July 13, 2008

The Good Thing About Learning Spanish

By Steve Sailer on July 13, 2008 at 11:57pm

Obama's declaration that everybody should make sure their children learn Spanish has relaunched the usual inconclusive discussions in America about what would be the most useful second language to learn. Everywhere else in the world, it's obvious that English is the best second language (except for speakers of minority languages, such as Mixtec-speakers in Mexico, for whom English is the clear best third language).

Competitive States in 2008 Electoral College

By Steve Sailer on July 13, 2008 at 10:15pm

When McCain and Obama were Hispandering recently, Audacious Epigone got sick of hearing from the innumerate media about how important immigrant ethnic groups are in key swing states in the Presidential election. So, he sat down and crunched the numbers from the Obama v. McCain polls summarized at the CNN election center website.

The End of "The End," I hope ...

By Steve Sailer on July 13, 2008 at 5:54pm

One of the standard book-naming conventions of the last two decades has been The End of Whatever: History, Racism, Poverty, Faith, or various other things that

Joe Guzzardi Goes East, Regroups With Country

By Peter Brimelow on July 13, 2008 at 10:27am

Joe Guzzardi writes me:

Could you put up a note on the home page about my schedule?

Ever since you mentioned in your appeal that I am moving to PA , I have had dozens of e-mails asking me if I will still be writing. I don't have the time to respond to them all. I suggest something like this:

NY Times Stock Tanks; Illegal Alien Pandering Continues Unabated

By Brenda Walker on July 13, 2008 at 1:19am

Shockeroo: the New York Times stock value has fallen to a new low in a decade. Its relentless adoration of illegal aliens and hateful undermining of American values are not the only reasons why its financial worth is sinking like a stone, but those aspects cannot be disregarded either.

Hours after The New York Times Co. suffered the embarrassment of a third person scaling its Eighth Avenue headquarters in recent weeks, the company got pounded by Wall Street, which sent its shares tumbling when an analyst said its stock was pricey relative to its peers.