Taki TV – “€œSocial Conservative”€ Symbolism

When president-elect Barack Obama chose evangelical leader Rick Warren to lead a prayer at his inauguration the cultural Left threw the predictable fits. Said Democratic political consultant Chad Griffith “Rick Warren needs to realize that he is further dividing us at a time when the country ...

Taki TV – If the Shoe Fits

When an Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad recently, pundits everywhere had fun replaying the footage, commenting on the president's quick reflexes and some even noted that such an act of defiance was only possible due to the removal of ...

Taki TV – Separation of Church and Hate

Last week a federal judge decided that South Carolina's plans to issue a cross featuring a cross and the words "€œI believe"€ amounted to government sponsorship of religion. If consistent, this judge will now spend her Christmas not at home with her family but challenging the legality of a ...

Taki TV – Wire-Tap the Government!

When Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was caught on tape trying to sell president-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat, commented federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald: “The breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering.” But Blagojevich’s ...

Pro-Life Death Merchants

I have always found it bizarre that some of the most pro-war Americans are pro-lifers. To be passionate enough to protest on a street corner in the hopes that you might save lives is something I can understand. Yet for pro-lifers to consistently and enthusiastically vote for leaders whose foreign ...

America First!

When traditional conservatives, liberals and others argue that America's hyper-interventionist foreign policy is the cause of many of our problems, that we would like to see the U.S. do less around the world is called "€œisolationist"€ or worse. But like it or not, Israel and the U.S. are seen ...

A Governor for Change

As a congressman and now governor, South Carolina’s Mark Sanford has had one primary guiding principle his entire political career—limited government. Not just limited government rhetoric, the sort of lip service paid by milk-toast Republicans to pacify their Right-leaning base, but ...

New Year’s Revolution

I have never liked New Year's Eve. Americans might have voted for "€œchange"€ recently, but I"€™ve rarely desired it, always finding the same-old, same-old to be as bright or brighter than any new horizons. As a child on New Year's Eve, when everyone was looking toward a better new year, I ...

Social Issues Symbolism

When president-elect Barack Obama chose evangelical leader Rick Warren to lead a prayer at his inauguration the cultural Left threw the predictable fits. Said Democratic political consultant Chad Griffith "Rick Warren needs to realize that he is further dividing us at a time when the country needs ...

If the Shoe Fits…

When an Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad recently, pundits everywhere had fun replaying the footage, commenting on the president’s quick reflexes and some even noted that such an act of defiance was only possible due to the ...