Trump “was bound to be catcalled as a gibbering stone-tongued fascist if he had done nothing but read a random page from Pride and Prejudice”
Colby Cosh writes: It seems the accepted take on Donald Trump’s inaugural address is that it was inept, foolish blather. Well, I have to say I find this completely … [Read more...]
“Your Facebook Teenage ‘10 Albums’ Lists Matter More Than You Think”
Tim Sommer writes: I seriously doubt that every single person I know listened to Big Star’s Third and Pet Sounds when they were kids, unless they were hiding the discs inside the sleeve for Brain … [Read more...]
“Steve Jones Talks Sex Pistols, Sobriety and Why He’s Lucky to Be Alive”
Via TheFix.com: My favorite line in the book was “I’m lucky to be alive.” Yeah. I’ve been sober 26 years now. October 28th, 1990 was when my coin dropped. I’d been messing around for about six … [Read more...]
Mark Steyn: A new dawn, a new don
Mark Steyn writes: Again, it seemed obvious that night that Trump had thrown out the old playbook and that what he'd replaced it with was working for him far more effectively than the old rules worked for Romney, or … [Read more...]
“A love letter to the lyrics of ‘After The Goldrush’ by Neil Young”
James Craig writes: While everyone within the song is wrapped inside a hazy bliss, the listener is prompted by the title to remember the lessons of the past and connect it to the … [Read more...]
“My Hollywood friends have managed to personalize the ‘tragedy’ of Trump’s victory”
David Cole writes: I messaged my old buddy, and I decided to make a point. A point that he, and the Cathy Ladmans of the world, and all the other leftists who find their identity in real or perceived … [Read more...]
Gavin McInnes gets ready for the Deploraball: #DisruptJ20 ‘already seem to be losing their steam’
Gavin McInnes writes: They have launched an attack on the event, complete with a “target list” that includes myself and a lot of the people I like to grab coffee with. Lauren Southern … [Read more...]
Mark Steyn: If Trump is Sinatra and Obama is Dean Martin, then who’s Sammy Davis, Jr.?
Mark Steyn graciously links to my latest Taki's column, then adds: Bernie Sanders is Sammy Davis Jr? They're both Jews. Like Sam, Bernie is the Candy Man, luring millions of impressionable children with … [Read more...]
How Adam Carolla Went From Manual Laborer To Media Mogul (audio)
For almost two decades after high school, Adam Carolla was a day laborer -- hanging drywall, laying stucco, earthquake proofing buildings in earthquake-prone Los Angeles. A chance encounter changed all that... … [Read more...]
Sailer on “how much freer American writers were a couple of generations ago,” and other stuff
Steve Sailer writes: While I probably prefer Lewis’ lucid, buttoned-down prose to Wolfe’s show-offy style, Wolfe’s heroically ambitious career reflects the Apollo 11-meets-Woodstock ambitions of his … [Read more...]
Nicholas Pell makes “the case against ‘Hamilton’”
Nicholas Pell writes: At the top of the list, though, has to be casting Alexander Hamilton as some sort of proto-multicultural progressive. That's either stupidity or mendacity, take your pick. … [Read more...]