The latest Rasmussen poll shows McCain at 31, Romney at 26, with Ron Paul rising to third place: 14 percent. The Huckster is stuck at 11, Benito is hung upside down by his heels at 8 percent, with Thompson, “others,” and undecided accounting for the rest. This is the Fox-neocon network’s biggest fear: Ron Paul, the expliticly anti-neocon candidate, his campaign … [Read More]

The War Party’s mantra—if you don’t support the war, the “surge,” the empire-builders’ agenda, then you’re not supporting the troops—has been effectively refuted by the latest Ron Paul ad to hit the airwaves. The Republian presidential candidate known for his intransigent opposition to the Iraq war asks: Which candidate do the troops support?: This is also a subtle reminder that, unlike … [Read More]

We all let old newspapers pile up, don’t we? For my peace of mind, I hope so. At what point does this activity become compulsive behavior? A few days ago, on the last day of 2007, I found myself rearranging stacks of unread national editions of the New York Times along with some weekend editions of the Financial Times thrown in. … [Read More]

The real Ron Paul breakthrough I’ve been waiting for is this news item in the Washington Post, which notes that Dr. No is now acting like a real candidate: that is, he’s attacking his opponents, in this case the Huckster. Up until this point, you’ll notice, Ron has attacked ideas, but rarely mentioned specific people—and he almost never refers to his … [Read More]

Some of you may remember my periodic incursions into this delightful online magazine—mostly in the forms of excerpts from my books about the Christian liturgical year, peppered with political asides and squirrel recipes. Now, the good Taki and his proconsul, Richard Spencer, have been kind enough to invite me on as a 5x weekly blogger. I look forward to joining the … [Read More]

The Ron Paul campaign has faced its first test in Iowa. Score: B-minus. The hope was that he could break out with 15 percent, but 10 percent ain’t bad. What’s good—and what saves him from getting a C—is that he beat Benito Giuliani. Ah, sweet revenge! Rudy the Ranter is unraveling rather rapidly, and this is really a slap in the … [Read More]

Last night’s caucuses presented some attractive storylines: In one case, an unknown governor from a small southern state, outspent 15:1, soundly defeated the well-heeled and well-coifed multimillionaire who fashioned himself the perfect Republican. In the other, a half-black junior senator vanquished “inevitability” and the Dems’ new old guard—three of whom (Wesley Clark, Bill Clinton, and Madeleine Albright) were literally standing behind … [Read More]

Okay, not really. But this is a column about the joys of nepotism. The Left-wing dictator I hated the least was Juan Peron, the Argentine strongman whose sartorial sense was as impeccable as his will to rule. Peron preened in front of the mirror for hours, and he looked as good in his waisted double-breasted suits as he did in his … [Read More]

The government’s assaults on our common sense, our wallets, and our dignity are becoming so numerous that one is hard pressed to keep up. The media pivot like a herd of wildebeests from one scandal to the other—from illegal wiretapping, to torture, to mercenaries, to saber rattling in the Persian Gulf, to $4 billion lost at Homeland Security, to $9 billion … [Read More]

Dear Readers, It has been my pleasure to serve as managing editor of Taki’s Top Drawer since its early planning stages in December, 2006, and its birth online in February 2007. In that time, we have grown from zero to almost 45,000 unique visitors and almost 230,000 page views per month. We have introduced some important conservative writers to a wider … [Read More]