Taking ChanceNovember 21, 2009 For those looking for a movie to rent, I would recommned Taking Chance, an HBO |
Intellectual Popular Music?November 11, 2009 The recent discussion of the intellectual depth (or lack thereof) of heavy |
How Ever Did They Do It?November 10, 2009 Reading the fulsome praise for diversity by General Casey, one is left |
Scott Richert on Richard DawkinsNovember 04, 2009 Scott Richert has continued the discussion about Richard Dawkins’ recent attack |
Richard Dawkins, Still A BuffoonOctober 28, 2009 In response to Richard, I did not mean to suggest that England’s Anglican past |
Richard Dawkins, Leftist BuffoonOctober 27, 2009 In a letter to one of his sons, J.R. R. Tolkien, a convert to Catholicism, |
Steve Sailer on GlobalizationOctober 22, 2009 Steve Sailer has a trenchant critique of the latest nonsense from the biggest |
Jimmy Clausen for HeismanOctober 19, 2009 Since Steve Sailer has had two recent pieces at Takimag focusing on football, I |
More on the Saint on Capitol HillOctober 09, 2009 In February, I wrote about the impending canonization of Father Damien of |
All Hail Obama!October 09, 2009 Comes news this morning that our beloved President has at last won the Nobel |
Thou Hast Conquered, O GalileanOctober 07, 2009 It is hard to tell which part of Christopher Lyons’ ode to Odin is more |
Don John of Austria Is Going to the WarOctober 07, 2009 On this date, 438 years ago, the fleet of the Holy League, led by Don John of |
Two Tales for Our TimesOctober 06, 2009 Two very different newspaper pieces caught my eye yesterday. One, in the New |
Still the Stupid PartySeptember 28, 2009 Yesterday on Meet the Press, Bill Clinton said this when asked if the “vast |
Sam Francis on H. P. LovecraftSeptember 25, 2009 Many Takimag readers might be interested to learn that Chronicles has put on |
An Appreciation of Scalia and BorkSeptember 22, 2009 I have not commented on the debate between Kevin Gutzman and Austin Bramwell on |
Government PaysSeptember 16, 2009 Both Paul Craig Roberts and John Derbyshire keep reminding us that the |
Let the Leftist Introspection BeginSeptember 11, 2009 A pro-life demonstrator was murdered this morning in Michigan. If the victim |
Robert Novak, PatriotAugust 18, 2009 Today brings the sad news that Robert Novak has died. Novak was a great |
Atheists Only Need ApplyJuly 29, 2009 In his book The End of Faith, new atheist Sam Harris wrote that “some |
The Sound Alone Is Worth The $24 BillionJuly 16, 2009 In her great memoir of the Reagan White House, What I Saw at the Revolution, |
Culture
Far From the Sea of TranquilityJuly 16, 2009 July 16, 2009 marks the fortieth anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, which |
Mozart’s Music for TodayJune 14, 2009 American Roman Catholics observe the Feast of Corpus Christi today. In June |
Scott Richert on AbortionJune 11, 2009 I am not gladdened when two friends disagree, particularly friends whose work I |
Read All The EssaysJune 10, 2009 Before stating that I had deliberately mischaracterized his argument and |
Culture
Are We All Liberals Now?June 10, 2009 Kevin Gutzman, citing leftist historian Louis Hartz’ The Liberal Tradition in |