Generations of Hollywood history and local memories went up in flames during the recent Palisades fire.
Category: Columns
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Trump Tackles Toponymy
President Trump's renaming of The Gulf of America, and reinstatement of Mount McKinley, remind us how toponymy can carry political voltage.
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The Ukraine Crisis and Political Kayfabe
The Trump-Zelensky showdown in the Oval Office resembles the theatrics of professional wrestling. The schtick is known as "kayfabe" to those in the biz.
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The New Social Revolution
MAGA supporters insist the managers are on their way out the door, but a new technocratic elite could be rising.
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Beware The Times Bearing Lies
The ancient Greek bards may have fudged a bit while honoring their own, but today's experts shamelessly change historical facts to cast doubt about their own country—far more dishonorable.
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Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
The penny is on the chopping block today, but other casualties will follow as we traverse down the road of progress.
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Creating Our Own Four Horsemen
Conservatives must use what time remains for the republic's survival to establish their own institutions and heroes who will help them stave off left-wing cultural dominance.
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The Death of the UK Conservative Party
The Tories had 14 years in power to undo Liberal power structures. Instead, they capitulated and became a pathetic leftist party.
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Europe’s Patriots Enthused by Trump
Donald Trump has inspired a patriotic movement well beyond America's borders. "Make America Great Again" has birthed "Make Europe Great Again!"
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Promethean Fire in the Age of AI
Completely outsourcing creativity to algorithms would be a grave mistake and nothing short of a betrayal of what makes us human. It also doesn’t make much sense if you consider yourself a culture warrior.
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Maugham the Master
W. Somerset Maugham was envied for his wealth, ability to travel in style everywhere in the world, and the fact that everything he wrote sold like hotcakes.
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How Nations Die
England's invaders face less resistance than ever as they settle among an unarmed public led by self-hating flaccid clerks. This is how it ends.
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The People’s Republic of California
One-party rule in California means fiscal lunacy, hazardous living conditions, and dubious elections, among other bad things.
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About Islam: A Letter to President Trump
Mr. President, the danger of radical Islam is still with us, and while that danger cannot be completely eradicated, it is both possible and necessary to act decisively to reduce it as much as possible.
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Replacement Theory Meets Replacement Fact
Trump's tech-titan friends clash with the MAGA base over high-skilled foreign labor. In truth, this clash was inevitable. The MAGA honeymoon was over before it began.
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Where Have the Great Men of Diplomacy Gone?
Western nations could use a few Metternichs now. Instead we have midgets.
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America Voted Against Suicide
The majority of Americans—including legal immigrants—agreed with the ideas that Trump and Vance drew from their America First philosophy.
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Is Trump Part of the Swamp Now?
Donald Trump's victory signals that a good portion of the elites have made a tactical calculation to switch sides at a critical time.
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Compassion Denied
There are reasons for the joyous public reaction following healthcare CEO Brian Thompson's assassination. It is important that we understand those reasons.
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Fascism Lives Rent-Free in the Minds of the Left
The left obsessively accuses their enemies of fascism without ever defining the term or addressing their own totalitarian tendencies.
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Wild Bill Wellman’s Hundred Lives
World-war-I flying ace Bill "Wild Bill" Wellman lived a daring, eventful life that contributed to successful film career. Such heroic figures were not uncommon in old Hollywood.
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A Global Agenda for Trump 2.0
It is strange that pundits routinely accuse Trump of being unpredictable on foreign affairs. In fact, during this year’s campaign, he has made a series of statements related to the pressing global issues which are fairly clear and reasonable.
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American Men and the Emerging Culture Shift
This year signaled a rightward cultural shift for males and an opportunity for males to shape American culture.
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The Insurmountable Evil of the American Media
The media is composed of hideous people who, in their dedication to destroying Trump, have lost all credibility.
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A Realist’s Reassessment of America’s Alliance With Israel
Washington should recognize that Israel has interests different from those of the U.S. Such an honest reckoning would help both parties define their interests and long-term strategies.
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Back When Baseball Was Great
Taki reflects on the changing face of America's pastime: baseball.
