Tom Piatak

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Tom Piatak writes from Cleveland, Ohio.


Taking Chance

For 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 Dawkins

Scott Richert has continued the discussion about Richard Dawkins’ recent attack on the

Richard Dawkins, Still A Buffoon

In response to Richard, I did not mean to suggest that England’s Anglican past makes

Richard Dawkins, Leftist Buffoon

In a letter to one of his sons,  J.R. R. Tolkien, a convert to Catholicism, wrote,

Steve Sailer on Globalization

Steve Sailer has a trenchant critique of the latest nonsense from the biggest peddler

Jimmy Clausen for Heisman

Since Steve Sailer has had two recent pieces at Takimag focusing on football, I feel

More on the Saint on Capitol Hill

In 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 Galilean

It is hard to tell which part of Christopher Lyons’ ode to Odin is more preposterous,

Don John of Austria Is Going to the War

On this date, 438 years ago, the fleet of the Holy League, led by Don John of Austria,

Two Tales for Our Times

Two very different newspaper pieces caught my eye yesterday.  One, in the New York

Still the Stupid Party

Yesterday on Meet the Press, Bill Clinton said this when asked if the “vast right wing

Sam Francis on H. P. Lovecraft

Many Takimag readers might be interested to learn that Chronicles has put on its

An Appreciation of Scalia and Bork

I have not commented on the debate between Kevin Gutzman and Austin Bramwell on the

Government Pays

Both Paul Craig Roberts and John Derbyshire keep reminding us that the government

Let the Leftist Introspection Begin

A pro-life demonstrator was murdered this morning in Michigan.  If the victim had been

Robert Novak, Patriot

Today brings the sad news that Robert Novak has died. Novak was a great reporter, a

Atheists Only Need Apply

In his book The End of Faith, new atheist Sam Harris wrote that “some propositions are

The Sound Alone Is Worth The $24 Billion

In her great memoir of the Reagan White House, What I Saw at the Revolution, Peggy

Culture

Far From the Sea of Tranquility

Far From the Sea of Tranquility

July 16, 2009 marks the fortieth anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, which led four

Mozart’s Music for Today

American Roman Catholics observe the Feast of Corpus Christi today.  In June 1791, just

Scott Richert on Abortion

I am not gladdened when two friends disagree, particularly friends whose work I have

Read All The Essays

Before stating that I had deliberately mischaracterized his argument and inviting

Culture

Are We All Liberals Now?

Are We All Liberals Now?

Kevin Gutzman, citing leftist historian Louis Hartz’ The Liberal Tradition in

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