All Talk

Whenever I try to escape pop music relayed in public places at high volume—which is often, though considerably less often with success—the thought comes into my mind that the harnessing of electricity was a disaster, if not for humanity, at least for civilization if good taste be part of that much-derided entity. Modern pop music is to the ...

Taki’s Top Drawer

Politics

Confessions of a Cock-Block Columnist

It’s been said that if Frank Sinatra was at a restaurant and the scene was dead, he’d tell one of his goons to trip a waiter, just to create some ...

No One Is Above the Lore

There’s an old expression that goes, “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good.” My dear departed mother-in-law turned that old saw on its ...

Proud Boys, Virginia 2020

Hate Watchdogs Need Glasses

Too bad the Jewish students being harassed on campuses don't have the Proud Boys around to protect them. They can thank the Anti-Defamation League's ...

California State Capitol

Invisible Monsters, Imaginary Heroes

Did I ever tell you about the time one elderly Nazi took on and beat the entire U.S. government, the neocons, the military-industrial complex, and ...

The Week That Perished

Cultural Caviar


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