Archive - Steve Sailer

"The Odyssey:" It's Not Going to Be Fun

More notes on Christopher Nolan's new movie.

Jul 18 • Steve Sailer

"The Lost Books of the Odyssey"

One of the most delightful additions to the near-infinite number of Homer knockoffs from Virgil and James Joyce on down is AI scientist Zachary Mason's…

Jul 17 • Steve Sailer

Christopher Nolan: Man of the North Atlantic

My review of "The Odyssey," in which the famous director transforms the ancient Greeks from Plato to NATO.

Jul 17 • Steve Sailer

A Not So Great Moment in American Innovation

The Major Indoor Soccer League (1978-1992) was going to fix everything that Americans find boring about soccer.

Jul 16 • Steve Sailer

Why Are Only 3 of 777 Stuyvesant High Freshmen Black?

And what kind of name for a football team is The Peglegs?

Jul 16 • Steve Sailer

Is Nolan Wells the New Emmett Till?

Or did he die the same old way too many young black men die?

Jul 15 • Steve Sailer

Will Global Warming Solve the Fertility Crisis?

Is Climate Change causing Child Marriage?

Jul 14 • Steve Sailer

Finally: 2025 Homicide Statistics

The CDC's death rates by homicide for last year are now out and they dropped nearly 15% in 2025 vs. 2024.

Jul 11 • Steve Sailer

How Could USA Get "the Best Athletes" to Like Soccer?

Why the unasked question goes unasked.

Jul 10 • Steve Sailer

Were 20th Century Novels Too High IQ?

Was that Harvard student who assumed "A Clockwork Orange" must be written in Ye Olde English totally off base?

Jul 9 • Steve Sailer

The Most European Novel Ever?

For alienation, angst, and ennui, how about Nobel Laureate Peter Handke's "The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick?"

Jul 6 • Steve Sailer

Has Soccer Ever Reformed Itself to Become Higher Scoring?

Well, actually ...

Jul 4 • Steve Sailer

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