Why aren’t Asians Republicans? demands Charles “Cap’n Bell Curve” Murray, in the latest “can’t find my ass with both hands” posting by a prominent Republican. According to Murray, “It’s not just that the income, occupations, and marital status of Asians should push them toward the right. Everyday observation of Asians around the world reveal them…
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What we talk about when we drink $350 bottles of wine
Over at the New Criterion, a site I should really stop visiting, Charles Murray, about whom I should probably stop writing, has a piece that, well, that I’m writing about, called, for whatever reason, Future tense, IX: Out of the wilderness.* Murray’s springboard is a book he published back in 2004, Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit…
Why work? Why marry?
Over at New York magazine, Jonathan Chait has a nice take on various discussions floating about the blogosphere about 1) why the white working class is so fucked up and 2) why they won’t vote Democratic. The notion that the white working class is fucked up has been pushed earnestly by AEI-style conservatives who seem…