Saturday, July 23, 2005

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THE WAR WITH ISLAM Leftists as battered wives : "The aftermath of the London terrorist bombings has demonstrated that the antiwar Left...

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ELSEWHERE I normally read Brian Leiter only for laughs but I found this post oddly reassuring. There have been quite a few doubts expresse...
Friday, July 22, 2005

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PATRIOTISM, IMMIGRATION AND THE SUDANESE After having lived for various periods of time in the USA, the UK and India, I am firmly convinced ...

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ELSEWHERE The latest example of genetic differences at work : "The belief that chronic fatigue syndrome is "all in the mind...
Thursday, July 21, 2005

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Brookes News Update US economy, production and jobs : Explains why America's unemployment rate remained very low in late 2000 even as ...

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ELSEWHERE It looks like GWB's nomination of John Roberts to SCOTUS is sound. There seems a good chance that he will be more conservati...
Wednesday, July 20, 2005

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SOME MORE ECONOMICS Laffer must be laughing : "So the deficit-the federal budget deficit-is declining sharply, more sharply than just ...

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ELSEWHERE A lot of people have got their knickers in a knot about Rep. Tom Tancredo saying that a nuclear attack on the USA by Islamics...
Tuesday, July 19, 2005

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TUESDAY ROUNDUP Once again I list what I think were the best posts on my various blogs in the preceding week. On Dissecting Leftism I note ...

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ELSEWHERE More evidence that happiness is a stable trait : "In a boost for exam-flunkers everywhere, a study published yesterday in th...
Monday, July 18, 2005

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THE ISLAMIC MENACE Nobody else seems to be saying it so I will: Do not the London bombings prove for once and for all that Enoch Powell wa...

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ELSEWHERE I have just paid the fees for my son's first year at a major Australian university. They totalled $4,000 in U.S. dollar terms...
Sunday, July 17, 2005

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SOME ECONOMICS High minimum wages create unemployment : "For the past decade, some of the least-skilled and lowest-paid workers in Am...

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ELSEWHERE A California Latino conservative says : "Much has been said about the Hispanic’s contribution to this great nation and to th...
Saturday, July 16, 2005

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Forgotten blogiversary I seem to be good at forgetting my blogiversary. I missed it last year, too, I think. I first started blogging on J...

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ELSEWHERE British idiocy : "The main spokesman for the Metropolitan Police on Thursday was Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick...
Friday, July 15, 2005

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Happy birthday to me! I turn 62 today Brookes News Update Government MPs plan to rip millions off in subsidies for ethanol producers : T...

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ELSEWHERE When Hitler bombed London, was Churchill to blame? "Last Thursday's London massacre of almost three score innocent pe...
Thursday, July 14, 2005

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SOME HISTORY A Leftist at work : "Mao was an early radical but he was driven by an overwhelming lust for domination. He championed wom...