tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post4278377570095997194..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: The ForgottenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-10398010034860166272012-01-30T09:50:22.286-08:002012-01-30T09:50:22.286-08:00Thanks for the link to unz.orgThanks for the link to unz.orgrjphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366032291597903310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-76283665975452306052012-01-30T06:37:31.130-08:002012-01-30T06:37:31.130-08:00SFG, the first thing I noticed about Unz's col...<i>SFG, the first thing I noticed about Unz's collection was the absence of American Mercury. Our loss.</i><br /><br />www.unz.org/Pub/AmMercuryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-9967558437481922842012-01-29T16:49:41.110-08:002012-01-29T16:49:41.110-08:00SFG, the first thing I noticed about Unz's col...SFG, the first thing I noticed about Unz's collection was the absence of American Mercury. Our loss.<br /><br />I recommend Mencken to everyone, especially his lucubrations on language.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-24951383262573018762012-01-29T12:53:14.052-08:002012-01-29T12:53:14.052-08:00Cousins even became a household name far beyond in...<i>Cousins even became a household name far beyond intellectual spheres when he published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine recounting how, when suffering an illness, he attempted to induce a placebo effect in himself by reading funny books and watching his favorite Marx Bros. movies.</i><br /><br>I couldn't get free access to the 1976 article so don't know exactly what was said there, but I do know what he said in a 1979 edition of a book by the same name - Anatomy of an Illness. <br /><br>Your synopsis did not include all salient aspects of his self-treatment, which included a little help from some friends - an MD and an IV drip delivering something like 25 <b>grams</b> per day of Vitamin C (as NaAsc) in aqueous solution. <br /><br>He was impressed enough by the perceived efficacy of the Vit C that he conspired with a friend (whose hospitalized daughter wasn't doing well) to smuggle in Vit C hidden in ice cream.<br>Jack Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09324816683846628674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-3903859727291066232012-01-28T21:15:38.270-08:002012-01-28T21:15:38.270-08:00Or do people remember Lindbergh for his marginaliz...Or do people remember Lindbergh for his marginalized <a href="http://entitledtoanopinion.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/what-was-so-bad-about-charles-lindbergh/" rel="nofollow">foreign policy views</a>?TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-2242959708269213612012-01-28T15:55:07.177-08:002012-01-28T15:55:07.177-08:00Speaking of Jazz Age heroes, here's a good tes...Speaking of Jazz Age heroes, here's a good test for Greg Cochran's idea that we've moved from heroes of accomplishment to heroes of suffering:<br /><br />Do young people today remember Charles Lindbergh more for his courage, achieving the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic at age 25? Or for his infant son later being kidnapped and murdered?agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-15839141425922890082012-01-28T15:49:35.856-08:002012-01-28T15:49:35.856-08:00There's lots of Young Enterprising Americans f...There's lots of Young Enterprising Americans from the Jazz Age that no one remembers, even if their name lives on in the company's name.<br /><br />Forrest Mars, Sr. is another good biography to read. *Emperors of Chocolate* compares the way that the Mars vs. the Hershey companies were run during the 20th C, and much of the focus on the Mars side looks at Forrest Sr.'s eccentricities and untiring ambition.agnostichttp://akinokure.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-78301443880491494662012-01-28T15:35:29.389-08:002012-01-28T15:35:29.389-08:00Steve,
You should read what Gary Taubes writes ab...Steve,<br /><br />You should read what Gary Taubes writes about cancer in "Good Calories, Bad Calories". That is, diet is the main factor in cancer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-78830088272271935632012-01-28T15:03:59.368-08:002012-01-28T15:03:59.368-08:00"Steve did you do chemo plus your Cousins'..."Steve did you do chemo plus your Cousins' therapy?"<br /><br />Oh, yeah, I did everything: the standard chemo plus I got into a trial of the new monoclonal antibody Rituxan, which is now the highest revenue cancer drug in the world, plus I had myself hypnotized and given pep talks of my own devising. I'm not some Steve Jobs type who thinks alternative medicine means instead of real medicine.Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87251024215987896472012-01-28T14:25:52.260-08:002012-01-28T14:25:52.260-08:00Wow, with all these old magazines now available to...Wow, with all these old magazines now available to me, I fear I'm going to be reading less of Steve.alonzo portfolionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-13636570408056152282012-01-28T13:50:30.398-08:002012-01-28T13:50:30.398-08:00Historian of chili? How extraordinary.
