Steve Sailer

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Steve Sailer is a journalist, columnist for VDARE.com, and founder of the Human Biodiversity Institute, which runs the invitation-only Human Biodiversity discussion group for top scientists and public intellectuals. Steve blogs regularly at isteve and has recently published his first book, America's Half-Blood Prince: Barack Obama's Story of Race and Inheritance.


Lit Crit

Social Science v. Social Engineering

Social Science v. Social Engineering

In his impressive first book, Uncontrolled: The Surprising Payoff of Trial-and-Error

Hollywood

Comedy That Never Forgets

Comedy That Never Forgets

The Dictator is Sacha Baron Cohen’s fourth and—surprisingly—funniest movie, a

Hollywood

Dark Shadows: Not Gay, Just Fey

Dark Shadows: Not Gay, Just Fey

In Tom Stoppard’s 1982 drama The Real Thing, a middle-aged playwright and his

Hollywood

The Avengers: Kicking Ass and Selling Tickets

The Avengers: Kicking Ass and Selling Tickets

It was a bad weekend for Nicolas “The American in Paris” Sarkozy but a great

Race and Supremacy

The Great White Horse

The Great White Horse

I’m not known as a reliable source of racetrack tips, so if you are headed to

Nature vs. Nurture

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Soldier

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Soldier

The most intriguing gossip about Tiger Woods in a new tell-all book by his ex-swing

Sports Politics

The Forgotten Leftists

The Forgotten Leftists

Baseball season reminds us of the identity-politics group that doesn’t

Lit Crit

The Self-Righteous Hive Mind

The Self-Righteous Hive Mind

Haidt, Jonathan. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and

Culture Clash

A Trayvon by any Other Name

A Trayvon by any Other Name

The first time I saw the name “Trayvon Martin” was on March 16 while reading an

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Mortal Combat From a Feminine Perspective

Mortal Combat From a Feminine Perspective

As female authors increasingly dominate popular fiction, they are confronted with

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Return of the WASP Woody Allen

Return of the WASP Woody Allen

Metropolitan, the 1990 dramedy about a group of chivalrous preppies whose debutante

Lit Crit

The Rent May Be Too Damn Low

The Rent May Be Too Damn Low

On May 14, 2011, Matthew Yglesias, a prominent Washington, DC liberal blogger and

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Tehran Comes to Hollywood

Tehran Comes to Hollywood

The Iranian film A Separation, a domestic drama-turned-courtroom mystery, is among the

Race and Supremacy

The Far East Rises in the West

The Far East Rises in the West

The white/black test-score gap has been in the news since the 1960s, yet much like Mark

Oscar Mania

The Great Hollywood Brownout

The Great Hollywood Brownout

Many people claim that they pay no attention to race, but then along comes the Jeremy

Race

Love: Still Not Colorblind

Love: Still Not Colorblind

Has the gender gap in interracial relationships changed over the decades?  As an

Sex

The War of the Cradle

The War of the Cradle

What has the recent hubbub over “contraception” really been about? On the surface,

2012 Election

The Creepily Normal Mormon

The Creepily Normal Mormon

In his new book Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010, master social

Lit Crit

The Obamas: Not Quite the Huxtables

The Obamas: Not Quite the Huxtables

In her new book The Obamas, Jodi Kantor, a New York Times White House correspondent,

Takimag Classic

Crimethink and Thinking Ability

Crimethink and Thinking Ability

What’s the latest from the scientific frontlines in the IQ Wars? As you’ll recall

Human Rights

Democracy v. Diversity

Democracy v. Diversity

If the Arab Spring is good for democracy, then it has to be good for diversity, right?

Lit Crit

The Irrational Agent

The Irrational Agent

Perhaps the most lauded book of 2011 was Thinking, Fast and Slow by the Princeton

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Goodbye, Mr. Chimps

Goodbye, Mr. Chimps

Although future behavioral taboos are notoriously hard to predict, it’s clear that

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The Boss Wears Pumps

The Boss Wears Pumps

In 1979, Margaret Thatcher won the first of her three terms as Britain’s prime

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Fight the (Imaginary) Power

Fight the (Imaginary) Power

The more popular it is to worry over some organized threat, the less of a danger it

Lit Crit

Nature’s Tory

Nature’s Tory

There wouldn’t seem to be much left to say about the late Christopher Hitchens after

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