
Ron Unz • November 11, 2024 • 8,800 Words
Given that I strongly disliked the policies of both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, I didn't pay much attention to the twists and turns of our recent presidential election, and although I voted, I wrote in someone else's name. I can't quite remember whom I honored with that protest vote, though it may have been...
Read MoreDemographic observations from visiting Suburban SoCal Malls
Del Amo Fashion Center source: Wikipedia My trip to the LA metro last weekend involved visiting various malls. Despite the hype of dying malls, Southern California still has a thriving mall culture. Del Amo Mall in Torrance is super diverse with Whites, Latinos, Asians, and Blacks, all well represented. Del Amo is one of the...
Read MoreOh help. From the doddering eggplant in the White house we hear that White Supremacy, alias White Nationalism, alias the Dissident Right, is the “most dangerous threat” to American democracy, if any. Televised drivel spigots warn of a rising tide of racial extremism, referring to White Nationalists, not BLM. The congenitally alarmed express horror and...
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California is a trendsetter for the nation, and there is a cliché in how the populist right uses California as a harbinger for America’s future as a Third World dystopia. People underestimate how White California was, not that long ago, and White Californians are now about one-third of the population, down from about 85%, a...
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Ron Unz • November 14, 2022 • 6,400 Words
Contrary to widespread expectations, Republican gains in last week's midterm elections were absolutely minimal, nothing at all like the "red wave" that so many had predicted. The GOP seems to have picked up enough Congressional seats to achieve a very narrow majority in the House, but the Democrats actually extended their control in the Senate,...
Read MoreScientific fraud—falsifying scientific data or manipulating the scientific evaluation process—has become a serious problem. At best, it is a threat to public confidence in science. At worst, if the fraud is not revealed, then public policy could be shaped by bogus data. This problem is universal. But there are distinct national patterns. In particular, fraud...
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