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The Long View 2004-02-04: When the Vampire Speaks

Bill Clinton's visit to U.S.-Islamic World Forum in 2004 is a good reminder that there isn't really that much difference between the two American parties on foreign policy. [Bill Clinton] told his audience that had he been president when the September 11 attacks occurred,

The Long View 2004-02-02: Groundhog Day

Sigh. Unfortunately, some Wiccans know the liturgical calendar better than Christians do. Groundhog Day One may well ask how I could live so long without realizing that Candlemas and Groundhog Day are the same festival. No doubt they are related as Halloween is to All Saints' Day: a very

The Long View 2004-01-24: More Catechesis

John here delves deeper into The Passion. Despite Gibson's personal flaws, the Passion isn't anti-Semitic. Yes, even though there has long been an undercurrent that insists on interpreting the Gospels this way. More Catechesis Here is a quick update to yesterday's exursion into the

The Long View 2004-01-23: Presidential Hostage-Taking; Sitzkrieg; Catechesis

John Reilly pooh-poohed a news report in 2004 linking Iran to al-Qaeda, but twelve years later, John Schindler, who was in the NSA at the time of 9/11, still wants to dig into the Iranian connection. Make of that what you will. John also pooh-poohed the ability of Special

The Long View 2003-12-26: Boxing Day

Contra John here, I think the neo-Darwinian synthesis can predict. It is just that many of its practitioners are too vested in ignoring its implications. Or perhaps just don't know they are talking about. Unfortunately, the latter is depressingly common. It is also really depressing to reflect that

The Long View 2003-12-22: Some Readings from Revelation

The DHS scrapped the color code warning system in 2011. Which is a good thing, I never really gave it much heed. Some Readings from Revelation Here is one way to look at the uptick of the security level to Orange: ---Revelation 12:12 Yes. Rejoice. Whoopee. I have great

The Long View: Lathspell

This is an appropriate story for Holy Week. Rene Girard is popular in Catholic circles, but I have never really seen his appeal myself. There is a kind of poetic simplicity in the idea of the universal scapegoat, but like many such theories, they pall when you look into the