Natural History of Ashkenazi Intelligence by Cochran, Hardy and Harpending

The thesis referenced in Nicholas Wade's "A Troublesome Inheritance" regarding Ashkenazi Jews and their evolved IQ via the pressures of natural selection..

http://harpending.humanevo.utah.edu/Documents/ashkiq.webpub.pdf

It's not what you know, but who you believe..

Aspire to Inspire

"Ignorance is a curable disease.  Stupidity is terminal." ~ Dave Warner

U.S. Smoking Statistics

* 50 years ago 40% of the population smoked cigarettes - Today that number has plunged below 20%.

* Only 6% of college graduates (bachelors degree and higher) smoke, compared to 23% of those with high school education.

* Only 11% of Asians smoke, compared to 26% of smokers of mixed race.

* Of black smokers, 80% smoke menthol.

* Smokers by gender: 20% men 15% women

Foreign purchases of U.S. real estate jumped 35% last year, with Chinese spending $22 billion in housing at an average of $523,148 per home.

Total foreign purchases last year totaled $92.2 billion..

Source WSJ

Only 47.7% of adults in the U.S. are working full-time..

Source WSJ