John Derbyshire
John Derbyshire is a novelist, pop-math author, reviewer, and opinion journalist, living with his wife and children on Long Island, New York.
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The Man Who Blew the Lid off MaoismJune 20, 2013 I was slow on the uptake in understanding Chinese communism’s awfulness. |
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The Sexual Harassment PanicJune 13, 2013 So there I was with my 17-year-old son, showing him how to change a wheel. I |
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A Requiem for ScienceJune 06, 2013 As a science geek from way back—Andrade and Huxley were favorite childhood |
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Three’s a CharmMay 30, 2013 Probably it’s just my simpleminded arithmomania, but years ending in the |
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Cultural Marxism Demands a SacrificeMay 23, 2013 It has been nearly a hundred years since Sir James Frazer completed his |
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Ideological CastrationMay 16, 2013 People who live among words, books, and ideas, and who are scholars, or hobnob |
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The Incredible Talking WeinerMay 09, 2013 I keep getting surprised by my own naïveté. The case here is that of Anthony |
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Where the Men AreMay 02, 2013 My favorite jailhouse sex scene is the one in The Longest Yard. Burt Reynolds |
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Boston Bombing FootnotesApril 25, 2013 The Boston Marathon bombing story came garnished with an unusual number of |
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Why Isn’t Racism Cool?April 18, 2013 We all had a lot of fun at the American Renaissance bash the other weekend. A |
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Capitalism’s ChampionApril 11, 2013 Margaret Thatcher had some direct impact on my life in three ways that I can |
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Mankind’s Collective PersonalitiesMarch 28, 2013 Here is an old Soviet-era joke, from the subgenre in which dimwitted peasant |
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Genes and SmartsMarch 21, 2013 A couple of months ago here on Taki’s Mag I reviewed responses to geek website |
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Plus ça Change…March 14, 2013 Nelson Mandela is home from the hospital. The guy is 94 years old and not in |
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Quarterly PotpourriMarch 07, 2013 It’s been three months: time for another potpourri of unrelated items. |
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Women Spoiling Men’s FunFebruary 28, 2013 The war between the sexes is fought on many fronts, some of them very far |
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The Book: An ElegyFebruary 21, 2013 I’m nine months out of chemotherapy and getting back up to speed now. I |
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Anti-Amnesty Talking PointsFebruary 14, 2013 Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more. As in days of old, business |
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Arriving Late to the HBD PartyFebruary 07, 2013 An occasional point of discussion among us commentators on the dissident right |
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Spare a Thought for the Late AbandonersJanuary 31, 2013 You’ve probably heard the phrase “early adopters” used for the first brave |
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One World, One SongJanuary 24, 2013 Inauguration Day is a grand national spectacle, seen by the whole world! The |
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What, Me Worry?January 17, 2013 Although not afflicted with a crippling deficiency of self-esteem, I once in a |
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Sectionalism, Then and NowJanuary 10, 2013 Some years ago, before I attained wisdom, I got a bit closer than I should have |
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Paul Gottfried’s Calm DespairJanuary 03, 2013 Gottfried, Paul. War and Democracy: Selected Essays 1975-2012. London; Arktos |
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Grief, Chaos, and SilenceDecember 20, 2012 The shooting at a Connecticut elementary school last Friday was a dreadful |
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When Prejudices CollideDecember 13, 2012 Did you ever have two different news stories collide in your head, leaving both |