Taki TV – Lindsey Graham vs. Ron Paul

South Carolina’s liberal senator wants to read the the conservative Texas Congressman and his limited goverment philosophy out of the Republican ...

The Nobel Police Prize

Gauging politicians and pundits’ various reactions to President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize last week was amusing. Even more amusing was the reaction from American conservatives. Wrote Rush Limbaugh in an e-mail to the Politico: This fully exposes the illusion that is Barack Obama ...

Taki TV – The Nobel Police Prize

How Obama recieving the Nobel Peace Prize is more about perceived “peace” than the reality that this president’s foreign policy differs little from the ...

Cosmetic Conservative

Describing what he sees as the relative powerlessness of talk radio, New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote last week: “Let us take a trip back into history… It is the winter of 2007. The presidential primaries are approaching. The talk jocks like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean ...

Taki TV – David Brooks Cosmetic Conservatism

How New York Times columnist David Brooks call to “reform” the conservative movement is nothing more than an attempt to put a new face on the same old failed policies of the Bush ...

Iran, Iran So Far Away

Whenever I discuss the colossal mistake that was (is) the Iraq war and the embarrassing lack of WMDs, some defender of that war always insists that “everyone” thought Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. Well no, everyone didn’t, including the weapons inspectors. ...

Taki TV – Iran, Iran So Far Away

How the Washington leaders and national media who lied us into war with Iraq are more than willing to do the same with ...

Everybody’s Racist

Having the moniker “Southern Avenger” is like being named “Malcolm X.” Both have racial connotations and people assume the best or worst depending on their perspective. That advocates of Southern heritage might try to emphasize positive aspects of their ...

Taki TV – Everybody’s Racist

If everything and anything can be considered “racist” - then nothing ...

The Need to Secede

In a recent column for the Charleston City Paper, I explained how my moniker, the "€œSouthern Avenger,"€ came from my advocating for states"€™ rights and even secession in my early 20s, a brand of politics I still subscribe to today. Long comfortable with such concepts, it's easy to forget ...