A Faulty Cloaking Device

It's hijab vu all over again. Each "€œnew"€ Muslim regalia hoo-ha"€”this week, it's the French burkini battle"€”makes me feel like I"€™m trapped in Turkish Groundhog ...

The Lovers, the Dreamers, Not Me

"€œOh, Jerry, don"€™t let's ask for the moon. We have the stars."€ I"€™m pre-crying. TCM's running a 24/7 Bette Davis marathon today, and although Now, Voyager (1942) ...

From Scopes to Snopes

Being a conservative who knows and loves film, music, books, TV, and other facets of culture (pop and otherwise) can be brutal. I"€™m not just talking about the "€œI ...

Type Over Hype

Calling the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator one of my hobbies isn"€™t entirely accurate; it would be like someone whose knowledge of cinema doesn"€™t extend beyond 1990s Hong Kong ...

Could the Last Lion Please Turn Out the Lights?

On assignment in other countries, David Frum would fish out likely friendlies in hotel bars by yelling, "€œIrv Weinstein!"€ Neither Frum nor I grew up in Buffalo, but their ...

Gene Kelly

Where There’s a Will

The difference between stereotypes and clichés is that stereotypes are mostly accurate, and clichés mostly aren"€™t. Oscar Wilde turned platitudes inside ...

The Tepid Trumper

I don"€™t like Donald Trump on the First Amendment, don"€™t trust him on the Second, and positively loathe him on eminent domain. I covered that here at Taki's in October ...

Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau

Trudeau Tour Sells Out

We rightly bitch about Obama's two-term international "€œapology tour,"€ but what to call Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's compulsive peregrinations? The "€œfrivolity ...

Hypocrisy on Parade

I moved out of Boystown over a decade ago, but still trek down there every five weeks to get my hair done. I can"€™t stomach the prospect of explaining to some new, nearby ...

Is This Pope Catholic?

Such are the epochal times we"€™re living in that even timeworn truisms are at risk of obsolescence. Take "€œIs the Pope Catholic?"€ Those of a certain age may prefer ...

Save the Lobsters!

The first vegan I ever met was a straight-edge Christian anarchist from England who was crashing with my roommates and me under circumstances that probably weren"€™t that clear ...

Come and Get Me, You Fairies!

Normally I wouldn"€™t subject you to two columns in a row about Canadian goings-on, but I see my new topic has already been deemed worthy of attention here, at "€œThe Week ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

The Elbow Incident

It was an accident. Then again, so was Chappaquiddick. No, Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau didn"€™t kill anybody. Dammit. Because, what with his majority ...

You Don”€™t Have to Be Crazy to Be Scott Adams, But It Helps

Leon Neyfakh writes for Slate so, big surprise, his article "€œThey Totally Knew: The People Who Foresaw the Rise of Donald Trump"€ doesn"€™t include a single ...

Havana, Cuba

Yankee Come Back!

I know there are married couples comprised of one liberal and one conservative, the same way I "€œknow"€ there are fans of pegging, blood pudding, and Dixieland jazz. That is ...

Lena Dunham

The Shallow End of the Dead Pool

"€œIt now seems rare for a week to pass without a significant celebrity death being reported,"€ the BBC intoned after Prince's demise, adding that they"€™d already run ...


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