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Category Archives: Politics
Are Police Anti-Male?
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager said: “Are black males disproportionately involved [in crime]? “All we’re told is how many black men are in prison. Are they in prison because they are black or because they committed a crime?” … Continue reading
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Republicans Are Increasingly The Party Of White People
From The Fix: “In 1980 white Democrats dominated white Republicans numerically,” Abrajano argues. “As immigration’s impact on America has grown, whites have fled to the Republican party in ever larger numbers. The end result is that the principal partisan choice … Continue reading
That’s Disgusting!
Many of my political positions are based primarily on disgust. Gay marriage, for instance, I find disgusting. I don’t find gays qua gays disgusting, but when they push homosexuality in my face, when they insist on publicly celebrating it and … Continue reading
The Thru-Line From National Review To Revilo Oliver To William Pierce
Robert S. Griffin writes in his biography of William Pierce: Revilo Oliver was one of the founding members of the John Birch Society and wrote a number of pieces for William Buckley’s magazine National Review in its early years. Oliver … Continue reading
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Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences
On Oct. 23, 2013, Dennis Prager said to his guest, John Alford, associate professor of political science at Rice University, is one of three authors of this new book, Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences: “Isn’t that … Continue reading
James Kalb: Against Inclusiveness: How the Diversity Regime is Flattening America and the West and What to Do About It
Jim Kalb has a website at JimKalb.com. He writes regularly for Crisis magazine. His previous book came out in 2008: The Tyranny of Liberalism: Understanding and Overcoming Administered Freedom, Inquisitorial Tolerance, and Equality by Command. Here’s a transcript of parts … Continue reading
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Why Are Jews Liberal?
Here are some highlights from a 2005 column by Dennis Prager: * …Jews (outside of Israel) are indeed overwhelmingly liberal and disproportionately left of liberal as well. * Most Jews are frightened by anything that connotes right-wing—such as the words … Continue reading
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She Can’t Date A Liberal
Chaim Amalek writes: “Carrie Sheffield can get away with this exclusionary stance with minimal collateral damage to her social life (for now) because she is 1.young; 2. pretty; 3. white; and 4. female. Deviate from any of these four traits, … Continue reading
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White Resentment Drives The Republican Party
I believe it was John Derbyshire who said that tens of millions of Americans don’t like black people much and that these people overwhelmingly vote Republican. The big social trend in an increasingly diverse America is to find people with … Continue reading
91 Persecutions Over Political Correctness
From Handle’s Haus: It is a list of prominent (mostly) leftist/progressive intimidation incidents, or profiles in preemptive cowardice in anticipation thereof, or firings because of ludicrous and exaggerated PC claims of ‘offensiveness’ (usually concerning mere jokes) that I wish had … Continue reading
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