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John Derbyshire

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British-born American far-right political commentator, writer, journalist and computer programmer (born 1945)

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John Derbyshire is an American journalist and political commentator. He was one of the last paleoconservatives at the National Review, until he was fired in 2012 for writing an article for Taki's Magazine that was widely described as racist. Since 2012 he has written for white nationalist website VDARE.

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John Derbyshire
said · Jul 16, 2016
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I have never read the Koran and at this point I most likely never shall. It looks really boring.

After The Atrocity In Nice, VDARE, July 16, 2016.

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John Derbyshire
said · Jun 5, 2014
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Universal-suffrage democracy may have been a good idea 120 years ago, when most adults did productive work into their sixties, then died.

Two Bad Answers, Taki's Magazine, June 5, 2014.

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John Derbyshire
said · Feb 6, 2012
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I keep trying to resist the thought, but the thought keeps pushing its way back in: The Western world has sunk into madness. There are no solutions to anything.

Succouring the Poor, National Review, February 6, 2012.

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2007Euler Book Prize

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United Kingdom
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Journalist
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Born 1945 · age 81
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