Wearing them in public in Toronto is one of my favorite cheap thrills. … [Read more...]
‘The Death of Star Wars’ (and hopefully, its gullible fandom, from the sounds of this…)
NRO: It’s because Star Wars — a story that’s profoundly anti-centralization, anti-bureaucracy, anti-depersonalization — is being micromanaged and scrutinized by nameless bureaucrats who think that people … [Read more...]
TIME admits: ‘Death panels’ ‘built into’ Obamacare
The Inconvenient Truth about Charles Manson: My NEW Taki’s column
(I figured the comments would be pretty "Joooooo!" free this week, but boy was I wrong...) If you factor out all the murder chatter, Manson sounds like any number of far more wealthy, … [Read more...]
‘Yeah, it did go too far. There’s an album called Sandinista!’
I still haven't listened to the Maida Vale interview all the way through, I'm ashamed to say, because that woman's voice is just... So thanks to [Read more...]
‘The Walking Dead’ Bad Decision Power Rankings for last night’s episode
Har: When Martinez last saw the Governor, he was gunning down his own … [Read more...]
‘My Favorite Turkeys’: Box office failures that aren’t all bad
Susan Doll writes that many "turkeys" have at least 10 or so worthwhile minutes, even... Hello Dolly. … [Read more...]
Malcolm Gladwell’s ‘theory’ about Northern Ireland proves he’s a total twit
I didn't realize he was this bad, but wow. And by the way, that "peace movement" favorite -- Le Chambon, the French village that refused to hand over its Jews during WWII -- isn't all its … [Read more...]
As opposed to the other non-stop stuff that turns them all into communists…
Actually, this "experiment" is quite well-known -- there are [Read more...]
The Nazis’ Gun Ban Facilitated Kristallnact
In other news, sky still blue! How this was possible can be seen through the eyes of one of the countless victims, who happened to be a renowned German athlete. Alfred Flatow won first place in gymnastics at the 1896 Olympics. In 1932, … [Read more...]
‘I thought Michael Taube was a libertarian-conservative’
Paul Tuns writes: What I find worrying is Taube's belief that politicians are central to the economy or recognizing a historic moment; neither Toronto's economy nor acknowledging the importance of the … [Read more...]
The Knock Out Game: ‘Hunting the Domestic Polar Bear’
Jim Goad writes: Even Al Sharpton isn’t as blind as these white enablers and ethnomasochists. He calls the Knockout Game “insane thuggery” and concedes that “We would not be silent if it was the other … [Read more...]