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The Long View 2003-11-10: Corrections, Mostly of the New York Times

John was a lawyer, so he noticed that you don't need the Patriot Act to try to force people to do things. Otherwise unknown laws often serve just as well, for example the All Writs Act. Corrections, Mostly of the New York Times Yesterday, the Times ran a

The Long View: President John McCain

Here is a bit of alternative history John wrote in 2008. My favorite line: Russian-American relations went from frosty to arctic after the first meeting between President McCain and President Vladimir Putin, when McCain made his notorious “evil ice dwarf” comment to reporters on the flight home. I'm

The Long View: After the Eighth Day

When I think about the transition to Empire, this is the story that gives me nightmares. It is usually a bad sign when a very short story needs an introduction. Nonetheless, here are some links that might make this piece slightly less obscure. The general historical scenario for this story

LinkFest 2016-02-12

Sewell Wright: Evolving Mendel A retrospective of one of the seminal papers that helped to unite Mendel and Darwin. In the early twentieth century, some of Darwin's disciples, including accomplished scientists like Karl Pearson, opposed Mendelian theory. Darwin had advocated a continuous blending theory of inheritance, whereas Mendel

LinkFest 2016-02-05

This session of LinkFest is a week delayed, so I have included a double dose of love. Why Hilary's EmailGate Matters John Schindler continues to do yeoman's work on the true cost of Hillary Clinton's negligent handling of classified material on email. EMA will

The Long View 2003-10-06: Bad Timing

Here is a pretty good prediction John made about Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not that it was very hard. Bad Timing Here is what California Governor Gray Davis had to say about the pre-election-day blizzard of sexual-harassment allegations against Arnold Schwarzenegger: "Taken together, I believe those stories do raise serious questions

The Long View 2003-06-11: Unpalatable Measures

Let's talk about Korea. I don't know the area well enough to vouch for the accuracy of this article by Peter Lee, but one thing that seems clear is that a reunified Korea would be very rich, and very powerful, especially in comparison to Japan. The