Taki Theodoracopulos
Taki is an ex-Greek Davis Cup player as well as a former captain of the Greek national karate team. He has won the U.S. national veterans judo championship twice, and in 2008 was world veterans judo champion 70 and over. Since 1967, when he began his career with National Review, he has been a columnist for the London Spectator, the London Sunday Times, Esquire Magazine, Vanity Fair and Chronicles Magazine. In 2002 he founded The American Conservative with Pat Buchanan. He has covered the Vietnam War as well as the Yom Kippur War and the Cyprus conflict of 1974.
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Une Étoile est NéeMay 24, 2013 CANNES—It’s raining, the stars are hiding, the hacks and paparazzi are |
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The Long Slide From GatsbyMay 17, 2013 At an art shindig on Park Avenue, I spotted Baz Luhrmann, the director of the |
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Art Appreciation: The Braille MethodMay 10, 2013 NEW YORK—Life is definitely beautiful…as long as one can see, that is, |
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Man Bites ManMay 03, 2013 Which is the most infamous bite in history? Surely Adam’s, but the one Steve |
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The Power of Glass and SteelApril 26, 2013 NEW YORK—The search for the two Chechen terrorists in Boston was nothing |
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Living Downwind of the Fertilizer KingApril 19, 2013 NEW YORK—I chose to live on 68th Street between Madison and Fifth Avenue |
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Time to Hang up my JockApril 12, 2013 NEW YORK—When the president of the United States has to publicly apologize |
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The Thought-Crime Business is ThrivingApril 05, 2013 NEW YORK—When Greek democracy was restored back in 1974, some |
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Feminine Mystique, Feminine MistakesMarch 29, 2013 A nice package arrived by post just as I was going to ring a friend in London |
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Every Invented Paradise Soon Turns Into HellMarch 22, 2013 He was a member of a charmed circle of Hellene and Philhellene intellectuals |
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I Got the Boogie-Woogie Brokenhearted BluesMarch 15, 2013 It felt like a stiletto jab in my liver, a pain so sharp it will take half a |
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The Slow Rot of the OlympicsMarch 08, 2013 I recently addressed The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society for the |
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Happy Birthday, Mr. NixonMarch 01, 2013 I was distressed to learn of some of your current problems and wanted to send |
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My Big Fat Greek LunchFebruary 22, 2013 GSTAAD—The Alps are aglow like never before. A record snowfall and an |
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Taki’s Tips on SeductionFebruary 14, 2013 “Hanky-panky” is American slang for doing what comes naturally. On this |
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Barbarians at the Ski LiftFebruary 08, 2013 GSTAAD—Sir Roger Moore told the Sunday Telegraph that he enjoys the slow pace |
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The Horrors of Unemployment and LeisureFebruary 01, 2013 Clive James is weak on health but very strong on intellect, and it’s good to |
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A Great City to Be Young InJanuary 25, 2013 PARIS—Saint-Germain-des-Prés and the Latin Quarter still evoke the verbose |
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Carousing with Former PeopleJanuary 18, 2013 GSTAAD—The subprimate level of conversation, as prevalent as the snow up here |
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Last Refuge of the DesperateJanuary 11, 2013 GSTAAD—Friends who were among the last to leave Chalet Palataki on New |
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When Names Can KillJanuary 04, 2013 Lanza is a noble Sicilian name which I believe appears in Il Gattopardo, |
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Parties and MassacresDecember 28, 2012 The horror at Newtown, Connecticut put a damper on the unending end-of-year |
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’Tis the Season Not to Be a CommieDecember 14, 2012 Religion is in decline, tradition takes a backseat to fashion, and same-sex |
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Hostesses With the Mostest (and Leastest)December 07, 2012 Why do so many respectable newspapers and magazines go weak at the knees the |
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The World’s Most Brilliantly Bumbling Female EditorsNovember 30, 2012 The gossip is that the Washington Post is in bad trouble and losing money like |
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The Petrayal of PetraeusNovember 23, 2012 Why is it that adultery can ruin a man’s career but rarely a woman’s, at |