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Category Archives: America
Haaretz: Trump’s Desire for America to Emulate Israel Is Bad for the Jews
Steve Sailer writes: I’ve always admired Israel and have frequently recommended that Americans study Israel’s hard-headed policies and attitudes for models for our own country. Donald Trump appears to feel much the same way. From the Israeli broadsheet Haaretz: On … Continue reading
The Forward Won’t Publish Anything About Donald Trump for 24 Hours
Jane Eisner, editor of the Forward, writes: Thhe attack on journalists, and journalism, that we are witnessing today is of a more significant and far more dangerous order of magnitude than anything I’ve seen over decades in this business. And … Continue reading
Dennis Dale: Mediocrity and Its Discontents
Comments at Steve Sailer: * From a political perspective, the liberal left is very impressive in its ability to monopolise minority political discourse. Little or nothing gets said by a woman, gay, black, lesbian, trannie etc without official approval from … Continue reading
O.J.: Made In America
Part one. It’s a hot night in Los Angeles. Around 1 a.m. Sunday, I give up trying to sleep and watch the fifth and final installment of this superb ESPN documentary series. The show brings back memories. I moved to … Continue reading
White People
Rich Lowry: Heed Trump’s Warning
Rich Lowry writes: One of Donald Trump’s political skills is giving widely condemned speeches. His post-Orlando jeremiad fit the pattern, but the speech was a little like Wagner’s music as described in the famous Mark Twain line: Not as bad … Continue reading
The Rise of “Kamikaze Killers”
Comments at Steve Sailer: * I note once again that since the Age of Reagan, the US has seen a net gain of some 100 million (that we know about) in one generation, and all of it due to immigration. … Continue reading
Ann Coulter: Did Anyone Talking About Trump’s Speech Actually Hear It?
Ann Coulter writes: The media have lost their minds after Trump’s magnificent speech on Monday. It’s all hands on deck, no attack is too extreme. Their main point is: DO NOT LOOK AT THAT SPEECH. It has “words that wound.” … Continue reading
Why Orlando Massacre Has America So Angry With Itself — Guns, Islam and Especially Homophobia
J.J. Goldberg writes: For all the rancor in our national discourse over the past decade, it’s hard to remember a moment so dominated by vitriol and mutual loathing as the aftermath of the Orlando shooting. It’s almost as though we’re … Continue reading
Steve Sailer: Is This the Most 2016ish Thing of 2016?
Steve Sailer writes: Commenter Twinkie calls our attention to this characteristic anecdote from 2016, as recounted in the Washington Post article entitled “Inside the Hate-Filled Mind of a Mass Murderer:” Carter, who was among several patrons Mateen held hostage after … Continue reading