Hate Speech
Guess Who’s Coming to LunchIn John Guare’s play Six Degrees of Separation, a young black con man traduces his... |
Low Life
Losers at the Game of LifePeople often compare video gamers to crackheads, but that’s unfair. Crackheads are way... |
High Life
’57 Grand PrixThe first friend I made at Lawrenceville School was Reuben Batista, eldest son of the... |
Deep Thoughts
Human Rights: The Useless FictionI watched a Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate bring an evangelical crowd to... |
Multiculturalism
The Basis of a Real ConversationOf all the comments I read during the brouhaha over my April 5th Taki’s Mag column,... |
Vile Bodies
Trying to Lead a Whore to CultureMy friend Mark Brennan and I were talking about class warfare. “It’s cyclical,”... |
Nature vs. Nurture
Crouching Tiger, Hidden SoldierThe most intriguing gossip about Tiger Woods in a new tell-all book by his ex-swing... |
Superstardumb
Sue Me!Remember when people used to say, “Sue me!” if you complained about something they... |
Heart of Darkness
South Africa’s Rape CultureMedia reports suggesting South Africa has been “shocked” by the viral rape video... |
War
Spies Unlike MeSome soldiers are meant to join the elite forces, become spies, and swing through... |
Evolution
Pop Evolution: The New EvangelicalismDid life evolve by purely natural processes? Could random mutation and natural... |
High Life
New York: The MovieNEW YORK—Seeing Manhattan rising from the distance is always a treat. I am not sure... |
Derbtown
The Endless Pursuit of HappinessThere is a story, very likely apocryphal, that shortly after Charles de Gaulle resigned... |
PC World
Throwing People Under the Bus to Stop a Runaway VehicleThe recent pillorying of John Derbyshire and Bob Weissberg after being accused of... |