Modest Proposals
The National Review Sensitivity CruiseApr 21 2012 As many readers of Taki's Mag know, America has recently experienced a nasty outbreak of white racism. While the hate-mongering culprits have been duly punished, |
Culture
Far From the Sea of TranquilityJul 16 2009 July 16, 2009 marks the fortieth anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, which led four days later to perhaps the signature American accomplishment of |
Culture
Are We All Liberals Now?Jun 10 2009 Kevin Gutzman, citing leftist historian Louis Hartz" The Liberal Tradition in America, first informed Takimag readers that liberalism is the only political tradition in the |
Life
What Notre Dame TaughtMay 17 2009 Notre Dame taught a clear lesson today, in its decision to have President Obama as a commencement speaker and to award him an honorary degree. |
News
The Whipping BoyApr 08 2009 Since the fall, auto sales have collapsed. This collapse has affected foreign manufacturers as well as American ones, and many countries are providing government loans |
Culture
A Saint on Capitol HillFeb 22 2009 When one reads the new atheists, one gets the impression that the influence of Christianity has been entirely baleful, that Christianity’s contribution to morality has |
Religion
How Modern Wolves AttackFeb 06 2009 In his homily at his inaugural Mass as Pope, Benedict XVI asked Catholics to “Pray for me, that I may not flee for fear of |
World
Israel and UsJan 19 2009 If I had to live in the Middle East, I would want to live in Israel, a modern, democratic country with a productive economy, including |
Culture
Where Have You Gone, Sister Aloysius?Jan 09 2009 When my wife suggested that we go see Doubt, John Patrick Shanley’s film adaptation of his Tony-award winning play, I was skeptical. I never saw |
Culture
Catching the Christmas SpiritDec 23 2008 When I was young, there was much talk of “the Christmas spirit,” and I’ve always been fortunate enough to begin experiencing the joy appropriate for |
Political Economy
What’s Good For General Motors Is Still Good For AmericaNov 11 2008 Back in the 1950s, when Americans knew from recent experience just how important it was to have a dominant manufacturing sector, Ike’s Defense Secretary, “Engine |
Grassroots
Our Worthless ElitesOct 21 2008 A lot of cyber-ink has been spilled over a post by Ross Douthat arguing that grassroots populists need elites. At one level, of course, Douthat |
Culture
Another Nobel Gone WrongOct 04 2008 It has long been known that the Nobel Prizes in Peace and Literature are sometimes awarded to questionable characters such as Le Duc Tho, Yasser |
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Condoleeza Rice Is Right It Is Time To Move Beyond the Cold WarAug 14 2008 Every so often, someone in the Bush Administration actually makes a sensible point, though often not in the manner they intend. Secretary of State Condoleeza |
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The Truth About “The X-Files”Jul 21 2008 One of the most accurate assessments ever offered by a government official came when FCC chairman Newton Minow's described television as a "vast wasteland," a |
Religion
From Richard to RowanJul 18 2008 The latest validation of James Burnham’s insight that “liberalism is the ideology of Western suicide” comes from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. As the |
History
The Court Historian of The NeoconservativesJun 18 2008 Victor Davis Hanson has taken umbrage at Pat Buchanan’s description of him as “the court historian of the neoconservatives,” and even more umbrage at Buchanan’s |
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I Confess I Don”t Understand Why Some Atheists Are So AngryMay 10 2008 In response to my recent piece on science and religion, one of the commenters, GM, took me to task: “you may want to consider and |
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Darwin, Alone, Is Not EnoughMay 04 2008 Ben Stein’s movie Expelled has generated lots of commentary, most of it negative. Many have claimed that it is obscurantist and hostile to science, a |
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They Are The Hollow MenApr 03 2008 Last week at NRO, cub reporter Stephen Spruiell announced that he had found what might be “the most deceptive ad” of the 2008 race, a |
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Faith-Based EconomyMar 18 2008 It is fitting that one of the signal events of what will likely become the second Bush recession has been the Federal Reserve's propping up |
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Springtime for FascismMar 02 2008 One of the stranger aspects of contemporary American "mainstream conservatism" is the obsession with "fascism," a political philosophy one might have supposed was safely buried |
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Is John McCain Really Pro-Life?Feb 14 2008 In his recent address to CPAC, John McCain told the audience that "I believe...in ...the steadfast defense of our rights to life, liberty and the |
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The Broken CompassDec 14 2007 It seems fitting that Hollywood has chosen to observe Christmas in the year Christopher Hitchens’ atheist manifesto became a best-seller by releasing The Golden Compass, |
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Hitchens” HubrisJul 24 2007 In July 1941, a political prisoner escaped from Auschwitz. As a punishment, ten others were chosen by the Nazis to be killed in a starvation |
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