June 16, 2008

What Do You Have To Do To Be A "Real Criminal" These Days?

By James Fulford on June 16, 2008 at 8:17pm

An illegal alien is arrested for identity theft--using a false social security number--and borrowing up to $800,000 on two homes and two vehicles. without telling the lenders that he was a deportable illegal alien. Sounds pretty fraudulent to me--but he doesn't thinkÂ so:

Accused ID thief to cops: Arrest real criminals

Katie McDevitt, East Valley Tribune, June 4, 2008

Diversity Is Strength: It's Also "A Virtual Petri Dish For Bacteria" (Asian Restaurants Pose Health Risk)

By Brenda Walker on June 16, 2008 at 4:04pm

The only kind of diversity that enjoys widespread support among Americans is that of food. Who doesn't enjoy the occasional dim sum or pad thai?

But when in Sacramento, I think I'll stick to meatloaf.

Barack Obama's Dynastic Appeal

By Steve Sailer on June 16, 2008 at 2:37pm

In my new VDARE.com column, I respond to Kenan Malik's criticism in Prospect of my definition of race. His assumption that it's absurd to call the British royal family a racial group got me thinking about dynasticism again, and I finally figured out something about the essence of Barack Obama's appeal that should have been obvious to me a year ago.

Golf's Human Scale

By Steve Sailer on June 16, 2008 at 2:36pm

Rocco Mediate, a short-hitting 45-year-old from Pittsburgh, will face Tiger Woods in an 18 hole playoff Monday for the U.S. Open title, after the journeyman outplayed the greatest ever from tee to green on Sunday. It's nice that golf, unlike most other prominent sports, has enough randomness in it and tests a wide-enough array of skills that a guy who looks like the district sales manager still has a fighting chance now and then.