Author: Spencer J. Quinn

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Many of us remember “ABC,” the salesman motto from the 1992 film Glengarry Glen Ross. It stands for “Always Be Closing.” A salesman should never waste time chatting with a prospective client, and focus always on closing the deal. This is all that matters. (more…)

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Since Donald Trump was re-elected in November, many things that were rarely said in the mainstream are now being floated in public and taken seriously. Great examples include mass deportations, the US buying Greenland, Facebook ending its fact-checking algorithms, the phasing out of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs, flipping New Jersey red, and restricting immigration from India. (more…)

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One of the things I like about Donald Trump’s promise to impose tariffs is how it places the needs of American producers over the needs of American consumers. With strong tariffs in place, consumers might be forced to pay more for superior goods than they normally would, or simply pay more for goods in general. This naturally happens when government artificially influences the market. Without fair competition from foreign goods, domestic producers face less pressure to reduce their prices. By increasing the prices of foreign goods, government is in effect reducing its supply for the majority of consumers, who would not realistically be expected to pay such higher prices. And with reduced supply comes higher costs. (more…)

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Did you always intend on writing a No College  Club sequel?

Certainly. When I envisioned The No College Club back in 2021, I had in mind a potential vehicle that could support an indefinite number of sequels—perhaps in other formats, such as comics. I’m even considering illustrated adventures for young children, like kindergarteners or first or second graders. This series will be called The No College Kids and will focus on the children of the No College Club members. At the end of Critical Daze (which is May of 2027) there are four of these children: two 5-year-olds and two 3-year-olds. (more…)

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I’m sure that Dissident Right interest in the latest distaff-themed, PG-rated musical hitting the cinemas is fairly tepid. If there is interest at all, it may be in how Jon M. Chu’s Wicked: Part 1, which was adapted from the musical Wicked, ranks on Spencer J. Quinn’s famous cringe scale. Does this fabulous monstrosity achieve a skin-crawling, apocalyptic 10? Or a refreshingly banal goose egg? (more…)

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Paul Theroux

Part 1, Part 2

There is more to recommend in Paul Theroux’s African travelogues Dark Star Safari (2002) and The Last Train to Zona Verde (2013) than their comprehensive yet tacit uncovering of racial truths. Yes, race realism is both everywhere and nowhere in these books. (more…)

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Since Paul Theroux never stayed for long in one place while writing his African travelogues, the act of traveling itself takes up much ink in Dark Star Safari (2002) and The Last Train to Zona Verde (2013). Thus, the train becomes the leitmotif which connects both works. Theroux treats it as a symbol of the swollen, arthritic nexus between the West and modern Africa—magnificent in design, ambitious in scope, and but now timeworn, barely relevant, and poorly maintained by the indigenous population. In Dark Star, Theroux visits the grand and still-functioning railway station in Maputo, Mozambique, which was designed by the Portuguese in 1910. (more…)

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In 2023, blacks murdered 602 whites in America according to a site called National Conservative. In return, whites murdered one-sixth of that number, despite outnumbering blacks around five-to-one. The link between black populations and high rates of violent crime is well established, with American whites being far and away the most frequent victims of interracial crimes. The links between blacks and poverty, blacks and corruption, and blacks and low academic achievement are also well established. (more…)

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There is so much to unpack regarding the topic of the 1881-1882 pogroms that I felt my personal reactions and insights deserved their own essay. This isn’t part of my recent review of John Klier’s Russians, Jews, and the Pogroms of 1881-1882. Rather, it’s a reflection on the review and a discussion of how the pogroms of that period have become a cautionary tale for our times. (more…)

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Part 3 (Part 1, Part 2)

John Doyle Klier
Russians, Jews, and the Pogroms of 1881-1882
Cambridge University Press, 2011

The Jewish Response

Klier makes it clear early on that the Jews themselves viewed the 1881-1882 pogroms as a pivotal moment in their history. (more…)

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Part 2

John Doyle Klier
Russians, Jews, and the Pogroms of 1881-1882
Cambridge University Press, 2011 (more…)

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Part 1

John Doyle Klier
Russians, Jews, and the Pogroms of 1881-1882
Cambridge University Press, 2011

Introduction

Pivotal moments in history are always interesting to pinpoint. Major wars often emerge as top contenders, but not always. (more…)

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Spencer J. Quinn
Critical Daze
The No College Club, Book 2
San Francisco: Counter-Currents, 2024
236 pages

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