Category Archives: Crime

Facing Reality: Two Truths About Race in America

Here are some highlights from Charles Murray’s new book: * From the first census in 1790 through the 1850 census, the population within America’s settled regions was 82–84 percent European and the rest was African. Subsequent tides of immigration increased … Continue reading

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WP: A man refused to mask up at a high school basketball game. Then he killed an officer who intervened, police say.

You should probably use common sense before telling a stranger to mask up. With this dude, I would not tell him anything: John Shallerhorn From the Washington Post: The George Washington Carver High School basketball team had built a huge … Continue reading

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The Growth, Scope, and Spatial Distribution of People With Felony Records in the United States, 1948–2010

From a 2017 paper: * Western and Pettit have shown that incarceration has become a routine life event for low-skilled black men—more common than serving in the military or earning a college degree (Pettit and Western 2004; Western 2006). The … Continue reading

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NYT: ‘tempers are rankled by sweltering temperatures’

Comment: “This is the Spike Lee theory of criminality, I believe. First mentioned in “Do the Right Thing,” then “Summer of Sam.” The heat made me do it, yes sah. I’m surprised the Times hasn’t gone full-bore with this and … Continue reading

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How To Stop Illegal Fireworks?

From the comments at Steve Sailer: * Matt Drudge must be under sedation. This kind of story would top his page in his heydey. Now he’s hardly updated anything from yesterday. * Maybe they should have Jason Pierre-Paul talk to … Continue reading

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