The first article I ever wrote for Taki’s was about the men’s 2022 soccer World Cup held over in Qatar, complaining about how the whole event had been turned into a vast moral circus in which the true contest was now between white Western liberals competitively lecturing Arabs about homosexuality. 20 August (last night, if you’re reading this on the day it goes up) saw the final of the companion 2023 women’s World Cup event in Australia and New Zealand, two übermodern and progressive Western lands where, unlike in Qatar, it is heterosexuality that is now a capital offense, not ...
It says a lot about the vulgar character of our time that The New Republic would publish an article called “Why Has the World Gone Easy on Cristiano Ronaldo?” The soccer star is under ...
Australian Anthony Mundine is a world champion boxer. Before his move to boxing in 2000, he was one of the most prolific NRL players in the country. He maintains an extensive property portfolio, and ...
On Sunday, just before their teams squared off in South Philly, Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid confronted Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins. Television footage showed ...
Baseball season reminds us of the identity-politics group that doesn"t bark"left-handers. Why are certain aggregations of once-persecuted people such as blacks or gays so ...
In both politics and sports fandom, the fundamental question is: "Whose side are you on?" Exploring who roots for whom affords perspective on the big questions of who is ...
In professional wrestling, the designated hero in a match is known as the "face" (short for "babyface") and the villain is the "heel." At the other end of ...