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The Man in the Arena
Daniel Penny, the Marine Corps veteran who choked a menacing fellow subway rider to death in May 2023, needs no introduction thanks to Al Sharpton’s grandstanding, a complicitous media, and a gaggle of personal injury lawyers determined to ruin his life.
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Will Ireland Remain Irish?
Mass third-world immigration threatens Irish identity and stretches social services to the breaking point. It remains to be seen whether Ireland will remain Irish.
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The West’s Fraudulent Democracies
Western elites consider transgenderist ideology and mass immigration foundational to democracy, while in truth they are destructive of all things democratic.
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Anarcho-Tyranny in Aurora
As Venezuelan gang members harass and pillage tenants in one Colorado city, the local authorities blame landlords. Anarcho-tyranny has come to Colorado.
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From the Devil to the Deep Blue Sea
Has Uncle Sam indeed signed a Faustian bargain with the Israelis? If so, who is Mephistopheles in the tale?
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A Fighting Chance for Normalcy
In a normal country during a normal time, the Trump-Vance ticket would be cruising to victory. Alas, present-day America is far from normal.
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The Laboratory of the Apocalypse
America’s “collective West” is plagued with serious neuroses. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán recently provided a compelling summary.
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The Tides of Chaos
The near assassination of President Trump failed to unite Americans. Rather, America is more divided and chaotic than ever.
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In the Name of ‘Democracy’
The American Revolution made democracy the preferred government for the modern age. The only trouble with American democracy is the constant redefinition of the word.
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Neocon Pitfalls for Trump 2.0
Former Trump advisor Robert C. O’Brien began campaigning for a spot in the next Trump admin by penning an unhinged neocon manifesto. Unfortunately, O’Brien may soon find his way into the second Trump admin.
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No Heaven on Earth
As long as Christianity remained vital and strong in America, attempts at creating a socialist Utopia through government policy and authoritarian control made little headway.
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Book Burners for Our Year Zero
The acceleration of “sensitivity editing” in publishing is an under studied, but crucial, aspect of our recent attempted cultural reset following the George Floyd riots.
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The Angel of Dien Bien Phu
Taki recalls the heroic French aristocrat Geneviève de Galard and her selfless service following the fall of Dien Bien Phu.
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Rebuilding What We’ve Lost
We must restore American manufacturing if we truly want America to be great again.
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Citizenship Degraded
The traitor class seeks to destroy distinct communities by degrading and devaluing citizenship. They want the whole world to share their death wish.
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Turning the Tide on Transgenderism
Prisha Mosley is suing the medical practitioners who convinced her to undergo gender transition surgery. Though each detransitioner has a horror story, Mosley’s is particularly hellish.
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A Curse on Both Houses: Bibi and Hamas
The only solution I can come up with for the current version of this old mess is to condemn both Hamas and Netanyahu.
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Wars, Rumors, and Geopolitical Logic
When nations put ideology before real-world geopolitics in formulating grand strategy they embark upon a sure path to failure.
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The Man Who Made Cultural Marxism
Herbert Marcuse saw the transformation of the culture as the sine qua non of revolutionary change. He understood that the working classes of Europe and America wanted better wages, not the radical destruction of the western way of life.
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Kayfabe U.S.A.
Donald Trump continues an American political tradition that appears tough and adversarial, but is strictly theatrical. Wrestlers call it "kayfabe."
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Sympathy for Blue-Eyed White Devils
Whites are under the gun today for a very simple reason: Their past implies a position of cultural supremacy. This is a fact confirmed by the history of civilization.
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War in Ukraine, Two Years Later
The war in Ukraine reflects an ongoing revolution in military affairs that started two decades ago but which needed a major conflict to become fully apparent. To put it in a nutshell, the battlefield pendulum has swung in favor of defense
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America Can Be Great Again
America's crowning achievement was the moon landing. But, since 1972, our nation's priorities have shifted from moon missions to diversity, equity, and inclusion. It doesn't have to be this way.
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The Death of Laken Riley: A Case of Res Ipsa Loquitur
Laken Riley’s death was the product of deliberate policy choices that delivered predictable results with the precision of a Swiss watch.