It’s good to see that there’s at least one candidate seeking the Republican nomination who believes in a sensible immigration policy: <object width=“425” height=“373”><param name=“movie” ...
As the executive editor of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture, it is my honor to welcome our latest monthly columnist, a man who is already familiar to the readers of Taki’s Top Drawer: Taki Theodoracopulos. Starting with the January 2008 issue, which should be on newsstands by ...
Benazir Bhutto may have been ruthless, conniving, and a “puppet of Pakistan’s military and security services,” as Leon Hadar argues in the January 2008 issue of Chronicles, but make no mistake: Her assassination today will do nothing to bring peace and stability to Pakistan. ...
As the venerable Chicago radio newsman and commentator Paul Harvey would say, “Here is a strange . . . “ According to the time stamp in the e-mail headers, I received a “Press Advisory” last night, at 11:50 P.M. CST. The headline of the advisory reads: ...
What’s the most popular boys’ name in Britain? If you guessed “Jack,” you’d be right. That’s a pretty common British name—in fact, it’s been the most popular boys’ name for 13 years now. What about the second most popular? ...
So, despite the fervent assurances of true believers in the comments on my posts and Justin’s posts that the Sinclair Lewis quotation was part of a brilliant strategic plan designed to grab free headlines, open the eyes of the American people to the dangers of “Christianism,” and ...
Oh, Justin, Justin, Justin. My friend, I know that you’re too intelligent to be taken in by the likes of Bill Donohue. The same Bill Donohue who said “Yeah, I believe in freedom of speech and freedom of religion, but don"t become a salesman. Don"t hawk it like that ...
I support Ron Paul, and I intend to vote for him in the Illinois primary. But I had a little different reaction from Justin’s when I watched the clip of the congressman commenting on the Huckster’s Christmas ad. My friend and colleague Aaron Wolf is right: “That was ...
Did Mike Huckabee know what he was doing when he asked an interviewer, “Don"t Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?” If not, then perhaps the Huckster was right when he claimed earlier this month that his rise in the polls was at least partly the result of ...
Considering certain recent discussions on this website, readers might find the release today of Pope Benedict XVI’s second encyclical, Spe salvi, of some interest. In particular, the Holy Father stresses that Christianity is not a religion of political revolution: “Christianity did ...
