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Linkfest 2023-01-13: Paul Johnson

With the passing of Paul Johnson, here is a collection of John J. Reilly’s essays commenting on Johnson and his influence. The Long View: Art: A New History Paul Johnson is the Howard Zinn of the right. Like Zinn, he is really popular, but also like Zinn Johnson is

Linkfest 2023-01-06: Disrupting the Atlatl

This week’s linkfest is an illustration of my contention that Twitter can be the best tool for learning new things we currently have, if you use it right. Vulpine Outlaw: The Coming of the Bow Although a party pooper insists this isn’t true. With Both Hands: A Man

Linkfest 2022-12-31: Auld Lang Syne

With the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, it seemed appropriate to re-visit John J. Reilly’s review of Richard McBrien’s Lives of the Popes. John's essay isn't really a review of McBrien's book, it is more along the lines of an attempt

Linkfest 2022-12-16: Cap-a-pie

S. M. Stirling, using the method of good “hard” science fiction, instructed his readers in the use and value of plate mail in several books. Apenwarr: Systems design explains the world: volume 1 A stellar exposition of systems design in the context of programming. With Both Hands: The Cold Equations

Linkfest 2022-12-02: USS Iowa

This is how war veterans find common ground. Tragedy: An Introduction Just as automatically as we associate comedy with laughter, we associate tragedy with death. And just as was the case with the relationship between laughter and comedy, a Renaissance tragedy-- though it will always include at least one death--is

Linkfest 2022-11-18: Solar Snakes

I am reminded of Frederik Pohl’s The World at the End of Time or Fenton Wood’s Nightland Racer. AZCentral: Saudi firm has pumped Arizona groundwater for years without paying. Time to pony up Former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt and former State Land Commissioner Robert Lane turn up a

Linkfest 2022-10-28: The World Island

I spent many happy hours playing TF2. The Catholic World Report: Anatomist of the Catholic collapse in France and beyond I’d love to see the data from this French sociologist’s study on Mass attendance and other measurables in the wake of Vatican II. First Things: The Morality of