Ho-Chunk isn’t a swear wordJune 03, 2009 Reading Gavin McInnes’ most recent contribution to Taki’s Magazine, I assumed |
The snitch faces human natureMay 28, 2009 This week’s This American Life featured activist-turned-FBI-snitch Brandon |
Star Trek, the Chinese and the traditionalism of science fictionMay 22, 2009 Well, since I’m already a dork I’m going to talk Trek again as Richard’s post |
Cultural continuity & revolutionMay 16, 2009 I recently read India: The Definitive History, and am currently reading |
Star Trek and humanityMay 11, 2009 I went to see the new Star Trek film today, which just made a big box office |
Genes
Who Are We?May 07, 2009 The human conceit that we are the masters of our own destinies may be one of |
The Secular Case Against Gay MarriageApril 30, 2009 John Derbyshire is making the secular case against gay marriage over at Secular |
On vulgarityApril 28, 2009 Since there’s been some discussion of “colorful language” here in The Sniper’s |
Turkey is not very secularApril 27, 2009 Mark Hackard’s piece on Turkey is very informative. The idea of “secular” |
Religion & PoliticsApril 25, 2009 Since there is some discussion about the relationship of religion and politics, |
Throw open the borders!April 21, 2009 Over at ScienceBlogs I have a post up which reports data from the World Values |
The thin & thick, the there & the hereApril 20, 2009 Over at Secular Right I pointed to a Time piece on the Japanese attempt to |
Gray lands between the secular & sacredApril 13, 2009 Kevin Gutzman’s Faith of Our Fathers is a fascinating window into the |
Romania to decriminalize incestApril 12, 2009 Romania weighs decriminalizing consensual incest:Three European Union nations ? |
Importing a new labor poolApril 08, 2009 For all datanauts out there, The New York Times has a veritable quantitative |
Gay is not homosexualApril 08, 2009 An addendum to Evan McLaren’s comment on The New York Times piece, Iraq?s Newly |
Zombies Too Big To Succeed?March 28, 2009 Simon Johnson’s piece in The Atlantic, The Quiet Coup, is a bracing read. |
Politics, Jews & IsraelMarch 27, 2009 Over at Red State Erick Erickson makes accusations of anti-Semitism toward the |
How the human races came aboutMarch 24, 2009 A month ago I reviewed The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated |
Graduate School = World Police?March 23, 2009 A few days ago I pointed out some minor differences in attitudes toward |
South vs. South & ConservatismMarch 19, 2009 Albion’s Seed is one of the most insightful books on American history because |
Post-racial race menMarch 16, 2009 Jason Richwine in Forbes has a quantitative piece on immigration policy, Indian |
Conservatism, ideology of the old?March 09, 2009 I decided to look at the trend lines for political ideology using the General |
Greg Cochran on bloggingheads.tvFebruary 28, 2009 If you enjoyed my review of Greg Cochran’s book The 10,000 Year Explosion, you |
Deep TheoryFebruary 26, 2009 On occasion friends who have an interest in sociobiology ask me for |
History & Biology Come Full CircleFebruary 23, 2009 Just a few notes as a follow up to my piece How the Jews Got Their Smarts (and |