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• The Smashing Success of the Venezuelan Bolivarian Project

  Tulio says, sarcastically:Because Bolivarianism has worked out so well in Venezuela.It’s been a smashing success as far as alleviating poverty has gone. The... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What To Do About the Awful Slums of Latin America?

  brown paper bag writes:Robert, I realize this is somewhat unrelated, and that there may be a better post to ask this, but what do you suggest should be done... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is This Man Gay Or Not?

  This is a regular feature on this site because I have an article called How Can You Tell If a Man Is Gay or Not? that gets a tremendous number of hits. Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What If Male Homosexuality is Genetically Sex-Linked?

  Beatrix writes:Hmm…Even assuming homosexuality is on the X chromosome…. What’s the benefit of producing offspring that don’t/can’t reproduce? Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Genetics of Male Homosexuality

  Sam writes:The genes for homosexuality could be tied to advantageous genes that have absolutely nothing to do with sex. The mere fact that such disadvantageous... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Decline and Fall of the Indus Valley Civilization

  Judith Mirville does a superb writeup on this matter about which I honestly know very little. However, I think she is onto something and a lot of her narrative... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Great Scientist Fired for Telling the Truth

  Sir Tim Hunt of University College, London, won the Nobel Prize for physiology in 2001. He was giving a speech in South Korea when he slipped up and told the... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Arab Mind, Intelligence and Culture: Benefits and Drawbacks

  Ramzi225 writes:I’m half Arab, but don’t look it, act it, speak it, etc…. I’m about as “Arab” as you are whatever ethnic group of yours came from Europe 200... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Cruel People in a Cruel Land: Human Geography in Arabia

  One wonders why a particular “megaculture” seems to have arisen in the Middle East where Druze, Alawi, Arabs, Jews and Persians seems to share a similar cultura... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Learning Theory Explains Human Arousal Patterns

  Sam writes:Homosexual anal sex is just gross.Is heterosexual anal sex gross too? If not, what’s the difference. Honestly there is not a whole lot of difference... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• I Support Eric Casebolt, Hero

  

  About the McKinney, Texas incident in which Officer Casebolt has resigned due to alleged police brutality in an incident that was captured on videotape. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Male Homosexuality as a Developmental Disorder

  Tulio writes:Robert, do you believe that homosexuality is a birth defect?Homosexuality is a developmental disorder, but so are lots of things, lots of mental... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Lamarkian Theory and the Peruvian Coneheads

  In a discussion about the misshapen skulls of Peru, Dave Mowers writes:It stands to reason that if humans do something long enough that modifies their bodies... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Right and the Left in the West Both Hate Science

  The Left likes to claim that the Right wages a war on science. Well of course they do. Whenever a scientific study’s results are bad for the bottom line of the... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Investing in Indian-Run Companies

  godslayer writes:“The truth of the matter is that Bharucha almost succeeded in completely driving the school into the ground, and we’re perhaps just in time to... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “Black Genes Ruined Portugal”: Anatomy of a Lie

  I have tried to take this racist nonsense apart in other posts, but Judith Mirville as usual does a better job here. If you are not familiar with it, the theory... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Dark Man Created, the White Man Destroyed

  Sure in a lot of cases it is the other way around, but we can’t always say that the Whiter men create civilization while the darker men destroy civilization.... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Can We Make of Warfare-Strewn Ruins in the IVC?

  Sam writes: “…Those dark people she calls inferior are the ones who created the great Indus Valley Civilization…” Maybe they didn’t . Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• No More Famine in North Korea

  Well you make fun of their haircuts but their meals are really varied. Let’s see. Rice with bark. Noodles with bark. Bark and water. Bark and dirt. Bark and... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How Do Introverted Women Treat Introverted Men?

  Ed writes:This is very astute, though as an introvert I am biased. But what about introverted women? Do they behave differently towards introverted men than... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY