Tag Archives: Steve Sailer

Moi on Book Publishing

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Steve Sailer was kind enough to highlight a comment I made on his blog about the demographics of the American book publishing world from 1985ish to 2001ish, a stretch when I was professionally covering the field. (I … Continue reading →

Linkage: Special Jackie/Sabrina/Rolling Stone Edition

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I’ve been an avid follower of the U.Va “gang-rape at a frat house” imbroglio since Sabrina Rubin Erdely’s article first appeared in Rolling Stone’s Dec. 2014 issue. When I gave the story a read it took only a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics and Economics, Sex | Tagged hoaxes, journalism, rape, Richard Bradley, Rolling Stone, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Steve Sailer | 1 Comment

Linkage

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Razib reads a book about Confucianism. Speaking of Eastern thinkers, I recently finished and loved Grant Hardy’s Great Courses lecture series about Asian intellectual history. I found it to be a near-ideal overview of a very large field: vivid and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Bacevich, architecture, Confucius, Grant Hardy, Great Courses, Joan Acocella, Kingsley Amis, Laura Kipniss, PC, Razib Khan, Richard Pryor, Roger Scruton, Steve Sailer | 1 Comment

Linkage

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Will the next religious revival in the West be Islamic? Steve Sailer wonders if Hillary Clinton can survive Patricia Arquette. Why has our government’s diet advice been so bad? Have the benefits of statins been oversold? Does … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons | Tagged Camille Paglia, diet, ecology, Environmentalism, health, Hillary Clinton, immigration, Islam, kelly lynch, political correctness, politics, religion, Steve Sailer | 5 Comments

Linkage

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Al Sharpton, shakedown artist? Should female tennis players really be paid the same amount as male tennis players? A great post by Peter Frost about how globalism and antiracism prevent people from accepting the realities of evolution. I’d add … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons | Tagged al sharpton, California, carlos castaneda, cocktails, evolution, Fred Reed, hugo schwyzer, immigration, michel houellebecq, peter frost, Steve Sailer, tennis | 1 Comment

Our Favorite Things from 2014

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: For approximately the 14th year in a row my pop music taste slid into middling mediocrity, but I’m perfectly OK with that. I long ago abandoned caring about or following new music. I loved The Black Keys’ “Turn … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Food and health, Linkathons, Media, Movies, Music, Performers, Personal reflections | Tagged 2014 year in review, Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Amazon, Amazon Music, beer, Belle & Sebastian, Bill Burr, Chvrches, Cohen Film Collection, D. W. Griffith, Darwyn Cooke, donald westlake, emily browning, ESPN, Eva Green, Facebook, George V. Higgins, Ginger Baker, goses, Hachette, Hayao Miyazaki, John Milius, John Turturro, Karina Longworth, Marc Maron, Marco Bellocchio, Meghan Trainor, Michael Connelly, Natalie Moore, Pawel Pawlikowski, Penny Dreadful, podcasts, Sarah Polley, Steve Sailer, Stuart Murdoch, Taylor Swift, The Black Keys, The Cloisters, The Nerdist, Tom Stoppard, Vanessa Paradis, Winsor McCay, Yik Yak, Zishy | 14 Comments

A Personal Note

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I left a mini-memoir-ish comment on a Steve Sailer blogpost about the English writer Julie Burchill and her ex-husband Cosmo Landesman that a few might find interesting. Here it is: A general question that’s come up a … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Personal reflections | Tagged Cosmo Landesman, julie burchill, magazines, personal reflections, Steve Sailer, writing | 10 Comments

Linkage

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: They’re taking over. Is the U.S.’s public-health field more concerned with public health or “social justice”? N.Y.C., R.I.P. Yet the food and drink in New York has never been better. Was legendary French thinker/shrink Jacques Lacan an asshole? … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons | Tagged Bill Kauffman, Fred Reed, Jacques Lacan, Kirkpatrick Sale, Steve Sailer, Wendell Berry | 12 Comments

Linkage

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Paul Elam interviews JudgyBitch. Death by Butoh? The latest thinking about Neanderthals and us. Steve Sailer delivers a wonderfully concise HBD intro to race. JayMan gets ready for Nicholas Wade’s new book. Kids at many colleges are … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons | Tagged Belle Knox, evolution, food, JayMan, Neanderthals, Nicholas Wade, Patrician Highsmith, psychological suspense, race, Slow Food, Steve Sailer | 4 Comments

Linkage

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Is Sweden the most feminine country in the world? Ten things American men could learn from French men. I think it’s a genuinely useful list. Back at the old blog, I blogged enthusiastically about a Debra Ollivier book … Continue reading →