Need I tell you that this is a must-read? And that’s not all Coates could remember from his first forty years of life. His memoir also included the celebrated story of how Coates … [Read more...]
Douglas Murray reviews new biography: The fearless life of Oriana Fallaci
Douglas Murray writes: Then the dormant volcano exploded. After 9/11, when the dust of human remains and rubble was still hanging over New York, Fallaci broke her … [Read more...]
Pre-Code.com looks at “Freaks” (1932)
The first time I saw Freaks was a dark night about 15 years ago in Columbia, Missouri. I was a member of a cult movie club that found an empty common room … [Read more...]
Finally: Tom Petty wasn’t THAT great, says someone
Tim Sommer writes (mostly about Rolling Stone actually): The peculiar … [Read more...]
Jim Goad on Corey Feldman and the Hollywood “casting crib”
In a bit of a counterpoint to David Cole's column last week, here's [Read more...]
MUST READ: “I Was an Eight-Year-Old Drag Queen”
Chad Felix Greene writes: My behavior grew more and more reckless. I even made plans with a stranger I met online who lived in California. He was supposed to rescue me from my small town on the day I … [Read more...]
Joe Bob Briggs: “We need a strong female character for this…”
Joe Bob Briggs writes: It started in the ’90s, I think, with the whole “Go Black” movement. I remember going to an audition for the role of a police captain in a TV movie, and when I got to the … [Read more...]
Rick McGinnis on Richard Florida and “Overselling the creative class”
Rick McGinnis writes: The idea of some sort of vaguely defined creative class as a benign invasion, reviving run-down areas once home to workers or industry with their peculiar and … [Read more...]
In August, J-Pod called Sailer “racist filth” for making a joke about Harvey Weinstein
So there's that... Steve Sailer writes now: Podhoretz is no fan of Weinstein’s Democratic politics, but for an outsider to joke about Harvey’s history of suckering Oscar voters … [Read more...]
David Stein pens a controversial column about a controversial column
As it often does, Stein's latest Taki's column includes something to offend everyone. But here's the thing: He really, truly has worked in Hollywood for a long … [Read more...]
Jim Goad: “California is one big melted chunk of plastic cancer”
Jim Goad writes: So as I drove out of California on Friday night, I realized that if the state were to leave the Union, I would not stand in its way. I spoke with friends who are planning to … [Read more...]
Are there TWO Mayim Bialik op-eds everybody’s bitching about?
Ha, just joshin' Yesterday, "Mayim Bialik" was trending on Twitter, so I saw reactions to [Read more...]