Rebecoming
Kunstler on his social vision: The sclerosis of American life is shocking. If you go further north up the Hudson River, to Fort Edward and […]
Month: July 2008
Correction: Reconstruction in New England
Free black males lost the right to vote in Connecticut and Rhode Island in 1818 and 1822 respectively. They got it back around the time […]
How Times Have Changed
A strong background in American history is the most thorough antidote that I know of to much of the nonsense that prevails in the mainstream. […]
American Racial History Timeline
I have restarted the American Racial History Timeline. Feel free to add contributions.
The Monroe Doctrine
As part of the Monroe Doctrine, the United States pledged not to intervene in European wars or “internal concerns.” I had forgotten that.
Monroe’s Racial Views
Another excerpt from Howe’s What Hath God Wrought: But in his enthusiasm for American institutions, the incoming president got carried away. “And if we look to […]
Auster on Tanstaafl
At View From the Right, Larry Auster has a new tirade up against Tanstaafl: Or, when I speak of “Europeans” and “blacks,” am I being […]
KunstlerCast #23: One City Block – Part I
(Listen Here) James Howard Kunstler often describes Saratoga Springs N.Y. as a classic Main Street American town. In part one of this special program, we […]
Indian Removal
An excerpt on Indian removal from Daniel Walker Howe’s What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848: White attitudes toward the Native Americans varied. […]
Thinking About White Nationalism
Jim Kalb has some thoughts this morning about White Nationalism: The basic problem with the approach, of course, is that “whiteness” doesn’t have much to say […]
Poll Finds Obama Isn’t Closing Divide on Race
Americans give lip service to diversity, but practice homogeneity. As it was eight years ago, few Americans have regular contact with people of other races, […]
Energy tsunami coming, ex-policymakers warn
Here. WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of 27 elder statesmen is sending an open letter to both presidential candidates and every member of Congress […]
Zmirak’s Vanishing Act
John Zmirak is suffering from a profound, secret, half-rationalized, fundamentally religious decision – a wrong one – to remain childless and unmarried, unlike my agnostic, irreligious […]
The Fall of Conservatism
Via Amitai Etzioni. In The New Yorker, a long article documenting the decline of the conservatism. By the end of the century, a movement inspired […]
“White Supremacy”
A post of mine from the SPLC’s Hatewatch blog: Jonathan, the term “White Supremacy” or Supremacist was invented by the Jews as a form of […]
Event Horizon
Kunstler’s latest: It’s hard to imagine what kind of melodramas were unspooling on the Hamptons lawns this weekend, while everybody else in America was watching […]
Stereotypes
Robert Lindsay on the stupidity of stereotypical anti-racist behavior.
Reconstruction in New England
An excerpt from Michael Fitzgerald’s Splendid Failure: Postwar Reconstruction in the American South: By 1874 all of New England had outlawed de jure segregation in […]
Heinberg Interview
An interview with Richard Heinberg on the accelerating rise of crude oil prices since mid-2007. At the New York Times, a graph of the varying […]
Boomers are Depressed
After radically altering the nature of Americanism, the Boomers are worried about the future as they start checking out on life. A new study by […]
Obama, Oil, Iran
More on the Iran controversy: Calling the price of oil one of the world’s most “dangerous weapons,” Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) on […]
KunstlerCast #22: Handicap Access
(Listen Here) James Howard Kunstler explores the consequences of handicap access regulations and how these codes have unintentionally promoted suburban sprawl throughout much of America. […]
Drivers Cut Gas Use to Five-Year Low
The recent slackening off in crude prices is probably being driven by demand destruction. Americans are using a 2003 level of gasoline in 2008. They […]
A Work Force Betrayed
A good article from Paul Craig Roberts in VDARE. McCain’s top economic advisor, Phil Gramm, has this to say about the American economy: The Times […]
Dreher on Black Crime
A surprising near embrace of race realism (read: common sense) by Rod Dreher.
Hitler on the War Between the States
Clyde Wilson and Thomas DiLorenzo are claiming that Hitler admired Lincoln. Actually, I recall him praising the Confederacy. He saw the loss of the Confederacy […]
Kunstler Cast #21: Convenience
(Listen Here) In preparation for the Fourth of July, Jim and Duncan celebrate the God-given right of every American to convenience, Cheez Doodles and happy […]
$4 gas helping revitalize small towns
It costs around $24 dollars now to travel round trip from Comer to Montgomery; $16 from Eufaula to Dothan or Columbus. A year ago, the price was […]
Obama and White Nationalists
At Hatewatch, Mark Potok and Heidi Beirich further discuss the reaction of White Nationalists to Obama’s presidential campaign. I don’t think an Obama victory in […]