Author Archives: Bradlaugh

Hitchens At Work

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Hitch at the top of his form.   (Click on  Play Clip.)

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What We Do, Not What We Say

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Bradlaugh

From an academic friend who knows a very great deal indeed about polls, voting, and public opinion (as in: he’s written books about them). There are two ways to find out what people think, believe, want, and like:  (1) Ask … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, data, politics | 12 Comments

Cultural Adjustment

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Here’s a little gem of multi-culti lunacy from the newspaper you have never, ever seen anyone reading: In Ohio, officials designing a seat-belt campaign aimed at the state’s large Somali refugee population wanted to adapt the popular “Click it or ticket” slogan … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, law | 29 Comments

Lions and Christians

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Intelligence Squared is a privately-funded outfit staging debates in London. You can get a sample of the kinds of topics they debate from their home page. Free-market capitalism is so 20th century The threat to our civil liberties from an overmighty … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, philosophy | 11 Comments

Book Stuff

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Some book stuff: (1) Are there any WAD blogs? people are asking me.  Well,  I’m running one on my own website here, and there’s some to and fro about the book on one of the Amazon history forums here. (2) The Russian translation of Prime Obsession … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, Odds & Ends | 6 Comments

The Blue-Collar Gospel

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Here, from America’s Newspaper of Record, is a story that touches my heart. Blue-collar work, whether it’s planting shrubs, pounding nails, tuning engines or laying bricks, can be just as rewarding as carrying a briefcase. In fact, it can be a whole … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, Odds & Ends | 21 Comments

Re: Attitudes Toward Immigration

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Mr. Hume:  Excellent post there.  With such a universal desire for less immigration, one has to wonder why the borders are still wide open, visa over-stayers are not tracked, and illegals, far from being deported, are fawned over as a … Continue reading →

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Self Censorship

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Bradlaugh

The stone refusal of U.S. news reporters to mention race even when it is obviously the big factor driving a story, baffles and amazes me. This morning’s New York Post carries a full-page story (p.15) by one of the paper’s … Continue reading →

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Ice People Club

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Is there, as some commentators have claimed, affirmative action at work in the awarding of Nobel Prizes? If there is, it has been almost entirely restricted to the Peace Prize in recent years. The Nobel Committee publishes a year-by-year list … Continue reading →

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Foundations Of Faith

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Bradlaugh

More reinforcement for the idea that religious belief is a sort of overspill from key brain adaptations — adaptations that were selected for improved social functioning. We got better at being social animals by evolving brain processes for guessing our way into other people’s … Continue reading →

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