his failures. The first time was shortly after the attempted coup in August 1991; Yeltsin said to the parents of three men who died in that almost bloodless event, “Forgive me, your President, … [Read More]
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