John Derbyshire Archives All Years = 4 Books, 202 Articles Decade 1990s = 1 Book, 17 Articles Year 1996 = 1 Book Year 1997 = 2 Articles Year 1998 = 6 Articles Year 1999 = 9 Articles Decade 2000s = 3 Books, 181 Articles Year 2000 = 26 Articles Year 2001 = 24 Articles Year 2002 = 7 Articles Year 2003 = 1 Book, 25 Articles Year 2004 = 18 Articles Year 2005 = 17 Articles Year 2006 = 1 Book, 16 Articles Year 2007 = 18 Articles Year 2008 = 16 Articles Year 2009 = 1 Book, 14 Articles Decade 2010s = 4 Articles Year 2010 = 4 Articles John Derbyshire • 206 Items / 4 Books, 151 Articles, 51 Reviews
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The Abolition of Sex John Derbyshire
Don't worry---only in the law. Only!
After Columbia John Derbyshire
NASA ought to have clear and sensible purposes
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The age of bad ideas (Review) John Derbyshire
Life at the Bottom, by Theodore Dalrymple
Life at the Bottom by Theodore Dalrymple Aldous Huxley John Derbyshire
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All perfectly logical (2 Reviews) John Derbyshire
The Universal Computer, by Martin Davis
The Universal Computer by Martin DavisThe Computer and the Brain by John von Neumann The Anxious Class John Derbyshire
Perils of the new investors
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The apple in our eye (Review) John Derbyshire
Newton: The Making of Genius, by Patricia Fara
Newton: The Making of Genius by Patricia Fara [+]
Asian Minor (Review) John Derbyshire
The Accidental Asian, by Eric Liu
The Accidental Asian by Eric Liu Attack of the Wealth-Eaters John Derbyshire
'Like flies to meat they come!'
Attitude Adjustment John Derbyshire
How the Hungarians got it; who needs it now
Beijing, Past and Future John Derbyshire
What the Tiananmen Papers show
Better Dead Than Rude John Derbyshire
Political correctness set out to reform our manners, but now seeks to smother our thoughts
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Big Cheeses (Review) John Derbyshire
La Belle France: A Short History, by Alistair Horne
La Belle France: A Short History by Alistair Horne [+]
The Birds and the Bees (Review) John Derbyshire
Madame Bovary's Ovaries, by David P. Barash and Nanelle R. Barash
Madame Bovary's Ovaries by David P. Barash and Nanelle R. Barash But Is It Science? John Derbyshire
The war over 'intelligent design'
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By the Numbers (3 Reviews) John Derbyshire
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers, by Paul Hoffman
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers by Paul HoffmanMy Brain Is Open by Bruce SchechterA Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar [+]
China and Her Dupes (Review) John Derbyshire
The China Threat, by Bill Gertz
The China Threat by Bill Gertz [+]
China Discovers the West (Review) John Derbyshire
The Dragon and the Foreign Devils, by Harry G. Gelber
The Dragon and the Foreign Devils by Harry G. GelberThe Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2007 , pp. 57-58
Booktalk
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China vs. Foggy Bottom (Review) John Derbyshire
The New Chinese Empire, by Ross Terrill
The New Chinese Empire by Ross TerrillChina: A Reality Check John Derbyshire
Truth and lies in the Asian behemoth
The Chinese, Too, Deserve to Be Free John Derbyshire
A strategy for promoting democracy in China
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The conquering zero (Review) John Derbyshire
The Nothing That is, by Robert Kaplan
The Nothing That is by Robert Kaplan Crusading They Went John Derbyshire
The deeds and misdeeds of our spiritual kin
Books, Arts & Manners
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The Datanaut (Review) John Derbyshire
Human Accomplishment, by Charles Murray
Human Accomplishment by Charles Murray [+]
Despotism's Furthest Shore (Review) John Derbyshire
Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader, by Bradley K. Martin
Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader by Bradley K. Martin [+]
Disunited Kingdom (Review) John Derbyshire
The Isles: A History, by Norman Davies
The Isles: A History by Norman Davies Do Tell John Derbyshire
The enduring importance of gossip
Dr. Laura Non Grata John Derbyshire
The assault on a conservative star
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The Dream of A.I. (Review) John Derbyshire
There is not substitute for man
A.I. - Artificial Intelligence (2001 Film) by Steven Spielberg [+]
The Dress of Thought (Review) John Derbyshire
Empires of the Word, by Nicholas Ostler
Empires of the Word by Nicholas Ostler Books
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E pluribus plurimum (Review) John Derbyshire
Diversity: The Invention of A Concept, by Peter Wood
Diversity: The Invention of A Concept by Peter WoodThe Eclipse of Risk John Derbyshire
How the welfare state vanquished uncertainty
Elian Nation John Derbyshire
He makes our battlefield plain as day
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The Emperor of Common Sense (2 Reviews) John Derbyshire
Samuel Johnson: The Struggle, by Jeffrey Meyers
Samuel Johnson: The Struggle by Jeffrey MeyersSamuel Johnson: A Biography by Peter Martin An Empire Like No Other John Derbyshire
The British experience was unique; America will write its own chapters
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Empire Restored (Review) John Derbyshire
Ornamentalism, by David Cannadine
Ornamentalism by David Cannadine The End of the Ectomorph John Derbyshire
What happened to the skinny male?
