Taki TV – Government Lies

When Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted “you lie!” during President Obama’s speech on national healthcare, he was behaving badly. He was also ...

Southern With a Vengeance

I’m often asked where I got the name “Southern Avenger.” For starters, it was a rip-off of a popular 90’s conservative talk radio host named Ken Hamblin, who called himself the “Black Avenger.” In a Jim Beam-induced haze, a friend convinced me it was catchy and ...

Taki TV – Still Southern Avenging

An explanation of how I got my moniker and why the true “Southern Strategy” of states’ rights and secession is still the best solution for a better, American ...

A Will Out

A year ago this week, I wrote the following concerning liberal Democrat Joe Lieberman being invited to speak at the 2008 Republican National Convention and conservative Republican Ron Paul being shut out: “If you are pro-gun control, pro-socialized health care, pro-choice, pro-amnesty, all of ...

Taki TV – George Will Leaves the War Party

When conservative columnist George Will called the for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, the neoconservatives went on the attack. Now is the time for real conservatives to leave not only Afghanistan but the neocons ...

Creatures of Habit

Whether doing our best or worst, collectively we develop countless imperfect habits, customs and traditions - or “culture” - that give expression to our humanity. Usually by accident of geography, ethnicity or both, people share cuisine, art, technology, architecture and gods particular ...

Taki TV – Creatures of Habit

Human beings have always first desired familiarity. And conservatives have always been right to defend ...

The Trouble With Ted

On the day after Ted Kennedy’s death, the American Spectator’s James Antle wrote the following concerning the late senator’s involvement in the 1969 drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne: “The man who would become a beloved father figure to the sons and daughters of his slain ...

Taki TV – The Trouble with Ted

Liberal pride in Ted Kennedy’s career and devotion to government cannot erase his dark ...

We”€™re All Socialists Now

In an interview with Philadelphia-based radio host Michael Smerconish, President Obama said the following about critics who called his healthcare proposal “socialist:” “FDR was called a socialist when he passed Social Security. JFK and Lyndon Johnson - they were both accused of a ...