The great anthropologist Henry Harpending (1944-2016) has died. A genial polymath, Henry bridged the gap in anthropology between the old-fashioned cultural side (having spent almost 4 years in the fie...
From: Jeff Stewart [Email him]Many residents in the D.C./Northern Virginia-region woke up on February's Super Tuesday (which included Virginia's Primary) to find this bit of patriotic imagery inserted ...
This is Virginia Dare. At a recent victory rally at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump said, “We need the rich in order to make the country great, I’m sorry to tell you.” And one suspects his reluctance is re...
To my mind this election cycle has been a triumph for the Breitbart webzine, which has been coming up with far more valuable stories than anyone else. (In the Dinosaur MSM, the same is true of The Wash...
Some random notes, mainly inspired by my email inbox:● To my assertion in this weekend’s Radio Derb that the bottom quartile of the IQ bell curve is pretty much screwed employmentwise, quantitative blo...
From: A Member Of The Silent Majority [Email him]Out here in The People's Republic of California we already feel intimidated and as the election nears you will only see extremely brave souls putting up...
Over the years, I've ignored the sillier calumnies hurled at me by the Treason Lobby and its mouthpieces. But I've come to realize this is a mistake, because of the Echo Chamber effect of Googling, rep...
We can add this item to the file titled Expensive Diversity. Chancellor Merkel has welcomed hordes of Muslim rapefugees into Germany and Europe generally, and the rescue operation has not been a do-goo...
From the New York Times:
Russia Shows What Happens When Terrorists’ Families Are TargetedBy ANDREW E. KRAMER MARCH 29, 2016MOSCOW — Donald J. Trump, the leading Republican presidential candidate, was w...
From Evonomics:
Stop Crying About the Size of Government. Start Caring About Who Controls It.
An interview with economist Daron Acemoglu by David Sloan Wilson
Economists tend to be better at thinking a...
