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Category Archives: America
The Case For Offshore Balancing
John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt writes in Foreign Affairs: For the first time in recent memory, large numbers of Americans are openly questioning their country’s grand strategy. An April 2016 Pew poll found that 57 percent of Americans agree … Continue reading
Who Was The Greatest Vice-President?
Comments: * “[Joe] Biden is definitely the greatest VP for saying — in public, in apparently prepared remarks — that Jews control the media and are to be credited with leftist advances in this country such as abortion and, especially, … Continue reading
Is Trump Un-American for Saying Americans Have a Right to Choose Which Immigrants We Want?
Comments at Steve Sailer: * Trump has caused everyone to openly state a lot of their unspoken assumptions about immigration. It’s fascinating stuff. A lot of Americans are guilty about shutting the door to poor, uneducated immigrants because they feel … Continue reading
NYT: America Is Safer Than It Used to Be. So Why Do We Still Have Calls for ‘Law and Order’?
I wonder if the author of the New York Times essay, Beverly Gage, ever feels unsafe? Women in nice areas typically feel physically unsafe several times a week such as walking to their car in a parking lot. Does Beverly … Continue reading
WHAT THE FOUNDERS THOUGHT ABOUT RACE
Jared Taylor writes: Today, the United States officially takes the position that all races are equal. Our country is also committed―legally and morally―to the view that race is not a fit criterion for decision-making of any kind, except for promoting … Continue reading
A Win Against Revenge Porn Makes Advocates Angry
Blog: You would think this would be a big deal amongst the small crowd of passionate anti-revenge porn advocates, as it was a huge victory for a woman harmed. Isn’t that what it’s all about? In what might be Michigan’s … Continue reading
Who Owns The Neighborhood?
I argued with Orthodox Jewish friends the other day about who owns the neighborhood. They say nobody owns the neighborhood and people should be able to do what they want with the property they buy, including building a giant mansion. … Continue reading
They Moved To Chicago And Then Quickly Left
Every boy and girl above age 16 should watch this: I asked my rebbe if I should watch all 12 minutes. He said: “Not all, just for the gist of who they are and what they have done. Certainly if … Continue reading
Is Donald Trump Too Gross To Be President?
Comment: To those who think Donald Trump is too gauche to be our president: In case you haven’t noticed, politics is very gauche. It is real estate sales multiplied by magnitudes. I personally know two real estate agents who are … Continue reading