Daily Archives: August 7, 2015

WP: He mentored youths and won a college scholarship. Then he joined a gang.

WP: Even by prosecutors’ account, Brien Hughes had seemingly beaten the odds. The son of a drug-addicted mother and absent father whose first brush with the law came at age 14 found an outlet in football and mentoring youths. He … Continue reading

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The Set Aside Prayer As A Fast Track To Resetting Yourself

The fastest way I know to reset my physiology is to let go of all of my beliefs for a few seconds. When I do that (often by picturing myself as a cheetah on the savannah looking for prey), I … Continue reading

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Why are critics so deferential to the radicalism of Ta-Nehisi Coates?

Christopher Caldwell writes: Coates has written a provocative book about one of the pivotal issues of our time: the confrontation between black youth and forces of order. With an Internet and grassroots campaign having arisen to delegitimize the latter, it … Continue reading

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Are American Blacks Owed Reparations?

Steve Sailer writes: So it’s difficult to imagine much negative impact on American per capita wealth in 2015 in an alternate universe without the slave trade. You can tell that nobody takes very seriously the argument that African-Americans have been … Continue reading

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But Japan Has The Japanese

LINK: Places like Brazil and the Congo have enormous economic potential just based on geography, climate, and natural resources. A place like Japan is mountainous (only 3% of the land area is arable), few natural resources, not located near major … Continue reading

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