Terrence Howard and Oprah Winfrey

The Romance of American Blackness

In last week’s Radio Derb I uttered some unkind words about Oprah Winfrey. The week before that, in a VDARE column, I had been uncharitable about the movie Ms. Winfrey has been so vigorously promoting recently and in which she takes a leading role. The movie’s called The Butler and ...

Medgar Evers

Alarums and Excursions

I guess that powerful blacks, and the rich white liberals who fawn on them, just aren't into noblesse ...

Why We Can”€™t Talk About IQ

Human nature is in the news: intelligence and prejudice. First, disgraced conservative analyst Jason Richwine published a piece on Politico.com under the rather plaintive title “Why Can’t We Talk About IQ?” (In case you’ve lost track of all the political-incorrectness ...

Vivencia Bellegarde

Another Week of Sliding Down History’s Razor Blade

The damage is incalculable! The entire fabric of the nation has been torn ...

Is Democracy’s Sun Setting?

So where are we with this democracy business? Last time I brought it up I left you with Robert A. Heinlein's time traveler: "€œHow were things when you left? Especially, how is the United States getting along with its Noble Experiment….They still have elections and all that?"€ "€œThe ...

Hillary Clinton

The Great Pro-Hillary Brainwashing Campaign Begins

Will Mrs. Clinton run for president again in 2016? Is a bean green? Of course she ...

Dysfunctional Communities

The Founding Fathers must be spinning in their mausoleums. Mausolea, whatever ...

Bruce Lee

The View From Nowhere

Last Friday I had an idle chat with a middle-aged Chinese lady (not Mrs. Derbyshire). I mentioned that the following day, July 20th, would be the 40th anniversary of the death of movie and martial-arts star Bruce Lee. Lee had died suddenly from some variety of what medical professionals call a ...

A Slow News Week

Life under Jim Snow "”€ Guilty of Bad Thoughts? "”€ Stand Your Ground stupidity "”€ Immigration bill roundup "”€ The Naked and the Bread "”€ Name that moon! "”€ Pee pee power "”€ How to jam a bat "”€ Shi Tu Dum "”€ Remembering the ...

Rudolph Giuliani

Post-Zimmerman Fallout

Well, thank goodness that's over. Some themes from the political and social commentary are still hanging in the air, though, like wisps of smoke after a brushfire. I"€™ll note a few before they disperse on the breeze. Zimmerman is not racist! The creepiest, most sinister theme has been the ...