Monthly Archives: January 2016

Transgender Man Gives Birth to Baby — Embraces Life as ‘Abba’

I don’t think she/he’ll get an aliyah at an Orthodox shul. (JTA) — When Rafi Daugherty went to the hospital for the birth of his first child, he posted a sign on the delivery room door. “I am a single … Continue reading

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Think You’ve Got A Tough Job?

Back in 2003, I wrote about Dildos of Shame.

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Us & Them: The Enduring Power of Ethnic Nationalism

By Jerry Z. Muller for Foreign Affairs, March 2008: PROJECTING THEIR own experience onto the rest of the world, Americans generally belittle the role of ethnic nationalism in politics. After all, in the United States people of varying ethnic origins … Continue reading

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Richard Cohen: Angela Merkel is a better leader for America than Donald Trump

Steve Sailer writes: I wanted to go back to a Washington Post piece from last September 14th by veteran Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen, who more or less represents Washington centrism. I think it’s kind of revealing about some of … Continue reading

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Steve Sailer: Brush Up His Spanish: Julian Castro Preps to be Hillary’s Veep

Steve Sailer writes: One interesting aspect is that the Castro twins, are as far as I can tell from searching out their long lost illegitimate father (a retired schoolteacher in San Antonio), are representative mestizo Mexican-Americans, which might (or might … Continue reading

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