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Liars & Quislings

Written by Taki on April 9, 2002. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

Switzerland is a nice country to die in–the state only steals two percent of one’s hard-earned dough (and the same applies if it hasn’t been hard-earned, thank God)–although at times it feels like most people who live there are dead. It all has to do with law and order, cleanliness and pastoral peace. Not to
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WWI: What If?

Written by Taki on April 2, 2002. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

Michael Howard, or Sir Michael Howard to give him his due, is one of Britain’s best living military historians. He is also a strategic thinker who writes wittily and in a concise manner. His latest work, The First World War, due in July, is an introduction to the Great War–as World War I is known
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Foreign Affairs

Written by Taki on March 26, 2002. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

Twenty years ago I wrote an article in The American Spectator titled "American Women Make Lousy Lovers." It was all about femininity, or the lack of it, in militant feminists, and had nothing to do with the sexual act whatsoever. Needless to say, the title was noticed by various television producers–who of course did not
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The Press’ Poisonous Pens

Written by Taki on March 19, 2002. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

Was MUGGER born yesterday? At times I think so, especially when he writes about the smiling wallet-lifters at the Big Bagel Times. Last week, for example, he wrote that he’d never read anything as filthy as Frank Rich’s column in which Rich exploited Daniel Pearl’s death to smear Bernard Goldberg and his bestseller Bias. I
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Those Sniping Euros

Written by Taki on March 12, 2002. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

After two months in good old Helvetia, I’m heading back home, to the Big Bagel, the last great town to race my motor. But before I fly to Bloomberg City, a few thoughts on our European brethren, who lately seem to be a bit peeved with Uncle Sam. There are 15 quarrelling nations at present
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For Stalin’s Victims

Written by Taki on March 5, 2002. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

The biggest single-ship disaster in history took place on a freezing night in January 1945, when Russian torpedoes hit and sank the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff. The liner was unarmed and unescorted, and was carrying thousands of German women and children rushing to the coast of East Prussia in an attempt to escape by
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Watch Your Tongue

Written by Taki on February 26, 2002. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

Okay, let’s have some fun with p.c. Naomi Campbell, the supermodel who is no stranger to controversy and public rows, has sued an English tabloid for an article last year that revealed she was a drug addict and a member of Narcotics Anonymous. But that’s not all. Naomi has issued a further writ for infringement
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Race Rats

Written by Taki on February 19, 2002. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

Oh dear! "Immigrants must learn to be British," screams a headline in London’s Daily Mail. "New immigrants will soon have to pass English exams and formally swear allegiance to the Crown," is the subhed. Substitute the word American for British, and you’ll have the p.c. police and the liberal press hot on your tail. In
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True Class

Written by Taki on February 12, 2002. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

They would, wouldn’t they? Come across as chilly, shallow and grasping (the aristos), while the servants are brimming with passionate humanity? I am referring of course to Gosford Park, the Robert Altman film that has just opened in dreary old England to rave reviews, as it has, I am told, back in the good old
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RIP, Miss Peggy Lee, and Talk, Too

Written by Taki on February 5, 2002. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

An embarrassment of riches this week. Subjects to write about, that is. First of all, the great Peggy Lee dies, and as they say, especially people of my generation, there will never be another like her. She had great influence on me in my youth with her rendition of "I Got It Bad and that
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