This is the kind of article one writes with Kinky Friedman blasting in the background, and that's how it is meant to be read. Otherwise, the experience might prove a little too painful. So crank up "Homo Erectus," grab a bourbon, and ...
As Christians around the world wait by the tomb, reenacting the vigil of the Blessed Virgin and the Apostles, we do our best to replicate their grief, and gratitude, and hope. Such efforts will shape the life of every sacramental Christian, from ...
In a recent column for InsideCatholic.com, the generally admirable Catholic politician Lew Lehrman makes the case for invoking the Abolitionist movement as the historic precedent for the pro-life attempt to protect the lives of the unborn. I pasted ...
What would we think if the legislature in one of America's most highly educated states, Connecticut, were debating a law that forced Orthodox synagogues to perform mixed marriages? What if the New York legislature were pushing through a law that ...
In Mandeville's infamous "Fable of the Bees," that witty writer makes the case that private vices generate public virtues. Specifically, he argues that the craving for gain, advancement, and luxury drives men to economic activity and ...
Back in January I threatened to inflict on Takimag readers a series of articles on how to convince patriotic conservatives that it's time for America to scale back significantly on the military spending that wastes so vast a portion of our national ...
As Charles Stuart is reported to have said when he returned to England after decades of exile, to restore the British monarchy and reign as Charles II after the Cromwell interregnum, "Hey, y"all! It's good to be back." I just went ...
I don’t envy Barak Obama. Nor do I pity him. The man should have been more careful what he wished for. As a recent report makes clear, the incoming president’s vision of a warmier, fuzzier country where all life’s sharp edges are ...
After a year as bad as 2008, trying to imagine what God’s permissive will—or incipient wrath—has in store for us this year seems almost churlish, or masochistic. Should I lay out a series of catastrophic events in our ...
As we clear away all the wrapping paper and wonder how long to leave up the decorations, the deeper meaning of the season easily eludes us. So it’s good that Friday’s New York Times addressed the question that nags at the back our minds ...
People say that the best cure for a hangover is a hair of the dog that bit you. The people who say that are typically alcoholics. They"re using the logic of an addict, whose reason has been fried by a short-circuit in the pleasure-centers of the ...
We’ve had so much grim news since Christmas past, The flourishing of Takimag is one of the few bits of tangible good news to which I can cling as winter sets in. In my capacity as the site’s designated autobiographical humor ...
