Richard Hanania
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My Pluribus theory: Carol is Kim Wexler.
It makes too much sense.
Better Call Saul spoilers in the video.
Watch the entire review of the show here: www.richardhanania.com/p/the-kim-we...
It makes too much sense.
Better Call Saul spoilers in the video.
Watch the entire review of the show here: www.richardhanania.com/p/the-kim-we...
December 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
My Pluribus theory: Carol is Kim Wexler.
It makes too much sense.
Better Call Saul spoilers in the video.
Watch the entire review of the show here: www.richardhanania.com/p/the-kim-we...
It makes too much sense.
Better Call Saul spoilers in the video.
Watch the entire review of the show here: www.richardhanania.com/p/the-kim-we...
Review of Pluribus, up to episode 6.
I try to figure out where this show is going with Chris Nicholson. Is the hive mind the amalgamation of humanity or its own thing? Is this a parable for AI?
And I present my ultimate theory: Carol is Kim Wexler. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-kim-we...
I try to figure out where this show is going with Chris Nicholson. Is the hive mind the amalgamation of humanity or its own thing? Is this a parable for AI?
And I present my ultimate theory: Carol is Kim Wexler. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-kim-we...
The Kim Wexler Theory
Review of Pluribus, S1:E1-E6
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December 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Review of Pluribus, up to episode 6.
I try to figure out where this show is going with Chris Nicholson. Is the hive mind the amalgamation of humanity or its own thing? Is this a parable for AI?
And I present my ultimate theory: Carol is Kim Wexler. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-kim-we...
I try to figure out where this show is going with Chris Nicholson. Is the hive mind the amalgamation of humanity or its own thing? Is this a parable for AI?
And I present my ultimate theory: Carol is Kim Wexler. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-kim-we...
Disability law in theory: people in wheelchairs getting ramps.
Disability law in practice: A woman caught drunk driving on the job sues her employer for discrimination based on alcoholism, says she wasn't that drunk after 5 drinks because she's 250 lbs. www.richardhanania.com/p/how-federa...
Disability law in practice: A woman caught drunk driving on the job sues her employer for discrimination based on alcoholism, says she wasn't that drunk after 5 drinks because she's 250 lbs. www.richardhanania.com/p/how-federa...
How Federal Law Made Us All Disabled
Society owes those who take a stand against mass hysterias
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December 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Disability law in theory: people in wheelchairs getting ramps.
Disability law in practice: A woman caught drunk driving on the job sues her employer for discrimination based on alcoholism, says she wasn't that drunk after 5 drinks because she's 250 lbs. www.richardhanania.com/p/how-federa...
Disability law in practice: A woman caught drunk driving on the job sues her employer for discrimination based on alcoholism, says she wasn't that drunk after 5 drinks because she's 250 lbs. www.richardhanania.com/p/how-federa...
People are noticing how more students are getting test accommodations.
I explain why this happened. In 2008, Congress passed a law with the explicit goal of placing no limits on who counts as disabled.
Yes, you read that right. This was on purpose.
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I explain why this happened. In 2008, Congress passed a law with the explicit goal of placing no limits on who counts as disabled.
Yes, you read that right. This was on purpose.
www.richardhanania.com/p/how-federa...
How Federal Law Made Us All Disabled
Society owes those who take a stand against mass hysterias
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December 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
People are noticing how more students are getting test accommodations.
I explain why this happened. In 2008, Congress passed a law with the explicit goal of placing no limits on who counts as disabled.
Yes, you read that right. This was on purpose.
www.richardhanania.com/p/how-federa...
I explain why this happened. In 2008, Congress passed a law with the explicit goal of placing no limits on who counts as disabled.
Yes, you read that right. This was on purpose.
www.richardhanania.com/p/how-federa...
I finally watched There Will Be Blood.
I now put Daniel Plainview into the antihero pantheon, along with Tony Soprano and Walter White. An amazing experience.
And dare I say a subtly pro-capitalist message? www.richardhanania.com/p/on-being-p...
I now put Daniel Plainview into the antihero pantheon, along with Tony Soprano and Walter White. An amazing experience.
And dare I say a subtly pro-capitalist message? www.richardhanania.com/p/on-being-p...
On Being Possessed by the Antihero
Review of There Will Be Blood (2007)
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December 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I finally watched There Will Be Blood.
I now put Daniel Plainview into the antihero pantheon, along with Tony Soprano and Walter White. An amazing experience.
And dare I say a subtly pro-capitalist message? www.richardhanania.com/p/on-being-p...
I now put Daniel Plainview into the antihero pantheon, along with Tony Soprano and Walter White. An amazing experience.
And dare I say a subtly pro-capitalist message? www.richardhanania.com/p/on-being-p...
“Several have cited the work of Richard Hanania…Yet he and Fuentes still have something in common: In their distinct ways, both of them see the world through pagan eyes and analyze it with pagan logic.”
Huge if true. firstthings.com/nick-fuentes...
Huge if true. firstthings.com/nick-fuentes...
Nick Fuentes and Richard Hanania’s Paganism - First Things
The popularity of Nick Fuentes is in its way a fulfillment of Ross Douthat’s much-quoted ominous prophecy that the “post-Christian right” will rise to replace the Christian right. While...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“Several have cited the work of Richard Hanania…Yet he and Fuentes still have something in common: In their distinct ways, both of them see the world through pagan eyes and analyze it with pagan logic.”
Huge if true. firstthings.com/nick-fuentes...
Huge if true. firstthings.com/nick-fuentes...
Recently watched There Will Be Blood.
One of the truly all time greats.
My review with Tyler Tone is here. www.richardhanania.com/p/on-being-p...
One of the truly all time greats.
My review with Tyler Tone is here. www.richardhanania.com/p/on-being-p...
On Being Possessed by the Antihero
Review of There Will Be Blood (2007)
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December 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Recently watched There Will Be Blood.
One of the truly all time greats.
My review with Tyler Tone is here. www.richardhanania.com/p/on-being-p...
One of the truly all time greats.
My review with Tyler Tone is here. www.richardhanania.com/p/on-being-p...
I was on the Comedy Cellar podcast. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uSw...
Live from the Table: Epstein, Moral Panic and Racism with Richard Hanania
YouTube video by Comedy Cellar USA
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December 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I was on the Comedy Cellar podcast. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uSw...
Should all parents consider embryo selection?
I go into the data on IVF. It's hard to find any long term negative effects. Negative outcomes are mostly related to the subfertility of parents, not IVF itself.
Go ahead and try for a superbaby if you want. www.richardhanania.com/p/should-all...
I go into the data on IVF. It's hard to find any long term negative effects. Negative outcomes are mostly related to the subfertility of parents, not IVF itself.
Go ahead and try for a superbaby if you want. www.richardhanania.com/p/should-all...
Should All Parents Consider Embryo Selection?
Sperm competition doesn't appear to be doing much
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December 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Should all parents consider embryo selection?
I go into the data on IVF. It's hard to find any long term negative effects. Negative outcomes are mostly related to the subfertility of parents, not IVF itself.
Go ahead and try for a superbaby if you want. www.richardhanania.com/p/should-all...
I go into the data on IVF. It's hard to find any long term negative effects. Negative outcomes are mostly related to the subfertility of parents, not IVF itself.
Go ahead and try for a superbaby if you want. www.richardhanania.com/p/should-all...
Stop and think what it's like to be a billionaire. They can afford to throw around 6- or 7-figures like it's nothing. This has a distortive effect on every potential relationship. No wonder so many seem megalomaniacal and insane. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-billio...
Why Billionaires Go Insane
Great wealth creates unusual personal dynamics
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December 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Stop and think what it's like to be a billionaire. They can afford to throw around 6- or 7-figures like it's nothing. This has a distortive effect on every potential relationship. No wonder so many seem megalomaniacal and insane. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-billio...
“The irony here is that if Governor Abbott had simply said, ‘let’s redistrict because we hate Democrats and want to keep them out of power,’ this would be an amulet against any lawsuit.”
This is hilarious. open.substack.com/pub/adamunik...
This is hilarious. open.substack.com/pub/adamunik...
Inverse Critical Race Theory
Why did Texas redistrict?
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November 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“The irony here is that if Governor Abbott had simply said, ‘let’s redistrict because we hate Democrats and want to keep them out of power,’ this would be an amulet against any lawsuit.”
This is hilarious. open.substack.com/pub/adamunik...
This is hilarious. open.substack.com/pub/adamunik...
The rise of Chinese pharma.
China is now the undisputed number two behind the US, and catching up fast.
Anti-globalism is so stupid.
Who cares about a little IP theft? 1.4 billion people from a smart country contributing to the world is what matters. www.richardhanania.com/p/hitlers-se...
China is now the undisputed number two behind the US, and catching up fast.
Anti-globalism is so stupid.
Who cares about a little IP theft? 1.4 billion people from a smart country contributing to the world is what matters. www.richardhanania.com/p/hitlers-se...
November 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The rise of Chinese pharma.
China is now the undisputed number two behind the US, and catching up fast.
Anti-globalism is so stupid.
Who cares about a little IP theft? 1.4 billion people from a smart country contributing to the world is what matters. www.richardhanania.com/p/hitlers-se...
China is now the undisputed number two behind the US, and catching up fast.
Anti-globalism is so stupid.
Who cares about a little IP theft? 1.4 billion people from a smart country contributing to the world is what matters. www.richardhanania.com/p/hitlers-se...
This month’s links includes articles on
-The sequencing of Hitler’s DNA
-The latest on Venezuela
-The best housing article I’ve ever read
-Historical murder rates
-Sweden as EHC capital of the world
-The rise of Chinese pharma
And much more! www.richardhanania.com/p/hitlers-se...
-The sequencing of Hitler’s DNA
-The latest on Venezuela
-The best housing article I’ve ever read
-Historical murder rates
-Sweden as EHC capital of the world
-The rise of Chinese pharma
And much more! www.richardhanania.com/p/hitlers-se...
Hitler's Sex Life and the Great Man Theory of History
Links for November 2025
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November 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This month’s links includes articles on
-The sequencing of Hitler’s DNA
-The latest on Venezuela
-The best housing article I’ve ever read
-Historical murder rates
-Sweden as EHC capital of the world
-The rise of Chinese pharma
And much more! www.richardhanania.com/p/hitlers-se...
-The sequencing of Hitler’s DNA
-The latest on Venezuela
-The best housing article I’ve ever read
-Historical murder rates
-Sweden as EHC capital of the world
-The rise of Chinese pharma
And much more! www.richardhanania.com/p/hitlers-se...
“It’s looking increasingly likely that the greatest war in Western history was the direct result of one man’s sexual frustrations and insecurities. This is an incredible win for the Freudians and Critical Theory types.”
On the lessons of Hitler’s DNA. www.richardhanania.com/p/hitlers-se...
On the lessons of Hitler’s DNA. www.richardhanania.com/p/hitlers-se...
Hitler's Sex Life and the Great Man Theory of History
Links for November 2025
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November 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“It’s looking increasingly likely that the greatest war in Western history was the direct result of one man’s sexual frustrations and insecurities. This is an incredible win for the Freudians and Critical Theory types.”
On the lessons of Hitler’s DNA. www.richardhanania.com/p/hitlers-se...
On the lessons of Hitler’s DNA. www.richardhanania.com/p/hitlers-se...
One interesting thing about economic populism is that it’s so intellectually hollow that if you go to their preferred academic literatures, not even those papers support their views.
I explain here the case of trade with China.
www.richardhanania.com/p/the-china-...
I explain here the case of trade with China.
www.richardhanania.com/p/the-china-...
The China Shock and Why the Midwest Needs to Decline
Good policies will always have losers
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November 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
One interesting thing about economic populism is that it’s so intellectually hollow that if you go to their preferred academic literatures, not even those papers support their views.
I explain here the case of trade with China.
www.richardhanania.com/p/the-china-...
I explain here the case of trade with China.
www.richardhanania.com/p/the-china-...
Should people feel gratitude to America?
Some Americans, sure. But the ones that demand others show gratitude are the ones that do the most to hurt other people. www.richardhanania.com/p/what-does-...
Some Americans, sure. But the ones that demand others show gratitude are the ones that do the most to hurt other people. www.richardhanania.com/p/what-does-...
What Does It Mean to Have Gratitude to a Country?
