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John Podhoretz: One of the most peculiar elements of the anti-immigrant intellectual movement is just how many of its members are themselves immigrants – John O’Sullivan, John Derbyshire and Peter Brimelow from England, and George Borjas from Cuba. I once found myself in an argument with a few of these gentlemen at a conference and… Continue reading

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Lewis failed to mention the equally surprising pertinence of superficially unrealistic elements in the Lord of the Rings. Here are a few that suggest the influence of 1914—1918: the sweeping surveillance of the Eye of Sauron, the moments when reality shifts into dream during those long marches, or into nightmare in the midst of battle,… Continue reading

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American Catholics I think have been increasingly dismayed by the Vatican’s behavior over the past year. And I’m not referring simply to the Church’s slow response to the nightmarish sexual abuse scandal. Here’s Justin Katz, on the latest out-of-touch statement by a Vatican Cardinal….