Paul Gottfried
Paul Gottfried is the Raffensperger Professor of Humanities at Elizabethtown College and the author of nine books, most recently an autobiography, Encounters, as well as several tons of essays on European social and intellectual history and the history of political movements. He contributes to Taki's Magazine, per request of his physician, as a means of releasing pent-up bile and vexation.
International Affairs
League of Acceptable NationsFebruary 16, 2012 In his recent syndicated column “A U.N. for the good guys,” Jonah Goldberg |
Takimag Classic
When Democracy Murders LibertyFebruary 05, 2012 In a recent interview with the German weekly Junge Freiheit, popular satirist |
History
The Eternal German Guilt TripJanuary 11, 2012 Political correctness has permeated the historian’s craft to such a degree |
PC World
Forbidden FruitDecember 31, 2011 Even in this progressive age, religious uncertainties still abound as we |
Manhunt
Ron Paul: The Least of Three EvilsDecember 21, 2011 Sometimes intelligent people say things that are so dumb, I wonder whom they |
Politics
The Two-Party Pleasure ShipDecember 04, 2011 In the December issue of The American Conservative, Gary L. Gregg defends the |
Europe
Germany’s Collective Self-DebasementNovember 20, 2011 German historian Wolfgang Schivelbusch published a far-ranging 2003 study on |
Revisions
Same Statue, Different LibertyNovember 03, 2011 The refurbishing of the Statue of Liberty, which has been hoisting its torch |
Lit Crit
A Fatally Misled CivilizationOctober 23, 2011 Pat Buchanan may be the only self-described paleoconservative whose last six |
Education
Death of the ClassicsOctober 02, 2011 My friend Daniel J. Flynn is publishing a book called Blue Collar |
PC World
More Tales From the Collegiate Loony BinAugust 30, 2011 I’ve recently started recovering from forty years among pseudo-academic |
Education
Character Sketches of Academic LoonsAugust 12, 2011 Having just retired from 40 years in academia and being mindful of the |
Manhunt
Mitt Romney: From Waffle House to White House?August 03, 2011 In a syndicated column that was something less than objective, Matt Towery |
Media
The Wannabe HamiltonJuly 06, 2011 On June 13, the resident conservative (which means additional leftist) on The |
Modernity Watch
The Creeping Pink CloudJune 27, 2011 Rupert Murdoch’s New York bullhorn, also known as the New York Post, has |
GOP
The Mainstreaming of Michelle MalkinJune 10, 2011 A recent syndicated column by Michelle Malkin indicates what happens to |
Racial Politics
Right, But DoomedMay 17, 2011 Jim Goad, in his comments about the “Fear of an Erudite White,” says just |
Royal Watch
Temper Tantrums of the ParvenusMay 12, 2011 Although I’ve spent considerable time and energy analyzing the tics of the |
Lit Crit
Being Dishonest About AbeApril 25, 2011 In what may be described as the Dell comic-book version of “the Civil War’s |
Notes From the Edge
Was Jesus a Pennsylvania Dutch Neocon?April 19, 2011 During the last five years I’ve written provocative fortnightly columns for |
Conservatism
Another Failed “Conservative Success Story”April 08, 2011 According to Joel Klein’s March 21 Newsweek column, “conservatives” went |
Education
Campus Witch HuntsFebruary 25, 2011 Recently at a local college whose name I will not divulge, an act of “racial |
Alternative Right
Ghosts of the Truman DoctrineFebruary 16, 2011 In the last few days I’ve run across two authoritative statements by neocon |
Racial Politics
More Black History, PleaseFebruary 03, 2011 On January 30, the New York Post took a dig at Minnesota Congresswoman Michele |
News
Obama Makes an Exception for American ExceptionalismJanuary 28, 2011 Obama’s State of the Union speech was a smashing rhetorical success, as the |
Media
Jonah Goldberg: A Comfortable “Conservative” in the Belly of the BeastJanuary 06, 2011 It is a world historical event when Jonah Goldberg—one of our most prominent |