Author Archives: Roger D. McGrath
A Man Called Tubesteak
Farewell to the legendary Kahuna who christened Gidget
Haitian-Building
From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Port-au-Prince
These Colors Run
At the 1908 London Olympics, the Irish American Athletic Club
Motorcycle Diaries
Learning to ride—and to fall—in 1950s California.
You Go West, Girl!
Pioneers in petticoats would disdain today’s oppression studies.
California Dreamin’
Coast of Dreams: California on the Edge, 1990-2003, Kevin Starr, Alfred A. Knopf, 765 pages
End of the Rainbow
South Central Los Angeles ushers in a new era of racial tension—this time between blacks and Hispanics.
America’s Glorious Cause
1776, David McCullough, Simon & Schuster, 386 pages
In Search of Rawhide Heroes
Hollywood can’t stomach the kind of men who won the West.
Intern(ment) Scandal
A PC “Day of Remembrance” forgets key facts.
California’s Burning Again
The Golden State has known fires before. The latest won’t be the last
South Gate: Mexico Comes to California
How an all-American town became a barrio.
The Great Somali Welfare Hunt
The Refugee Act of 1980 has turned thousands of Somali Bantu into American dependents. Millions more “refugees” may be eligible for resettlement in your neighborhood.
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Rod Dreher
The Curse Of Sibling Rivalry
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Daniel Larison
The Illusion of Control
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June 19, 11:49 AM
Alan Jacobs
On Fixing Things
June 19, 7:48 AMWhat To Live For
June 18, 8:23 AM
Noah Millman
Prescriptive Implications Of Descriptive Realism
June 17, 3:59 PMRealism And The Agent-Principal Problem
June 17, 2:54 PM
Ron Unz
Race/IQ Revised
June 7, 4:32 PM
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