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Remember that flap about Robert Putnam’s finding that diversity erodes trust and sociability — even among one’s fellows? Well, it’s still in the news, as the scramble begins to justify diversity by touting whatever it is that science can prove it improves.

Okay, fine, knock yourself out. But, I ask you, is diversity a bum deal even on its own terms?

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James Poulos is a doctoral student at Georgetown and the former Political Editor of Culture11. His writing has been published by The American Conservative, The National Interest, The New Atlantis, Partnership for a Secure America, and The Weekly Standard. In addition to AmSpecBlog, he has blogged at The American Scene, Doublethink, and Postmodern Conservative, which he founded. With degrees in political science and law from Duke and USC, he is currently at work on a dissertation about life after Napoleon. In his spare time he anti-blogs at Pish Tosh.

http://spectator.org/blog/2007/08/09/diversity-is-a-jealous-god

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