Pantheon, Rome

‘Gladiator II’: A Rightful Heir

Sir Ridley Scott’s 2000 movie Gladiator with Russell Crowe as the hero Maximus has been one of the more unexpectedly culturally influential films of the 21st century. Americans had thought endlessly about Ancient Rome until the later 20th century, as my recent visit to Washington, D.C., pointed out. Countless structures in our nation’s ...

Taki’s Top Drawer

Politics

Green Valley, Arizona

Destructive Environmentalists

People eagerly give money to rich environmental groups. The Natural Resources Defense Council has $463 million in assets. It claims it uses law "to ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump

The Enemy of My Enemy is RFK

Remember when Anthony "I Am the Science" Fauci showed up for congressional hearings wearing two masks, knowing full well that masks didn't prevent ...

Dear MAGA: What if You Were Wrong?

I have a question for MAGA following Trump’s blowout victory against a cackling cretinous curry-stained flesh-and-blood Thalia mask: How could it ...

Donald Trump

Trump’s Magnificent Beginning

As my assiduous readers know, I've been down on Donald Trump for abandoning the central promises of his 2016 campaign -- a campaign so spectacular ...

The Week That Perished

Cultural Caviar


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