AKIC’s Ten Greatest and Why

1. Nicolás Gómez Dávila: I love his aphorisms.  He is the proper combination of suspicion of leftism combined with suspicion of modernism.  He is the ideal escape.
   
   
   
2. David Warren:  My favorite blogger: Catholic and Contrarian.
   
   
   
3. Steve McQueen:  My favorite cool icon.  He became a serious Christian before his premature death.
   
   
   
4. Evelyn Waugh:  My favorite writer. He was reactionary, was Catholic, had great style, and was very humorous,”
   
   
   
5. Tony Esposito:  The coolest looking ice hockey goaltender of all time.  Thank God, he didn’t play in the cage mask era.
   
   
   
6. Arnis Kaulins:  My father.
   
   
   
7. Fred Astaire:  His dancing was great.  His on-screen aristocratic manner I wish I could emulate.
   
   
   
8. TS Eliot:  My favorite 20th century poet.  
   
   
   
9. Frank Sinatra:  The best singer.
   
   
   
10. Don Rickles:  The greatest comedian.