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• Lee Stranahan on Beyond Highbrow

  Here. Moral Inversion and Cultural Liberalism and Me.This is one of the best posts ever written about me and this site, and it’s written by a hard rightwinger... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is English a Scandinavian Language?

  Philip Andrews writes:It is surprising how little attention is paid to the influence of the Danelaw on the English language. no one in Old English academia seem... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 25 Different Collectors

  The Collector is a famous classic novel written in 1963 by the great British author John Fowles. It was immediately greeted with much acclaim, and the success o... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Answers to the Citrus Questions

  Sam writes:Must be the Persian Lime, as the other main lime is said to be called just “lime” in the US. A factoid. Navel Oranges come from a mutation of a singl... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Answers to the Citrus Questions

  Noneofmany writes:Actually, no one can really tell for certain which ancestral plants are responsible any given cultivar we know today except for very recent... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Where Do Citrus Fruits Come From?

  I always wondered where these things grow wild, but it turns out that most of the cultivated varieties except one are hybrids. Some are ancient hybrids and... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It’s the Damn Bars’ Fault!

  Jason Y writes:I figure Robert was bullied by the Black students, just as the teacher in Louisiana probably was. I don’t think being lazy would be enough... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Unconditional Posditive Regard in Anthropology and Psychology

  William writes:I suspect it has to do with Robert’s Anthropologist-ish background, it seems like you guys have a deep respect for basically any people capable o... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “In Black and White,” by Phil

  As a guest author, I’ve figured for a while that I would either plan or be forced for my sanity to write an article focusing my “politics”, having more faith... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Socialists Are Generally Elitist, and That’s Ok

  Oops I did it again writes:What socialists are not “elitist”? Aside from the “revolutionary masses”, all those who fancy leading/instructing them are and must b... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Initiative Process and the Perversion of Direct Democracy

  Direct Democracy is supposed to be the fairest type of grassroots democracy. Yet I feel that absent extensive education of the masses, Direct Democracy is... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Do Jews Run The Internet?

  Yes!Gay State Girl: Susan Wojicicki has a Polish Catholic father and a Jewish mother. Her sister Ann Wojicicki (Mrs Google) is married to Sergei Brin and runs... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• When the Common Sense View Is Just Wrong

  RL: Granted these were tough concepts, and the concretist way of thinking seemed intuitively correct for most of these concepts, but of course it was wrong.... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another Way of Looking at IQ: Extra-IQ Factors

  RL: Incidentally, two of the brightest commenters on my blog had IQ’s of 113 and 117. The 117 IQ guy was fantastic at philosophy and other forms of abstract... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another Way of Looking at IQ – the Importance of Subtest Scores

  RL: A 115 IQ is absolutely enough to graduate from college, and most of them do. Is it enough to get an advanced degree? I would say that it is enough to get a... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Girls and Women, Boys and Men, and Girl-women and Boy-men

  oops I did it again writes:All objects have surface meanings and deep meanings. The deep meaning is the true meaning of what the object is. Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another ISIS Attack in France!

  Two Islamists armed with knives invaded a Catholic Church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray in Normandy, slitting the throat of an 86 year old priest and taking some... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Two More Cops Shot!

  Good God, cops are getting shot just about every day now on average.One in Indianapolis and one in Watts. In Watts, police were called to Nickerson Gardens and... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mass Murder Attack on Disabled People in Japan!

  A 26 year old man, Satoshi Uematsu, who used to work at a disabled facility called Tsukui-Yamamuri-en in the city of Sagamihara, Japan went back to his former... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Homophobia as Default Setting in Heterosexual Men

  cheez121 writes:I agree homosexuality should not be constantly promoted like it is today, but it should not be persecuted either. Just leave it alone. I am... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY