Steve Sailer has come up with YET ANOTHER factor underlying the red state /

blue state split: house-price inflation. Look at the scatter plot here under “The 3rd Secret Behind Why Red States Are

Red.”

I e-mailed Steve to the following effect:

Steve: Put down that copy of Microsoft Excel and back away slowly. I have

visions of an infinite series of Steve columns on this theme.

—”Eether” or “Eyether”? John Kerry took all the 24 top states where

people say “Eether,” while George W. Bush won among the “Eyethers”…

—Dental floss or toothpicks? Kerry took 20 of the 22 states with highest

per capita consumption of dental floss, while Bush…

—Etc. etc. etc.