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Linkfest 2017-05-05

* The Man Who Invented Identity Politics for the New Right Steve Sailer is getting more attention. This probably isn't good attention, but what can you do? * The quiet but substantial successes of Abenomics I still don't understand macroeconomics, but I am trying. * The siren song of

LinkFest 2016-11-06

This LinkFest has been delayed three weeks. I had better publish it before the election and everything gets falsified! Divided by meaning A great piece on how Americans are divided by their attachments to hearth and home, or the lack thereof. Fascinating to me, since by education and career, I

LinkFest 2016-06-24

The War on Stupid People This has been clear [to me] for a very long time: most Americans confuse intelligence, a biological fact like height, with human importance. This is why being called stupid is an insult, and part of the reason why IQ research is so contentious. Barry Latzer

Rurouni Kenshin Twenty Years Later

Right now Netflix is showing most of my favorite anime. Subbed, no less. As I have gotten older, my interest in anime has waned, but a few of my favorites are still classics that bear watching again and again. Among those is Rurouni Kenshin. This tale of a wandering swordsman

The Long View 2003-06-11: Unpalatable Measures

Let's talk about Korea. I don't know the area well enough to vouch for the accuracy of this article by Peter Lee, but one thing that seems clear is that a reunified Korea would be very rich, and very powerful, especially in comparison to Japan. The

Hayao Miyazaki's World Picture Book Review

Hayao Miyazaki's World Picture by Dani Cavallaro McFarland Books, 2015 $35.00; 204 pages ISBN 978-0-7864-9647-1 I received this book for free as part of LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program. I tried to like this book. I love Miyazaki's works, and this book's

The Long View 2003-03-28: Police War

I think it was John who first pointed me to Eamonn Fingleton. Fingleton is one of the few journalists who seems to truly understand Japan, and be willing to say what he thinks in public. I suspect this is a matter of personality, since in many cases you can read