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By Steve Sailer on 09/30/2013

Spain: Test Case For Mass Immigration (27% Unemployment!)

From Bloomberg BusinessWeek in 2007: Spain: Immigrants Welcome May 20, 2007 Imagine what would happen if a prosperous Western nation threw open its borders, allowing immigrant...

By Steve Sailer on 09/30/2013

Chabris on Gladwell in the WSJ

In the Wall Street Journal, psychometrician Chris Chabris dumps on Malcolm Gladwell in a review of Gladwell's latest book.Book Review: 'David and Goliath' by Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell too...

By Steve Sailer on 09/30/2013

The Past Is A Semi-Foreign Country; They Do Some Things Differently There, Others Not So Much

One of my recurrent shticks is to try to compare the dominant assumptions of the moment to those of the past. That's because people have a hard time remembering the past, even the parts they lived t...

By Steve Sailer on 09/30/2013

Could Anybody Have Imagined A Black Man Becoming President? Actually, Lots Of People Imagined It.

For example, how often have you heard it said when Obama was elected, "Nobody could ever have imagined a black man becoming President!"? On the other hand, I can recall lots of paperback copies sitting...

By Brenda Walker on 09/30/2013

Mexican Authorities Increase Sentence for Drunk Driver Who Put Jersey Woman in a Coma

We don’t see many instances of efforts toward justice coming from Mexico when the victims are American, so sightings are welcome and deserve commendation. In 2003, 21-year-old Christina Applegate (pict...

By Allan Wall on 09/29/2013

Allan Wall and Silvio Canto, Jr. Discuss Mexico

I was interviewed by Silvio Canto, Jr., on his Canto Talk program, and we discussed several Mexico topics including the teachers union protest, the New York Times article on immigrants "flocking to Mex...

By Brenda Walker on 09/29/2013

Somalis in Minnesota Fear Their Culture Will Be UNDERSTOOD, Rather Than Misunderstood

Over at the New York Times, sensitive scribblers are concerned that Somali immigrants may have been part of the jihad team that mass murdered over 60 shoppers at a Nairobi mall last week, and US-reside...

By Steve Sailer on 09/29/2013

Gladwell On Gladwell: "My Books Are Gateway Drugs..."

From The Telegraph, an interview in which Malcolm Gladwell (promoting his new book) says some reasonable things about himself. Malcolm Gladwell interview Conventional wisdom says Malcolm G...

By John Derbyshire on 09/29/2013

Radio Derb Is On The Air: Futbol And Microaggressions

As a podcast on iTunes, listenable/downloadable onscreen at Taki’s Magazine, or as a transcript here. In one of this week’s segments I peer into the Oberlin College microaggressions blog to see what th...

By Steve Sailer on 09/28/2013

The 3,000 Most Important Toddlers In The World: Elite Manhattan Preschoolers And Their IQ Tests

I'm sure it bores most people, but I can never get enough of New York Times articles about the Wechsler I.Q. tests that the 3,000 most important four-year-olds in the world (or at least in Manhattan an...

By Steve Sailer on 09/28/2013

L.A. Schools` Billion Dollar IPad Contract

From an editorial in the L.A. Times:EDITORIALL.A. Unified's iPad plan doesn't computeThe district's failure to resolve questions about theft, breakage and Web security is troubling.By The Times editori...

By Brenda Walker on 09/28/2013

Illegal Aliens Flooded In Colorado Want American Government Relief Money

Media interest in the mess following the catastrophic Colorado floods has dribbled off to near zero, but the Associated Press is concerned that illegal aliens are suffering unduly because of insufficie...

By Steve Sailer on 09/27/2013

Holder After Another Liberal City Fire Department: Austin, TX

From the Associated Press: EEOC: Austin fire dept. discriminated when hiringAUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Fire Department discriminated against some minority job applicants, a federal review has found.&n...

By Steve Sailer on 09/27/2013

Crops Rotting in the Fields, Part MLXXVII

From the AP via Huffington Post, not anywhere near as dumb as CRitFParts I through MLXXVI. Perhaps there is hope? Farmers Face Labor Shortages As Workers Find Other Jobs By GOSIA ...

By Steve Sailer on 09/27/2013

A $1,185.00 Book on "The Philosophy of Race"

Tyler Cowen pointed out this book reprinting 73 academics papers on the Philosophy of Race for the low, low price of $1,185. How much of it sounds of value? I looked over the 73 titles and then r...

By Brenda Walker on 09/27/2013

After Nairobi Terror Attack, Minnesota's Mall of America Increases Security

The nation’s biggest shopping center, with more than 520 stores, has wisely taken protective measures following the recent al Shabaab massacre at the Westgate mall in the Kenya capital. However, the ma...

By Steve Sailer on 09/27/2013

NYT: Immigrants Are "Flocking To Mexico" With Its "Rapidly Growing" Economy

NYT caption: "At the U.S.-Mexico border, which nation is a “land of opportunity?" From the NYT: Ambitious immigrants from around the world are flocking to Mexico, where a rapidly growing econo...

By James Fulford on 09/26/2013

Two White People In The News, Identified By Race

The press frequently doesn't describe the race of suspects at large, even if they're blacks who are targeting whites, as in the case of the Baytown Rapist, but here they've done it twice, because those...

By John Derbyshire on 09/26/2013

Abe, Jeff, Bill, and Bob: Climbing Mount Appomattox

My weekly column at Takimag is up, title: Climbing Mount Appomattox. It’s a kind of progress report on my attempt to get acquainted with the American Civil War. More a howl of despair, actu...

By Steve Sailer on 09/26/2013

New Horizon In Chinese Birth Tourism: Surrogate Mothers

Via Marginal Revolution, the story of how Chinese families have taken birth tourism to a new level: don't even bother holing up in America for a month or two to have your baby on American soil, just ...

Spain: Test Case For Mass Immigration (27% Unemployment!)

Chabris on Gladwell in the WSJ

The Past Is A Semi-Foreign Country; They Do Some Things Differently There, Others Not So Much

Could Anybody Have Imagined A Black Man Becoming President? Actually, Lots Of People Imagined It.

Mexican Authorities Increase Sentence for Drunk Driver Who Put Jersey Woman in a Coma

Allan Wall and Silvio Canto, Jr. Discuss Mexico

Somalis in Minnesota Fear Their Culture Will Be UNDERSTOOD, Rather Than Misunderstood

Gladwell On Gladwell: "My Books Are Gateway Drugs..."

Radio Derb Is On The Air: Futbol And Microaggressions

The 3,000 Most Important Toddlers In The World: Elite Manhattan Preschoolers And Their IQ Tests

L.A. Schools` Billion Dollar IPad Contract

Illegal Aliens Flooded In Colorado Want American Government Relief Money

Holder After Another Liberal City Fire Department: Austin, TX

Crops Rotting in the Fields, Part MLXXVII

A $1,185.00 Book on "The Philosophy of Race"

After Nairobi Terror Attack, Minnesota's Mall of America Increases Security

NYT: Immigrants Are "Flocking To Mexico" With Its "Rapidly Growing" Economy

Two White People In The News, Identified By Race

Abe, Jeff, Bill, and Bob: Climbing Mount Appomattox

New Horizon In Chinese Birth Tourism: Surrogate Mothers

Anti-White Hate Crimes

Charlottesville Narrative Collapse

Automation

impeachment

White Guy Loses His Job

Diversity Is Strength

Achievement Gap

Birthright Citizenship Reform

Sailer Strategy

Tech Totalitarians

Immigrant Mass Murder

not reporting race

Gun Control

Administrative Amnesty

Anarcho-Tyranny

Minority Occupation Government

Hate Hoaxes

War On Christmas

GOP Share Of The White Vote

Donald Trump Insurgency