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Category Archives: America
WEHT To Hawaii?
Steve Sailer writes: We’ve had a couple of commenters in the past who were superbright Hawaiian intellectuals, which is a pretty rare thing. The federal government has invested a lot of money in Hawaii over the decades. For example, Congress … Continue reading
Donald Trump and the American Crisis
John Marini writes for the Claremont Review: Since the end of the Cold War, American leaders have understood their offices in terms of global and administrative rule, rather than political rule on behalf of the American people and the sovereignty … Continue reading
Should Moving To The USA Be Easy Or Hard?
Comments at Steve Sailer: * At the beginning of the Roman Republic through the glory days of the Empire, Roman citizenship was extremely hard to come by. You might get conquered by the Romans and move to Rome itself with … Continue reading
Paul Krugman: The GOP’s National Security Stance “Serves the Tribe”
Steve Sailer writes: “Sometimes Krugman’s lack of sophistication has kind of a Trump-like little boy in Emperor’s New Clothes quality to it. I remember one of his columns about a decade ago about how he liked growing up in a … Continue reading
Steve Sailer: Invade the World / Invite the World in a Nutshell: The Khizr Khan Kherfuffle
Comments at Steve Sailer: * The media is as dishonest as the day is long. Here is another relevant tweet: JUST IN: Trump: Muslim soldier was a hero but his father "has no right" to criticize me https://t.co/scaCdzKXNO pic.twitter.com/R8DRNac60N — … Continue reading
How Not to Name Your Child
My parents had no idea I would convert to Orthodox Judaism when they named me “Luke Carey Ford.” They feared the other kids at school would call me “Elsie” (LC), but that never happened. I think Luke Ford is an … Continue reading
The Way To Attack Trump
Comments at Steve Sailer: * While it is an outlier, the LA Times/USC national poll has reported the largest lead for Trump since the election began among reputable pollsters, putting him at 47 v 40 for Hillary. He is now … Continue reading
Pussycats: Why the Rest Keeps Beating the West and What Can Be Done About It
William Lind writes: Martin van Creveld’s latest book, Pussycats: Why the Rest Keeps Beating the West and What Can Be Done About It, is so important that it re-defines the military reform agenda. Previously, military reform has focused on the … Continue reading
Trump Is Peak Troll
Chaim Amalek writes: I read that as sarcasm, as Trump saying “Hey, we KNOW the Russians and Chinese have been reading and saving each and every message on Hilary Clinton’s private, illegal email servers, so why not let us see … Continue reading
The Left Goes Ballistic
Steve Sailer writes: At a ceremony for some of the various policemen recently shot by his fellow Black Lives Matter advocates, President Barack Obama described the postapocalyptic hellscape of gun violence that is America today: We flood communities with so … Continue reading