Victims of the RUF

Blood, Diamonds, Devils, and Angels

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has become the first African head of state to be convicted of a crime by an international court and the first national leader anywhere ...

Anders Behring Breivik

Anders Breivik: Too Sane for Comfort

My brother has just been to stay with me in Italy. He may be a top London lawyer, but he is a mixed-up liberal lefty. He has lots of rich Muslim clients"€”a mere coincidence, no ...

Something Rotten in the State

With the number of Secret Service members and agents caught up in the partying-with-prostitutes scandal in Cartagena now at a dozen, and six already gone, how much wider and ...

Ted Nugent

Taming the Wild Nugent

All the right people hate Ted Nugent. And when I say all the right people, naturally I mean all the left people. His pinko antagonists were screeching like freshly castrated mink ...

Fantasy Island, Libertarian Style

The modern age offers no refuge from the state. The world's habitable unpopulated regions are firmly under sovereign nations"€™ regulation. There is still adventure to be had in ...

Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio il Magnifico

The Italians are obsessed with bidets. They dismiss as dirty the people of any country that does not provide bidets in every bathroom, whether public or private. As a Briton who ...

The National Review Sensitivity Cruise

As many readers of Taki's Mag know, America has recently experienced a nasty outbreak of white racism. While the hate-mongering culprits have been duly punished, it is clear that ...

Punk Rockers Make Good Conservatives

I grew up playing in hardcore punk bands and fighting skinheads, and the political mantra for that scene was "€œAnarchy and Peace."€ It seems incredibly naïve in ...

Hugo Chávez

Chávez: Still Riding the Pink Tide

During Benedict XVI's recent trip to Cuba, the brothers Castro tumbled out to meet the pontiff. But there was another noted visitor to Cuba at the same time"€”one there for ...

Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama

Bibi’s Dilemma—and Barack’s

“Bibi” Netanyahu was disgusted. “My initial reaction is that Iran has gotten a freebie. It has got five weeks to continue enrichment without any ...

Same Election, Different Year

We are facing another US presidential election. The two candidates have been picked, most likely by hand. It is depressing how fast these contests come around and how similar and ...

Silvio Berlusconi

What Is it With You Italians?

Mitt Romney branded Barack Obama's economic policies "€œEuropean"€ in his speech last Tuesday after Rick Santorum's withdrawal from the Republican primaries. As a British ...

An International Review

In the years approximately 500 BC to 500 AD throughout the planet, various societies agreed in some concept of a flat Earth. This was obvious from mere visual observation, and ...

Barack Obama

Obama’s Zimmerman Problem

God save me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies. That thought must be coursing through the mind of President Obama right now as his White House rigs for silent running ...

William F. Buckley Jr. circa 1965

Talking Back

Goodness, what a fuss! The topic here is of course my Taki’s Mag column of last week, which has brought me worldwide fame, though no doubt only for the proverbial fifteen ...

Barack Obama

The Salesman Who Sold Out His Country

On the campaign trail in 2008, Barack Obama was charismatic and sold himself well. Unfortunately, he also sold out his country. In modern political history there has scarcely ...


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