Energy in the Executive John Derbyshire
How to get power to the people
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Exiles on Main Street (Review) John Derbyshire
The Middle of Everywhere, by Mary Pipher
The Middle of Everywhere by Mary Pipher Exterminate This John Derbyshire
The Tom DeLays and the lawyers
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Fast Forward (Review) John Derbyshire
The Future and Its Enemies, by Virginia Postrel
The Future and Its Enemies by Virginia Postrel First Amendment First John Derbyshire
Why Hollywood should be left alone
At First Glance John Derbyshire
Racial profiling, burning hotter
From 'Activist' to 'Warmonger' John Derbyshire
A handy glossary from Lucifer's latest lexicographer
The Future of English John Derbyshire
A mighty language and its prospects
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Getting It White (Review) John Derbyshire
Stuff White People Like, by Christian Lander
Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander The Hardest 'R' John Derbyshire
A dispatch from the math wars
Head of the New Class John Derbyshire
Al Gore, candidate of the intellectualizes elites
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Here We Go Over the Pamirs (Review) John Derbyshire
A Short History of the World, by Geoffrey Blainey
A Short History of the World by Geoffrey Blainey [+]
Hiberno-Fascism (Review) John Derbyshire
1916: The Easter Rising~~Nineteen Sixteen: The Easter Rising, by Tim Pat Coogan
1916: The Easter Rising~~Nineteen Sixteen: The Easter Rising by Tim Pat Coogan How Cheap Is Your Manhood? John Derbyshire
The question of warrior envy
How Radio Wrecks the Right John Derbyshire
Talkers like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity have their place, but it shouldn't be at co...
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Huxley' Period Piece (Review) John Derbyshire
Brave New World turns 75
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley In Defense of Racial Profiling John Derbyshire
Where is our common sense?
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Induction rules (Review) John Derbyshire
The Science of Conjecture, by James Franklin
The Science of Conjecture by James Franklin Inside Story John Derbyshire
The truth about consciousness continues to elude us
Is This All We Can Be? John Derbyshire
The military culture and its cheapening
Notebook
J.F. Powers John Derbyshire
The Latest at Fonda U. John Derbyshire
Of boys & girls & Barbarella
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Leninism in Hanoi (Review) John Derbyshire
Ho Chi Minh: A Life, by William J. Duiker
Ho Chi Minh: A Life by William J. Duiker Letters Professor David Abraham, John Derbyshire, and Benjamin DeMott, ...