Gilbert Pin...Historian of chili? How extraordinary.<br />Gilbert Pinfold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75774663343209880202012-01-28T13:46:22.586-08:002012-01-28T13:46:22.586-08:00Steve did you do chemo plus your Cousins' ther...Steve did you do chemo plus your Cousins' therapy?<br /><br />Kent GatewoodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-32794433545854597592012-01-28T13:44:10.830-08:002012-01-28T13:44:10.830-08:00Interesting post. I knew about Norman Cousins only...Interesting post. I knew about Norman Cousins only from Unitarians quoting him during the thermonuclear chin-stroking '80s (there was that Australian woman too, till suddenly one day all attention shifted to the ozone hole)Alcalde Jaime Miguel Curleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11801154986193443160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53484247206724875692012-01-28T13:33:27.475-08:002012-01-28T13:33:27.475-08:00Ray Sawhill
What Ray said.Ray Sawhill<br /><br />What Ray said.Gene Bermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65489158023462103792012-01-28T13:32:07.148-08:002012-01-28T13:32:07.148-08:00I wonder if Unz posted the old American Spectators...I wonder if Unz posted the old American Spectators. Around 1987 they had a great piece called "Frosty's Revenge," about a teenaged S.F. prostitute who killed her pimp. That was a great magazine before they fell for the Clinton drug-running scam.helene edwardsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69780591341206269332012-01-28T13:17:32.254-08:002012-01-28T13:17:32.254-08:00People overlook the sheer bulk of the intellectual...People overlook the sheer bulk of the intellectual poison fostered by naive goyim who happened to have cash. If this type has soured on disinterested intellectualism, well, no wonder.<br /><br />I don't think Bill Gates will prop up a single journal. He will instead bequeath all his cash to his struggling people. Just joking. We all know Africa is where his money will go.<br /><br />The most successful businesspeople apparently have an indefeasible deficit in comprehending cultural, intellectual, or artistic value, while many artists and intellectuals are likewise rotten at making or keeping money. It's a well-worn observation because it is true. New paradigms of artists as producers or intellectuals as brain-workers, or businesspeople as creative artists, have not mitigated the impasse one iota; they merely have released a large amount of verbal flatulence.<br /><br />The best model - which has been corrupted - is that which DeGolyer aparently was following. In this model, rich people are not expected to understand (or care) exactly where their cultural expenditures are going; they are expected, as citizens, to tithe to their people, and a certage percentage of that should go to people's cultural activities. On the people's side of the bargain ("people" includes intellectuals for the purposes of this analysis), they are expected not to engage in ethnic warfare (covert or otherwise) against the rich person's people. In other words, the ideal of common interest must be rehabilitated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82386198440840374942012-01-28T13:15:02.290-08:002012-01-28T13:15:02.290-08:00Gee, it's nostalgic to remember a time when am...Gee, it's nostalgic to remember a time when american publishing was still influenced by ......... Americans.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-84881568748891162432012-01-28T12:12:13.300-08:002012-01-28T12:12:13.300-08:00Great posting. I remember The Saturday Review well...Great posting. I remember The Saturday Review well, but knew nothing about its owner. Now that was dumb of me.Ray Sawhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434181069400646328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-15368898548754038472012-01-28T11:20:28.337-08:002012-01-28T11:20:28.337-08:00I remember reading Saturday Review as a little kid...I remember reading Saturday Review as a little kid and I can't remember a thing about it. It was one of those bland, middle brow magazines that died out.<br /><br />I love Unz's site, I've been "Collier's" - which is big in the 30s/40s. Another bland, middle-brow magazine - which published some great Literature.No namenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44560490464860922372012-01-28T10:53:17.808-08:002012-01-28T10:53:17.808-08:00How about the American Mercury? I think Mencken wo...How about the American Mercury? I think Mencken would be much appreciated by modern-day HBDers...SFGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-7948393270959005632012-01-28T09:33:01.071-08:002012-01-28T09:33:01.071-08:00So true about opinion journalism being a non-road ...So true about opinion journalism being a non-road to immortality. Walter Lippman, Joseph Alsop...they were _giants_ in their day, but who in the world reads them today? Who re-read them twenty years ago? It's like they never existed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-80912985900937554012012-01-28T09:01:00.803-08:002012-01-28T09:01:00.803-08:00unz.org eh? Sounds interesting... let's go ta...<a href="http://unz.org" rel="nofollow">unz.org</a> eh? Sounds interesting... let's go take a look. Hmmm, lots of periodicals, odd layout -- very minimalist, no <i>About</i> button or anything else explaining the site, there's The American Conservative of course, and ... WTF? ... <i>20 Years of American Renaissance</i>??? And not even buried deep in the stacks somewhere, but right up there on the initial page, included in a list of only 122 periodicals, many of which (e.g., Weird Tales) are not remotely intellectual or issue oriented.<br /><br /><boggle!><br /><br />What exactly is up with Ron Unz anyway? I can't find out much about him. His Wikipedia page is minimal. He seems to be supporting <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/" rel="nofollow">Razib Khan</a>, who is "an Unz Foundation Junior Fellow." But I can't find out a damn thing about the Unz Foundation, or discover anyone else associated with it! Ron seems like a very secretive guy -- I wonder what other pies he has a finger in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-3731786819079088152012-01-28T08:57:25.191-08:002012-01-28T08:57:25.191-08:00As a fellow one-time high school debater I enjoyed...As a fellow one-time high school debater I enjoyed you spell "evidence" with quotes around it.Internatiinal Jewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-79962267548550817042012-01-28T08:44:34.740-08:002012-01-28T08:44:34.740-08:00Yawn...this is another good argument for European ...Yawn...this is another good argument for European social democracy. It's disgusting people with metastatic cancer still have to work. If you're going to die, you should be able to spend your last days with your family ...or on bacon cheeseburgers and Heinlein novels, as your preference may be.SFGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-79396002948520319552012-01-28T07:41:12.256-08:002012-01-28T07:41:12.256-08:00It says that 94.5% of all the people in America na...It says that 94.5% of all the people in America named DeGolyer are white. A tiny few are Asian,but most of the remainder are "white hispanic" at 4%. Hmm,seems not all of DeGolyers time in Mexico was spent drilling for OIL...joshnoreply@blogger.com