The Picower settlement: Racketeering Rewarded
/9 Comments/in Jews in Economy/Finance/by John GrahamAt The Daily Beast Allan Dodds Frank has supplied a valuable perspective on the Picower settlement – although you need to be alert to see it. “Payday for Madoff Victims” (December 18 2010) first of all refutes Barbara Picower’s tendentious assertion: “I want to underscore the fact that neither the Trustee nor the U.S. Attorney […]
George Bush: “The First Jewish President”
/66 Comments/in Neoconservatism/by Kevin MacDonaldMichael Kinsley’s review of Bush’s memoir has this tidbit: When Bush called for a new Palestinian leadership, Barbara Bush the elder (“Mother,” he invariably calls her) rang up to say, “How’s the first Jewish president doing?” Maybe I’m deficient in humor, but I don’t see why this is funny, as her son clearly believes it […]
Roissy on Anti-Semitism
/142 Comments/in Anti-Semitism/by Matt ParrottFor those who aren’t in the know, Roissy is the most popular blogger in the “game” community. “Game” is the art of seducing girls. While there’s nothing inherently immoral about learning how to succeed with the ladies, the scene is predictably vulgar and often bilious toward women. This post about Roissy isn’t intended to be […]
Joe Lieberman’s Jewish reasons for opposing “Don’t ask, don’t tell”
/167 Comments/in Homosexuality, Jewish Attitudes/by Kevin MacDonaldThe Daily Beast reports that Joe Lieberman “worked tirelessly in rounding up enough votes for the Senate to repeal the don’t ask don’t tell policy.” What’s interesting is his motivation: ““I’m a Jewish-American, a member of a minority group raised from the earliest part of my life to be deeply grateful for all the rights and […]
The Picower Madoff settlement: A $7.2 Billion Whitewash
/40 Comments/in Featured Articles, Jewish Ethnic Networking/by John GrahamOn Friday the astonishing news broke that the estate of Jeffrey M. Picower had agreed to cough up $7.2 billion to the liquidator of the Bernard Madoff fraud and the Federal Government. (See Zachary A. Goldfarb, “Madoff investor’s widow to return money,” The Washington Post, Dec. 18, 2010.) This news was astonishing because the amount — […]
Two Californias
/88 Comments/in Costs of Multiculturalism, Immigration, Latinos/by Kevin MacDonaldA major theme of the European right, exemplified by Geert Wilders, is that Islam does not mesh with European values—that it promotes political despotism based on fear, the subjugation of women, and a fatalistic world view that is inimical to economic progress. (Wilders’ essay on Islam is well worth reading. I was particularly struck by […]
Model Minorities Gettin’ Slizzered
/89 Comments/in Affirmative Action/Minority Preferences, Ethnic Genetic Interests/by Matt ParrottAsian immigrants are frequently referred to as “model minorities” because they generally succeed educationally and occupationally, without exhibiting the social pathologies rampant among America’s Black and Hispanic underclasses. Many HBD (Human Biodiversity) bloggers even use an awkward acronym, NAMs (non-Asian minorities), to differentiate between the Asians and the non-White underclass. But success and assimilation are […]