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The life & the "Life" (2 Reviews) John Derbyshire
A Life of James Boswell, by Peter Martin
A Life of James Boswell by Peter MartinBoswell's Presumptuous Task by Adam Sisman The Longest, Awfulest Game John Derbyshire
Against soccer
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The Mad, the Grim, and the Sot (Review) John Derbyshire
Osman's Dream, by Caroline Finkel
Osman's Dream by Caroline Finkel [+]
The Marx of the Anti-Semites (Review) John Derbyshire
The Culture of Critique, by Kevin MacDonald
The Culture of Critique by Kevin MacDonald Maternal Madness... John Derbyshire
...or sheer inituity? Mothers who kill
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Minority Report (Review) John Derbyshire
World On Fire, by Amy Chua
World On Fire by Amy Chua NASCAR nation John Derbyshire
One journalist's journey of discovery
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Nasty Piece of Work (Review) John Derbyshire
Our Endangered Values, by Jimmy Carter
Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter The Next Conservativism John Derbyshire
Not Your Father's Conservatism
Politics
No Life on MARs John Derbyshire
Debunking the myth of the Middle American Radical
No Surrender John Derbyshire
The option to 'empire'
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No Tolerance for Human Nature (Review) John Derbyshire
Day of Empire, by Amy Chua
Day of Empire by Amy Chua [+]
Not Quite Copernicus (Review) John Derbyshire
A New Kind of Science, by Stephen Wolfram
A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram Observer: Forget About It John Derbyshire
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Dead Horses
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Our Crisis of Foundations (Review) John Derbyshire
What Tom Wolfe's novel, among other things, brings to mind
I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe Prime Obsession (2003) John Derbyshire
Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
2 Reviews
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Private Obsessions (2 Reviews) John Derbyshire
The Limits of Privacy, by Amitai Etzioni
The Limits of Privacy by Amitai EtzioniThe End of Privacy by Reg Whitaker The Problem with 'Zero' John Derbyshire
On tolerance and common sense in the schools
Rudyard Kipling John Derbyshire
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Rudyard's Adventures in Wonderland (Review) John Derbyshire
Kipling Sahib, by Charles Allen
Kipling Sahib by Charles AllenThe Claremont Review of Books, June 2009 , pp. 47-49
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Score One for Nature (Review) John Derbyshire
Taboo, by Jon Entine
Taboo by Jon Entine Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream (1996) John Derbyshire
A Novel
1 Review
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Serious about books (Review) John Derbyshire
The Book on the Bookshelf, by Henry Petroski
The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski [+]
Shrewd, But Small (Review) John Derbyshire
Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-Shek and the China He Lost, by Jonathan Fenby
Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-Shek and the China He Lost by Jonathan Fenby Situation Normal John Derbyshire
A word, a concept, and the trouble they cause
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Slim pickings (Review) John Derbyshire
Berlin in Lights, by Charles Kessler and Harry Kessler
Berlin in Lights by Charles Kessler and Harry Kessler Space Is for Science John Derbyshire
And not for shuttles, stations, and Bushian 'vision'
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Speaking Your Mind (Review) John Derbyshire
The Stuff of Thought, by Steven Pinker
The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker The Specter of Difference John Derbyshire
What science is uncovering, we will have to come to grips with
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Still Life With Nukes (Review) John Derbyshire
Purple America, by Rick Moody
Purple America by Rick Moody Still Useful, and Idiotic John Derbyshire
The Left remains itself
The Stragger John Derbyshire
Numbering the Nation
The Stragger John Derbyshire
Gripe Homeostatis
The Straggler John Derbyshire
I Sing the Hobby Electric
The Straggler John Derbyshire
Evergreen Elsinore
The Straggler John Derbyshire
On the House
The Straggler John Derbyshire
Gridiron Dad
The Straggler John Derbyshire
Too Darn Hot
The Straggler John Derbyshire
Keep Hope Alight?
The Straggler John Derbyshire
Maps and Chaps
The Straggler John Derbyshire
Flow Ho Ho
The Straggler John Derbyshire
The Sea! The Sea!
The Straggler John Derbyshire
Old School Tie
The Straggler John Derbyshire
Single-Parent Blues
The Straggler John Derbyshire
A Rumor of Angels
The Straggler John Derbyshire
New Every Morning
The Straggler John Derbyshire
White Lightning
The Straggler John Derbyshire
Juvenile Delinquent
The Straggler: A Room of One's Own John Derbyshire
Shutting out the noise
The Straggler: A Winter Idyl John Derbyshire
Aglow in the snow
The Straggler: Blinding Science John Derbyshire
Dissecting the two cultures
The Straggler: Bonfire Memories John Derbyshire
Pleased to remember the Fifth of November
The Straggler: Book Report John Derbyshire
Vastly underpaid, but doesn't mind
The Straggler: Boxing Day John Derbyshire
Finding the eye of the tiger
The Straggler: Britain Turns John Derbyshire
I was a soldier for the Party
The Straggler: Competitive Instincts John Derbyshire
J_hn De_bysh_re fills in the blacks
The Straggler: Conversion Experience John Derbyshire
Discovering the wheelie
The Straggler: Count Me Out John Derbyshire
A free man, not a number
The Straggler: Dads and Cads John Derbyshire
Modern parenthood
The Straggler: Fall Festival John Derbyshire
Picking a peck of pickled peppers at the local carnival
The Straggler: Fountains and Stuff John Derbyshire
Visiting Our Nation's Capital
The Straggler: Grand Tour John Derbyshire
London, Paris, Rome...the Derbyshires do it all
The Straggler: I Was an Illegal Alien John Derbyshire
Life as an illegal immigrant
The Straggler: Image Conscious John Derbyshire
The anxiety of the portrait-sitter
The Straggler: Last Call John Derbyshire
Who will love me when I'm 64?
