June 28, 2009

Paul Gottfried's <em>Encounters</em> and the Heritage Foundation

By Peter Brimelow on June 28, 2009 at 11:34pm

I hope to post in a few days an excerpt from Paul Gottfried's new memoir Encounters: My Life with Nixon, Marcuse, and Other Friends and Teachers but

Fire Dept. Diversity Promotions, Chicago-Style

By Steve Sailer on June 28, 2009 at 10:43pm

Here's a great John Kass column from the Chicago Tribune on February 14, 2009 (or as the day is known in Chicago history, St. Valentine's Day) that's highly relevant to the Ricci case. The background is that in the 1990s, Chicago spent a fortune on devising the perfect unbiased police and fire promotion civil service tests.

Indians Lose Interest in Long-Term Visits

By Brenda Walker on June 28, 2009 at 9:28pm

Opportunists, er immigrants from the Subcontinent are coming to America in fewer numbers, since the gravy train is no longer as promising as before.

The Great Divide

By Steve Sailer on June 28, 2009 at 6:31pm

Popular liberal economics commentator Barry Ritholtz has posted what struck me originally as a curious response to Connie Bruck's New Yorker article on Angelo Mozilo, which touched in surprising measure on the sizable role that minority lending played in Countrywide's debacle. Ritholtz writes:

Yet another example of how the sub-prime market was a creature of the profit motive, and not government mandates.

The Secret History of the Stonewall Riot

By Steve Sailer on June 28, 2009 at 6:27pm

In "Stonewall at 40," Frank Rich celebrates in the NYT the June 28, 1969 Greenwich Village drag bar riot that symbolically launched the gay liberation era:

On Monday, President Obama will commemorate Stonewall with an East Room reception for gay leaders.

"Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star"

By Steve Sailer on June 28, 2009 at 6:16pm
I just realized that my review of David Spade's 2003 movie "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star" has not been available on the Internet for the past half decade. I also just realized that in those years, nobody, including me, has ever missed it. Still, it seems kind of timely, so, for the iSteve Completists out there, here it is:

Schumer makes Nice: Meaning What?

By Patrick Cleburne on June 28, 2009 at 2:55am

Dena Bunis, Washington Bureau Chief of The Orange County Register, is a consistent, if very measured, scource of key stories on the Immigration War.
Democrat talks tough on illegal immigration Friday June 26,2009 is such a one.