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Links – 01/29/2018

  • Posted on January 29, 2018April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Bryan Caplan wrote a very good essay in The Atlantic in which he makes the case that investment in education is socially wasteful. It’s based on a forthcoming book he wrote on that issue, which I’m sure will be very…

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A conversation with Glenn Loury

  • Posted on November 14, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

I have been really busy lately and didn’t have time to write for the blog, but readers might be interested in my conversation with Glenn Loury, who kindly invited me to talk about police violence on his podcast after he…

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Who commits violent antisemitic attacks in Europe? Hint: it’s not neo-nazis

  • Posted on September 29, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

A few days ago, the AfD won 12.6% of the vote and 94 seats in Germany, which immediately prompted the usual hysteria about how the nazis are coming back. I don’t know what’s with the sophisticates and this need to…

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Links – 09/24/2017

  • Posted on September 24, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Helen Pluckrose wrote a fantastic essay about patriarchy on Areo Magazine. She goes over the history of patriarchy and criticizes the way in which most contemporary feminists use the term. It’s rare when I’m so completely in agreement with something.…

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DACA isn’t about DACA

  • Posted on September 14, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

I was going to publish my post about police violence in the US today, but Schumer and Pelosi released a statement about DACA last night, so I figured that I should make a quick point about this instead. According to…

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Links – 09/04/2017

  • Posted on September 4, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

A recent survey discussed by Eric Kaufmann here indicates that, in the West, whether one believes that it’s racist to want to restrict immigration in order to preserve one’s culture predicts whether one thinks immigration should be reduced. But I don’t…

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Postcards from the end of America by Linh Dinh

  • Posted on August 23, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Linh Dinh is a Vietnamese-American poet, who has been traveling around the US for years, in order to take pictures, talk to ordinary people and write about their life. He writes short reports about what he’s seen and the people…

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Links – 08/11/2017

  • Posted on August 11, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Robert Kelly argues that North Korea’s nuclear program is almost certainly for deterrence, which I think is clearly right. Jonny Anomaly and Brian Boutwell published a good piece on Quillette where they warn against the danger of ignoring the possibility…

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Links – 06/29/2017

  • Posted on June 29, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Sean Trende wrote a very good piece about the lessons we should draw from Ossoff’s failure in Georgia. (As I noted before, Trende is one of the most interesting political commentators in the US. In fact, if you should read…

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Links – 06/21/2017

  • Posted on June 21, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

The Wall Street Journal published a long piece arguing that rural America has become the new inner city. The article doesn’t really talk about politics, but the political implications, especially with respect to the rise of Trump, are pretty obvious.…

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