The Straggler: Law's Grave Study John Derbyshire
The law is being turned into an ass
The Straggler: Nor Custom Stale John Derbyshire
The anxiety of age
The Straggler: On the Fence John Derbyshire
Worrying about contractors
The Straggler: Open Wide! John Derbyshire
Praising the secret lives of dentists
The Straggler: Post-hole Serenade John Derbyshire
The offenses of loca government
The Straggler: Riding the Rails John Derbyshire
The commuter train
The Straggler: Seer or Sucker? John Derbyshire
Avoiding sartorial fruitiness
The Straggler: Splinter Party John Derbyshire
Becoming a treehouse-hugger
The Straggler: The Decline of Stuff John Derbyshire
Alas, the plumber was right
The Straggler: The Future Comes Apace John Derbyshire
Our generosity will get the better of us
The Straggler: The Home Front John Derbyshire
Winter oblivion and spring reckoning
The Straggler: The Same Old Story John Derbyshire
Celebrating the return of juicy murders
The Straggler: The Tale of the Tapes John Derbyshire
Taking up talking books
The Straggler: Tiny Revolutions John Derbyshire
An unfortunate encounter with modernity in the shower
The Straggler: War Games John Derbyshire
It's Stratego time at the Derbyshires
The Straggler: Yes Un-Deedy John Derbyshire
Howdy, deediness
The StragglerC John Derbyshire
The most recent addiction
Studyin' War Some More John Derbyshire
What there is to learn, and re-learn
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Swift Kicks (Review) John Derbyshire
Jonathan Swift: A Portrait, by Victoria Glendinning
Jonathan Swift: A Portrait by Victoria Glendinning Symposium: Advice to Bush John Derbyshire
Security Begins at Home
Thanks for the Memories John Derbyshire
Rote is right
Too Dumb to Vote John Derbyshire
And too smart, as well
Trust Science John Derbyshire
'Twixt Heaven and Earth John Derbyshire
How the parties play out
Unknown Quantity (2006) John Derbyshire
A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra
1 Review
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The uses of quietism (Review) John Derbyshire
Dao De Jing, by Moss Roberts and Laozi
Dao De Jing by Moss Roberts and Laozi [+]
Valiant for truth (Review) John Derbyshire
Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?, by Martin Gardner
Did Adam and Eve Have Navels? by Martin Gardner The Vital Middle John Derbyshire
Where the bourgeois live
We Are Doomed (2009) John Derbyshire
Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism
5 Reviews, 3 Readable
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When Theories Collidge (Review) John Derbyshire
Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe, by Simon Singh
Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe by Simon Singh [+]
When Worlds Collide (2 Reviews) John Derbyshire
The Great Arab Conquests, by Hugh Kennedy
The Great Arab Conquests by Hugh KennedyGod's Crucible by David Levering LewisThe Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2008 , pp. 45-47
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Who China Lost (Review) John Derbyshire
Hungry Ghosts, by Jasper Becker
Hungry Ghosts by Jasper Becker [+]
Wholly Sanctimony (Review) John Derbyshire
I Married a Communist, by Philip Roth
I Married a Communist by Philip Roth Witnesses John Derbyshire
A Greatest Generation of anti-Communists
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A Writer All Through (2 Reviews) John Derbyshire
The King's English, by Kingsley Amis
The King's English by Kingsley AmisKingsley Amis: A Biography by Eric Jacobs Your Papers, Please John Derbyshire
Against a national ID card
'9 Edge First' John Derbyshire
An ode to the punch card
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