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Category Archives: Jews
Jewish Perspectives On The Alt Right
MP3. I argue with Yonasan, an Orthodox Jew in New York. Pete*, the professional philosopher, says: Hi Luke, I’ve been listening to most of your streaming stuff the last few weeks. Really excellent! I especially loved the one where you … Continue reading
What’s Good For The Jews?
An Orthodox rabbi friend who’s been studying the Alt Right for a couple of years says to me: “I now notice that all Jewish arguments revolve around what is good for the Jews. More or less secular education? What is … Continue reading
CBC Doco – What’s With The Jews?
From the CBC: Their contribution to humanity is enormous, unique and exceedingly difficult to explain. From Moses to Maimonides, to Mahler, Marx, Freud, Einstein and some 197 Nobel Prize laureates, the stunning social, scientific and artistic accomplishments of the Jews … Continue reading
JTA: This Jewish lawmaker wanted to keep Chinese immigrants out. Should a park be named after him?
From JTA: The elder Kahn, a Republican from San Francisco who served 12 terms in Congress between 1899 and his death in 1924, championed an extension of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1902 prohibiting immigration by Chinese laborers. While doing … Continue reading
Signal To Noise
Gregory Cochran writes: Can you dismiss an argument because the originator is a bad person? Obviously not. But if the originator lies a lot, or simply doesn’t know jack about anything, the probability that the argument is worth anything can … Continue reading
What Accounts For Jewish Success?
Comments at Steve Sailer: * Cochran figures a 12 point IQ gap fits well with the achievement distributions. Maybe the IQ gap is actually only 10 points and other traits account for the other 1/6th of the achievement gap? * … Continue reading
Nathan Cofnas: Kevin MacDonald won’t accept evidence supporting alternative theories about Jewish influence
Here are some of Nathan’s latest tweets: * Since I think MacDonald’s theory is wrong, obviously I think it has a “non-educative effect” on people who buy into it. * Setting out to understand Jewish behavior without being committed to … Continue reading
The Best Of Nathan Cofnas
Here’s a selection of his recent tweets: Attention alt-righters/@RichardBSpencer: Your most important intellectual, Kevin MacDonald, says that you should welcome Jews into your movement. Indeed, it would be "nonsense" not to. https://t.co/57cfwtFD8y — Nathan Cofnas (@nathancofnas) April 29, 2018 * … Continue reading
A Celebration Of The Jewish People
Sean Last’s essay: I am going to empirically document the following claims: Jews are vastly overrepresented in positions of power and cultural influence Jewish elites are far to the left of gentile elites and have moved shifted the distribution of … Continue reading
Why The Rise In Jewish Private Schooling In Los Angeles?
Steve Sailer writes: A number of years ago during a Boy Scout event, I was surprised to find in my neighborhood a quite large Jewish private elementary school that had so many students that it had 23 Cub Scouts moving … Continue reading