Thanks to some Americans, past and present
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November 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Should people feel gratitude to America?
Some Americans, sure. But the ones that demand others show gratitude are the ones that do the most to hurt other people. www.richardhanania.com/p/what-does-...
Some Americans, sure. But the ones that demand others show gratitude are the ones that do the most to hurt other people. www.richardhanania.com/p/what-does-...
I argue that the West should pay Africans to fight in Ukraine. That way you
1) Solve Ukraine's manpower problems
2) Give Africans a chance at a better life
3) Create PR problems for Putin
4) Reinvigorate the struggle for freedom
It makes a lot of sense. www.richardhanania.com/p/i-dream-of...
1) Solve Ukraine's manpower problems
2) Give Africans a chance at a better life
3) Create PR problems for Putin
4) Reinvigorate the struggle for freedom
It makes a lot of sense. www.richardhanania.com/p/i-dream-of...
I Dream of Heroic Africans Fighting for Ukraine
Western money plus third world manpower can defeat Putin
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November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I argue that the West should pay Africans to fight in Ukraine. That way you
1) Solve Ukraine's manpower problems
2) Give Africans a chance at a better life
3) Create PR problems for Putin
4) Reinvigorate the struggle for freedom
It makes a lot of sense. www.richardhanania.com/p/i-dream-of...
1) Solve Ukraine's manpower problems
2) Give Africans a chance at a better life
3) Create PR problems for Putin
4) Reinvigorate the struggle for freedom
It makes a lot of sense. www.richardhanania.com/p/i-dream-of...
Doing a lunch meetup along with Bryan Caplan in Pasadena on December 10. RSVP here. Price covers food and non-alcoholic drinks. If you want to show up and not eat, that's fine too. luma.com/o8817i62
Luncheon with Richard Hanania and Bryan Caplan · Luma
Lunch with the two greatest thinkers on the planet.
Ticket price covers food, non-alcoholic drinks, taxes, and tip.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Doing a lunch meetup along with Bryan Caplan in Pasadena on December 10. RSVP here. Price covers food and non-alcoholic drinks. If you want to show up and not eat, that's fine too. luma.com/o8817i62
Around 2010, Paul Krugman was talking about how the European economy was competitive with the US.
Now, he admits American superiority and brags Europeans take more vacations.
I wrote about how neoliberalism not only worked, it didn't go far enough. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-neolib...
Now, he admits American superiority and brags Europeans take more vacations.
I wrote about how neoliberalism not only worked, it didn't go far enough. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-neolib...
The Neoliberal Era Was Not Pro-Market Enough
Free market economists made government plateau, not shrink
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November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Around 2010, Paul Krugman was talking about how the European economy was competitive with the US.
Now, he admits American superiority and brags Europeans take more vacations.
I wrote about how neoliberalism not only worked, it didn't go far enough. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-neolib...
Now, he admits American superiority and brags Europeans take more vacations.
I wrote about how neoliberalism not only worked, it didn't go far enough. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-neolib...
I always find the arguments against embryo screening funny.
“Today you eliminate disease, tomorrow it’ll be based on looks and intelligence.”
Slippery slope arguments are supposed to lead somewhere bad, not to things that are unquestionably good. www.richardhanania.com/p/anti-surro...
“Today you eliminate disease, tomorrow it’ll be based on looks and intelligence.”
Slippery slope arguments are supposed to lead somewhere bad, not to things that are unquestionably good. www.richardhanania.com/p/anti-surro...
Anti-Surrogacy as a Totalitarian Dysgenics Movement
On a new Frankenstein monster made of the worst ideas and instincts
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November 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I always find the arguments against embryo screening funny.
“Today you eliminate disease, tomorrow it’ll be based on looks and intelligence.”
Slippery slope arguments are supposed to lead somewhere bad, not to things that are unquestionably good. www.richardhanania.com/p/anti-surro...
“Today you eliminate disease, tomorrow it’ll be based on looks and intelligence.”
Slippery slope arguments are supposed to lead somewhere bad, not to things that are unquestionably good. www.richardhanania.com/p/anti-surro...
The abundance movement is great, but I wish it would apply the lessons of YIMBY more broadly.
