- https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback
"Luke Ford reports all of the 'juicy' quotes, and has been doing it for years." (Marc B. Shapiro)
"This guy knows all the gossip, the ins and outs, the lashon hara of the Orthodox world. He’s an [expert] in... all the inner workings of the Orthodox world." (Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff) LATEST POSTS:
- Anthony D. Smith: The Student Who Kept the Question and Rejected the Answer
- Ernest Gellner
- Eric Kaufmann: The Man Who Made the Majority Visible
- Dominic Cummings: A Biography
- Steve Lopez: The Last City Columnist
- California Historian Kevin Starr
- Stephen Kotkin: A Life in Power
- William T. Vollmann: An American Life in Excess
- Rod Dreher: A Life in Exile
- The Cross at Sinjar: Tom Holland’s Dominion
- Rick Warren: A Biography
- Deepok Chopra: A Biography
- Wayne Dyer: A Biography
- Frank Kern: A Biography
- Louise Hay: A Biography
- Stephen Covey: A Biography
- Napoleon Hill: A Biography
- Dale Carnegie: A Biography
- A History of Carl Schmitt Studies
- Guillaume Faye
BEST POSTS:
- * The Enlightenment Wasn’t Enlightened (6-23-26)
* Mr. Burge Draws The Line (6-23-26)
* 'Improving on Democracy' (6-17-26)
* People Leak To People Who Are Fun (6-11-26)
* Why Does Australia Produce So Many Great Journalists? (6-11-26)
* Steve Wynn and the Press: Power, Litigation, and the Contest Over Las Vegas (6-3-26)
* Sheldon Adelson and the Journalists (6-3-26)
* The Vigilant Animal: Thinkers Who Reject the Myth of Human Gullibility (6-2-26)
* The Cost of Refusing the Misunderstanding Myth (6-2-26)
* Show Me How It Travels (6-2-26)
* The Norm Explainers (6-2-26)
* Centering Marginalized Voices (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Washington Post put its reader first? (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Financial Times put its reader first? (6-1-26)
* What It Would Mean for the Los Angeles Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* What It Would Mean for The New York Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* Why Wembanyama Lives on the Perimeter (5-31-26)
* The Emotional Palettes Of San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco & Sacramento (5-27-26)
* The Administrative Capital: Sacramento Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* San Diego - The Quiet Republic (5-27-26)
* The Quiet Bar: San Diego Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* SF v LA Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* Why Talent Travels Poorly Between San Francisco and Los Angeles (5-27-26)
* San Francisco and Los Angeles as Rival Models of Urban Access (5-27-26)
* Social Cliques in New York, 2026 (5-25-26)
* Social Cliques in San Francisco, 2026 (5-25-26)
* The Rival Courts of Washington (5-25-26)
* The City of Private Rooms (5-25-26)
Category Archives: Race
Friday Night Lights
I’m reading the H.G. Bissinger book (I loved the movie and the TV series). From page 27: “The first murder in Odessa occurred late in the nineteenth century when a cowboy rode into a water-drilling camp one afternoon and demanded … Continue reading
Driving Out The Homeless Is A Form Of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
Report: “This is Fort Lauderdale, in Broward County, Florida, between Miami and Palm Beach, and Gil’s ticket – he gives his first name only – could be Exhibit A in what civil rights activists say is a creeping and insidious … Continue reading
Stop The Killing!
I keep reading all these heartfelt cries for stopping the killing in the Middle East. So let’s indulge this wish for a minute and think about what would happen if all the actors in the Middle East decided to stop … Continue reading
Washington Post: Low testosterone could be what made us civilized humans
The Washington Post reports: No, this isn’t some jab at dudes. According to a study published in Current Anthropology, our transition into modern civilization might have coincided with our species’ drop in testosterone. The hormone, associated with both biologically male … Continue reading
Posted in Asians, Blacks, Race, Testosterone
Comments Off on Washington Post: Low testosterone could be what made us civilized humans
How I Understand The Middle East Conflict
“People are more willing to help people like themselves. Similar appearance is a good indicator of genetic similarity, and Prof. Rushton observes that racial solidarity can be viewed as a kind of extended nepotism. He also argues that it is … Continue reading
Posted in Race
Comments Off on How I Understand The Middle East Conflict
Sharing Economy Won’t Work If People Don’t Share Values
People who share a nationality, race, ethnicity or religion are more likely to trust each other. Report: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – A squatter who’s refusing to leave one Palm Springs rental property isn’t popular among neighbors, or online gamers. News … Continue reading
Posted in Race
Comments Off on Sharing Economy Won’t Work If People Don’t Share Values
Washington Post: ‘Black families fight entrenched prejudices to get fair discipline for their children in schools’
Black kids are more rambunctious than white kids who are in turn more rambunctious than oriental kids. Blacks tend to take more risks in life than do whites who in turn take more risks than do Orientals. Ergo, Orientals are … Continue reading
Posted in Asians, Blacks, Phil Rushton, Race, Whites
Comments Off on Washington Post: ‘Black families fight entrenched prejudices to get fair discipline for their children in schools’
Are There Still Literary Taboos?
Neither famed author (Francine Prose and James Parker) mentions racial/ethnic/religious/immigration taboos, which are probably the most incendiary topics in daily life.
Posted in Race
Comments Off on Are There Still Literary Taboos?
Fearing The Different And Strange Is Healthy
We all prefer people who are genetically close to us and we all are uncomfortable and stressed at dealing with people who are genetically different from us. The more a community is racially homogenous, the more social capital, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Race
Comments Off on Fearing The Different And Strange Is Healthy
Another Outburst From The Outrage Industry
I had a friend drop me as a Facebook friend because I used the expression “Chinaman.” There’s nothing wrong with the term “Chinaman.” It’s the same as Australian man or Jewish man or black man or Englishman. There’s also nothing … Continue reading
Posted in Race
Comments Off on Another Outburst From The Outrage Industry