Buddy, occasional house guest, and occasional NR contributor Steve

Sailer has made the New York Times:

I once, borrowing Warren Harding’s encomium to Herbert Hoover, described

Steve as “the smartest gink I know.” He describes himself, referring to his

terrific analyses of voting patterns and probabilities, as “the only

Republican that knows how to use Microsoft Excel.” I disagree with Steve

about the Iraq war (me Jackson, he Jefferson), but continue to believe that

he is a US Grade A genius… WHO HAS NOT YET WRITTEN A BOOK. Come on,

Steve, you owe it to the world.