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...]
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My NEW Taki’s column, about the #WomensMarch
The comments canNOT be "JOOOOOO!!!"-y this week. There's no way... “So, er, where were all these women when Hillary Clinton was speaking to near-empty arenas, or on Election Day, when such a … [Read more...]
David Cole: ‘Pizzagate reveals the extent to which the “new media” has indeed taken the place of the “establishment” press’
David Cole writes: In olden days, it was up to The New York Times, ABC, NBC, and CBS to ruin the lives of Americans by whipping up witch hunts based on flimsy and salacious evidence. Not anymore. (...) Make no … [Read more...]
My NEW Taki’s column: Planets and stars are just rocks in the sky. Who CARES?
In which I pass through misanthropy into an irrational hatred of inanimate objects. Again, I cannot imagine how the comments could be "JOOOOOO!!!"-y, but (again) I've been surprised before... The space … [Read more...]
‘Whatever happened to The New Yorker’s meticulous fact-checking?’ asks someone else now
I asked that last month in connection to the Gay Talese disaster, but now here's Ann Althouse with a subject closer to my … [Read more...]
Toxic lies in new Kitty Genovese movie start in its title: ’37’
Even the New York Times admits they screwed up, but play down how their sensational reporting needlessly traumatized (and libeled by proxy) countless … [Read more...]
The Beatles were ‘good-looking boys with great haircuts’ but brought nothing new to music, academics decide
Even I wouldn't go that far: And as any teenager could tell you, pop music operates in spheres far beyond quantifiable chord changes and rhythmic patterns. … [Read more...]
Ben Shapiro vs. Gunther Grass: My NEW Taki’s column
Do I even need to warn you about "JOOOOOOO!!!!"-y comments this week? PS: One of my paragraphs (which was admittedly a bit obtuse) was mangled in editing, so if something sounds confusing even for me, my apologies... [Read more...]
Strange new respect for… Tracy Emin…?
Leave it to the Guardian... All the same, she is the kind of reflexive Tory who’d rather die than admit to luck having played its part in … [Read more...]
How many times did Coppola and Scorcese watch ‘Pay or Die’ (1960)?
This 1960 period piece tells the true story of New York City's first Italian-American police captain, and his astonishingly brave but ultimately futile attempts to wipe out the Black Hand in turn of the century Little Italy, before they could become the Mafia of today. Still affecting and even … [Read more...]
NYC: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly — My NEW PJMedia post
Add your thoughts in the comments... There were too many “good” things to squeeze into this post, while the “bad” and the “ugly” run together: Way more homeless people than we saw in 2011, … [Read more...]
Somaly Mam and Nicholas Kristof: My NEW Taki’s column
Nope, I'd never heard of her before, either... Add Somaly Mam’s name to the list of beloved do-gooding impostors, fabulists, and serial exaggerators—Michael Moore, … [Read more...]