Tom Piatak

Tom Piatak (born March 12, 1964) is a Roman Catholic conservative writer who has written articles for Chronicles Magazine, Taki's Magazine, The American Conservative, and VDARE. He is a contributing editor of Chronicles and Taki's. He resides in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife, Valerie.

War on Christmas

Tom Piatak is best known for his War on Christmas articles for VDARE. His first article AbOUT the War on Christmas appeared in 2001. Many (but not all) of Piatak's articles on Christmas are contained in his archive at VDARE. He also participated in the NPR radio show "On Point" in 2003 discussing the War on Christmas. Piatak's efforts on the War on Christmas have been cited by Pat Buchanan, Sam Francis, and Immigration Watch Canada.

Christopher Hitchens

Piatak has been highly critical of Christopher Hitchens' leftism and atheism. Joe SoBran praises Piatak's review of Hitchens' latest work, saying, "I’ve already written enough about Christopher Hitchens’s truly obtuse atheist tract god Is Not Great, but I can’t drop the subject without mentioning Tom Piatak’s amazing review on Taki’s Top Drawer. I’d rather be mauled by a lion than deserve such a notice."

Current events

The qualities and policies of neoconservatives have been criticized by Piatak.

Piatak is also a critic of free trade, and his views on the American auto industry were cited by Pat Buchanan and John Derbyshire in the debate over whether the federal government should extend loans to the American auto industry.

Additional references

Piatak has been quoted in the Washington Times and other national publications.