Taking ChanceFor those looking for a movie to rent, I would recommned Taking Chance, an HBO movie |
Intellectual Popular Music?The recent discussion of the intellectual depth (or lack thereof) of heavy metal music |
How Ever Did They Do It?Reading the fulsome praise for diversity by General Casey, one is left wondering how |
Scott Richert on Richard DawkinsScott Richert has continued the discussion about Richard Dawkins’ recent attack on the |
Richard Dawkins, Still A BuffoonIn response to Richard, I did not mean to suggest that England’s Anglican past makes |
Richard Dawkins, Leftist BuffoonIn a letter to one of his sons, J.R. R. Tolkien, a convert to Catholicism, wrote, |
Steve Sailer on GlobalizationSteve Sailer has a trenchant critique of the latest nonsense from the biggest peddler |
Jimmy Clausen for HeismanSince Steve Sailer has had two recent pieces at Takimag focusing on football, I feel |
More on the Saint on Capitol HillIn February, I wrote about the impending canonization of Father Damien of Molokai, one |
All Hail Obama!Comes news this morning that our beloved President has at last won the Nobel Peace |
Thou Hast Conquered, O GalileanIt is hard to tell which part of Christopher Lyons’ ode to Odin is more preposterous, |
Don John of Austria Is Going to the WarOn this date, 438 years ago, the fleet of the Holy League, led by Don John of Austria, |
Two Tales for Our TimesTwo very different newspaper pieces caught my eye yesterday. One, in the New York |
Still the Stupid PartyYesterday on Meet the Press, Bill Clinton said this when asked if the “vast right wing |
Sam Francis on H. P. LovecraftMany Takimag readers might be interested to learn that Chronicles has put on its |
An Appreciation of Scalia and BorkI have not commented on the debate between Kevin Gutzman and Austin Bramwell on the |
Government PaysBoth Paul Craig Roberts and John Derbyshire keep reminding us that the government |
Let the Leftist Introspection BeginA pro-life demonstrator was murdered this morning in Michigan. If the victim had been |
Robert Novak, PatriotToday brings the sad news that Robert Novak has died. Novak was a great reporter, a |
Atheists Only Need ApplyIn his book The End of Faith, new atheist Sam Harris wrote that “some propositions are |
The Sound Alone Is Worth The $24 BillionIn her great memoir of the Reagan White House, What I Saw at the Revolution, Peggy |
Culture
Far From the Sea of TranquilityJuly 16, 2009 marks the fortieth anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, which led four |
Mozart’s Music for TodayAmerican Roman Catholics observe the Feast of Corpus Christi today. In June 1791, just |
Scott Richert on AbortionI am not gladdened when two friends disagree, particularly friends whose work I have |
Read All The EssaysBefore stating that I had deliberately mischaracterized his argument and inviting |
Culture
Are We All Liberals Now?Kevin Gutzman, citing leftist historian Louis Hartz’ The Liberal Tradition in |
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