Markets are superior to central planning. This applies not only to housing, but also labor, energy, etc. We should just have freer markets across the board. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-broad-...
Markets are superior to central planning. This applies not only to housing, but also labor, energy, etc. We should just have freer markets across the board. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-broad-...
The Broad Lessons of YIMBY
The laws of economics apply to more than one policy area
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November 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The abundance movement is great, but I wish it would apply the lessons of YIMBY more broadly.
Markets are superior to central planning. This applies not only to housing, but also labor, energy, etc. We should just have freer markets across the board. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-broad-...
Markets are superior to central planning. This applies not only to housing, but also labor, energy, etc. We should just have freer markets across the board. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-broad-...
They start by calling Epstein a pedophile.
You say nothing.
Before long, they'll declare you a pervert if your girlfriend isn't at least 40.
Resist the moral panic.
www.richardhanania.com/p/the-real-t...
You say nothing.
Before long, they'll declare you a pervert if your girlfriend isn't at least 40.
Resist the moral panic.
www.richardhanania.com/p/the-real-t...
The Real Target of Pedophile Hysteria Is Age Gap Relationships
There are costs to lying about basic biology
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November 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
They start by calling Epstein a pedophile.
You say nothing.
Before long, they'll declare you a pervert if your girlfriend isn't at least 40.
Resist the moral panic.
www.richardhanania.com/p/the-real-t...
You say nothing.
Before long, they'll declare you a pervert if your girlfriend isn't at least 40.
Resist the moral panic.
www.richardhanania.com/p/the-real-t...
Neither conservatives nor liberals are better at fighting crime.
I suggest policies that work:
1) more police
2) DNA databases
3) facial recognition technology
4) rethink Warren Court innovations
You want livable cities, move beyond the culture war.
www.richardhanania.com/p/beyond-the...
I suggest policies that work:
1) more police
2) DNA databases
3) facial recognition technology
4) rethink Warren Court innovations
You want livable cities, move beyond the culture war.
www.richardhanania.com/p/beyond-the...
Beyond the Culture War: Getting Serious about Reducing Crime
Red states are not doing any better
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November 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Neither conservatives nor liberals are better at fighting crime.
I suggest policies that work:
1) more police
2) DNA databases
3) facial recognition technology
4) rethink Warren Court innovations
You want livable cities, move beyond the culture war.
www.richardhanania.com/p/beyond-the...
I suggest policies that work:
1) more police
2) DNA databases
3) facial recognition technology
4) rethink Warren Court innovations
You want livable cities, move beyond the culture war.
www.richardhanania.com/p/beyond-the...
It's easy to take a stand against a moral panic when people already realize it's gone too far.
I'm the person brave enough to do it before they've noticed what's going on.
Why the endpoint of pedophile hysteria is to stigmatize adult relationships. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-real-t...
I'm the person brave enough to do it before they've noticed what's going on.
Why the endpoint of pedophile hysteria is to stigmatize adult relationships. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-real-t...
The Real Target of Pedophile Hysteria Is Age Gap Relationships
There are costs to lying about basic biology
www.richardhanania.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It's easy to take a stand against a moral panic when people already realize it's gone too far.
I'm the person brave enough to do it before they've noticed what's going on.
Why the endpoint of pedophile hysteria is to stigmatize adult relationships. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-real-t...
I'm the person brave enough to do it before they've noticed what's going on.
Why the endpoint of pedophile hysteria is to stigmatize adult relationships. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-real-t...
Guys, Michael Tracey went to the Epstein survivors press conference and was shocked by the tales of women in their late teens and early twenties being trafficked.
We’re going to discuss at 12ET. Set reminder here. But be forewarned, it may be traumatizing. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
We’re going to discuss at 12ET. Set reminder here. But be forewarned, it may be traumatizing. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: Listen to SURVIVORS!!!!!
Starting Nov 18 at 12:00 PM EST
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November 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Guys, Michael Tracey went to the Epstein survivors press conference and was shocked by the tales of women in their late teens and early twenties being trafficked.
We’re going to discuss at 12ET. Set reminder here. But be forewarned, it may be traumatizing. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
We’re going to discuss at 12ET. Set reminder here. But be forewarned, it may be traumatizing. open.substack.com/live-stream/...