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https://play.acast.com/s/quillette-podcast/c49f46fc-b954-472b-858e-2663823cc967 Quillette's Jonathan Kay talks to Peter Boghossian, the Portland State philosophy professor, about his forthcoming  book: How to Have Seemingly Impossible Conversations Published on  August 14, 2019 PODCAST 49: Quillette’s Jonathan Kay talks to Peter Boghossian written by  Quillette Magazine Jonathan Kay talks to Portland State philosophy professor Peter Boghossian about his forthcoming book— How to Have Impossible Conversations .

Black American Culture and the Racial Wealth Gap | Glenn Loury & Coleman Hughes  [The Glenn Show] One of the more scintillating hours you'll spend on the Internet 20 August 2019 comments   |   archives SUBSCRIBE   FOLLOW PROGRAMS Culturally Determined The DMZ Drezburt Feminine Chaos The Glenn Show The Wright Show THE GLENN SHOW Glenn Loury ( Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs ,  Brown University ) and Coleman Hughes (Columbia University,  Quillette ) Coleman’s essay, “Black American Culture and the Racial Wealth Gap”   02:13 Is America’s present-day wealth built on slavery?   17:15 Coleman: People attribute too much causal power to racist policies 24:03 How to quantify “black culture”   28:47 Coleman: We should stop focusing on racial disparities   52:03 Glenn: Social remedies should be implemented on individual, not racial, terms   58:47

https://www.takimag.com/article/immigration-as-punishment/ ISSUE OF THE CENTURY Immigration as Punishment by Steve Sailer  August 14, 2019 Share photo credit: Bigstock Should Harvard be required to accept the wretched refuse of its applicant pool even though they are likely to flunk out? Should the Golden State Warriors be forced to draft the huddled masses of short and slow college basketball players who are likely to get torched in the NBA? And should the United States government be mandated to let in immigrants likely to go on welfare?