July 31, 2010

The Typhoid Mary of Steroids

By Steve Sailer on July 31, 2010 at 8:52pm

in 1993, a friend from high school who had become a baseball player's agent told me that Jose Canseco was the Typhoid Mary of steroids: you could see the affect of Canseco's proselytizing steroids on his teammates in Oakland and then in Texas (co-managing director: George W. Bush. Here's my 2004Â American Conservative article on Canseco, the Bush dynasty, Andrew Sullivan, and steroids, which came out the year before Canseco's tell-all autobiography).

Hispanics, Education, and "Revealed Preference"

By James Fulford on July 31, 2010 at 1:14pm

Steve Sailer's "A Triumph Of Assimilation" below, about Hispanics who say they believe in the power of education, but actually drop out of school early and often, is actually a story about "revealed preference." From the Economist magazine's website illustrates this concept withÂ this classic joke:

A Triumph Of Assimilation

By Steve Sailer on July 31, 2010 at 1:16am

From the Associated Press, we witness a triumph of assimilation: Hispanics have learned to tell pollsters what they are supposed to say as good Americans about the all-important value of a 4-year college diploma. They don't, actually, do all that much toward earning 4-year degrees, but they talk a good assimilated game, and that's what's really important, now isn't it?

Gypsies: Then or Now

By Steve Sailer on July 31, 2010 at 1:14am

Global Warming and Immigration

By Steve Sailer on July 31, 2010 at 1:04am

The population of the U.S. in 1980 was 227 million. In 2050, the Census Bureau forecasts it will be 439 million, with most of that growth due to immigration. By 2050, immigration will have made the U.S. about 150 million people more populous, or about 55% more. Thus, to reduce U.S. carbon emissions to any particular level, per capita emissions will have to be reduced about 35% more than if there had been no immigration.