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Category Archives: Chicago
Decoding Chicago’s Orthodox Jews
Per Alliance Theory: Chicago’s Orthodox Jews form a high-density, high-discipline alliance that prizes seriousness, continuity, and internal legitimacy over polish or national visibility. Geography is destiny. West Rogers Park and adjacent areas compress Orthodoxy into walkable blocks. Alliance Theory predicts … Continue reading
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NYT: Trump’s Baffling Threat to “Send in the Feds” to Chicago Is a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma
Comments at Steve Sailer: * “He meant locking up more black and brown folks,” said Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, addressing the City Council here on Wednesday morning. “Just like Republicans, just like right-wingers have always done.” * Incarceration is a strategy … Continue reading
They Moved To Chicago And Then Quickly Left
Every boy and girl above age 16 should watch this: I asked my rebbe if I should watch all 12 minutes. He said: “Not all, just for the gist of who they are and what they have done. Certainly if … Continue reading
The New Chicago Way
Steve Sailer: Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass writes: There is another thing to consider about the differences between August 1991 and now. It isn’t quantifiable; it won’t fit on a mayoral white paper, there are no numbers to it. But … Continue reading
President Obama Lobbied For This Olympics To Be In Chicago
Comments at Steve Sailer: * If you think that the Rio Olympics is an unmitigated disaster, just imagine what a total crap show a Chicago Olympic Games could have been. The cost over-runs alone would have been astronomical. Not to … Continue reading
Steve Sailer: Learning from Israel: The Daley-Emanuel Plan for Chicago Population Transfers
Steve Sailer writes: I’ve often pointed out how Americans could learn a lot from studying the policies of Israel, a remarkably successful country. But most Americans aren’t very adept at noticing what Israel does, so the Israeli connection to recent … Continue reading
What’s Wrong With Chicago?
Comments to Steve Sailer: * So far this year Chicago has had 47 homicides, 45 by gun, and 221 gunshot woundings (don’t know how many non-fatal stabbings or serious assaults with blunt instruments). This will increase a bit since January … Continue reading