October 13, 2009

Norwegia, Scandihoovia, Scowegia, and The King Of Sweden

By James Fulford on October 13, 2009 at 11:06pm

You all know that it's the King Of Sweden who gives the Nobel Prizes, with a huge dinner and everything. But why is it the Norwegian Parliament, (known as the Storting) that gives the Nobel Peace Prize?

Obama's Nobel Also Affirmative Action For Norwegians

By James Fulford on October 13, 2009 at 9:09pm

Lene Johansen, a native of Norway, writes in Reason magazine that that the politicians involved in awarding the Affirmative Action Nobel are doing it partly for their own self-aggrandizement, and partly because of "Norwegian ambitions for being an international powerbroker in humanitarian work":

Bruce Lahn: "Let's Celebrate Human Genetic Diversity"

By Steve Sailer on October 13, 2009 at 7:54pm

From Nature, October 8, 2009:

Let’s celebrate human genetic diversity

Science is finding evidence of genetic diversity among groups of people as well as among individuals. This discovery should be embraced, not feared, say Bruce T. Lahn and Lanny Ebenstein.

The Peace Prize As The Special Olympics Nobel

By James Fulford on October 13, 2009 at 12:05pm

If you look at the people picking up the Nobel Peace Prize, they're frequently "indigenous" people like the mendacious Rigoberta Menchu or Third World "wise men" like Mohammed Yunus. , Wangari Maathai, or Shirin Ebadi.

David Brooks' Lonely Struggle Against The Sailerite Conventional Wisdom

By Steve Sailer on October 13, 2009 at 11:13am

In the pages of the New York Times, David Brooks once more bravely explore pathways beyond Sailerism's complete stranglehold on the mass media.

Elinor Ostrom's Economics "Nobel" Prize

By Steve Sailer on October 13, 2009 at 11:09am

Political scientist Elinor Ostrom became the first woman winner in the four decades of the Economics quasi-Nobel Prize. I wasn't familiar with her name, but her field of of study is a good one, so she's probably a good pick. She works on the question of the various ways people arrange to avoid "the tragedy of the commons" of over-exploitation of common resources, such as fisheries.

Who's Behind the White House War on Fox News?

By Michelle Malkin on October 13, 2009 at 1:00am

National Data | American Worker Displacement Resumes—Case For Immigration Moratorium Strengthens

By Edwin Rubenstein on October 13, 2009 at 1:00am