  john derbyshire (born june 3, 1945) is a british-born naturalized american writer, journalist and commentator. he formerly wrote a column in national review. he has also written for the new english review. these 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 new political book, we are doomed: reclaiming conservative pessimism, was released in september 2009 through crown forum. derbyshire attended the northampton school for boys and graduated from university college london, of the university of london, where he studied mathematics. before turning to writing full-time, he worked on wall street as a computer programmer. ==beliefs and disagreements with fellow national review writers== derbyshire has differed from his fellow writers at national review on many subjects. for example, derbyshire supported michael schiavo's position in the terri schiavo case, ridiculed george w. bush's "itty-bitty tax cut, paid for by dumping a slew of federal debt on your children and grandchildren", has derided bush in general for being too sure of his religiou
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