John Derbyshire

John Derbyshire (born 3 June 1945) is a British-born American paleoconservative political commentator, writer, journalist and computer programmer. He formerly wrote a column in ''National Review'' before moving to a staff position at the website VDARE, where he continues to work. He has also written for the ''New English Review''. His columns cover a broad range of political-cultural topics, including immigration, China, history, mathematics, and race. Derbyshire's 1996 novel ''Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream'' was a ''New York Times'' "Notable Book of the Year". His 2004 non-fiction book ''Prime Obsession'' won the Mathematical Association of America's inaugural Euler Book Prize. A political book, ''We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism'', was released in September 2009. Provided by Wikipedia