John Derbyshire

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John Derbyshire is a novelist, pop-math author, reviewer, and opinion journalist, living with his wife and children on Long Island, New York.


Derbtown

The Endless Pursuit of Happiness

The Endless Pursuit of Happiness

April 19, 2012

There is a story, very likely apocryphal, that shortly after Charles de Gaulle

Derbtown

Talking Back

Talking Back

April 12, 2012

Goodness, what a fuss! The topic here is of course my Taki’s Mag column of

Racial Politics

The Talk: Nonblack Version

The Talk: Nonblack Version

April 05, 2012

There is much talk about “the talk.” “Sean O’Reilly was 16 when his

Takimag Classic

Multiculturalism: When Will the Sleeper Wake?

Multiculturalism: When Will the Sleeper Wake?

March 29, 2012

London Mayor Boris Johnson spoke the other day about the riots that devastated

Healthcare

My Mother the Nurse

My Mother the Nurse

March 22, 2012

Obamacare, Romneycare, Ryancare…are you up to speed on this stuff? Don’t look

Cultural Caviar

When Sci-Fi Dared to Dream

When Sci-Fi Dared to Dream

March 15, 2012

Here’s a cultural artifact of the minor sort: Issue Number 82 (July 1957) of

Vile Bodies

Life at Half-Speed

Life at Half-Speed

March 08, 2012

I’ll admit it: I was apprehensive about the chemo. Some decades ago a female

Media

Firing My Own Bu-cannon

Firing My Own Bu-cannon

March 01, 2012

Having recently enthused about Pat Buchanan’s latest book and then about the

Conspiracy

Something’s Rotten in the Republic

Something’s Rotten in the Republic

February 23, 2012

If you hang out at dissident-right websites you surely know the Berthold Brecht

The Stupid Party

Facing Down the Thugs

Facing Down the Thugs

February 16, 2012

Call me naïve, but the left’s coarse brutishness still shocks me. The only

Lit Crit

Pat Buchanan: The Noble Relic

Pat Buchanan: The Noble Relic

February 09, 2012

Has Pat Buchanan been fired from MSNBC, or hasn’t he? He hasn’t been seen on

Tech Overload

Over the Hill at 35

Over the Hill at 35

February 02, 2012

A lady recently asked Barack Obama why the government is issuing and extending

Pathetic Politicians

They Don’t Have a Clue

They Don’t Have a Clue

January 26, 2012

Watching President Obama deliver his State of the Union Address, I got to

Immigration

The Right Not to Commit Suicide

The Right Not to Commit Suicide

January 19, 2012

The other evening one of my dinner clubs had a meeting. I’m getting addicted to

Idiocracy

Killing the West With Kindness

Killing the West With Kindness

January 12, 2012

A couple of hard-luck stories: First story: Randy Johnson of Marion, Indiana

PC World

Revulsion Transference

Revulsion Transference

January 05, 2012

I was reading Eric Dondero’s revelations about the time he spent working as

Notes From the Edge

The Year in the Rear-View

The Year in the Rear-View

December 29, 2011

A week is proverbially a long time in politics. A year is 52.14 times longer

Semantics

Ron Paul Drops the H-Bomb

Ron Paul Drops the H-Bomb

December 22, 2011

My dream of a Bachmann-Paul Republican ticket in 2012 is fading fast. Vain are

Race

Preserving the Arctic Alliance

Preserving the Arctic Alliance

December 15, 2011

A couple of years ago I floated the notion of an Arctic Alliance wherein people

World

Down, But Still Russian

Down, But Still Russian

December 08, 2011

Walking around central Moscow, the thing you notice is the Russians—I mean,

Life at the Bottom

Life at the Bottom

December 01, 2011

I’ve read few things more depressing than this GQ piece about the gang rape

Zeitgeist

Silver Linings

Silver Linings

November 24, 2011

I am a pessimist, for reasons I have expatiated upon at book length. In that

Travel

Warming Up to the Sunshine State

Warming Up to the Sunshine State

November 17, 2011

It really is possible to change your attitudes, even in…well, let’s say

Race

A Black Gift for Politics?

A Black Gift for Politics?

November 10, 2011

In Seth Forman’s book American Obsession: Race and Conflict in the Age of

Heart of Darkness

The Rude Multitude

The Rude Multitude

October 27, 2011

Macbeth knew what would be coming to him once his domestic enemies had the

Lit Crit

The Melancholy Roar of Retreat

The Melancholy Roar of Retreat

October 20, 2011

One of the schoolmasters in charge of my Anglican religious instruction used to

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