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The Long View: The Obvious Proof

I think there are better arguments for classical theism than the Argument from Design, but as eminent a philosopher as Antony Flew was eventually convinced by it. Philosophical atheism is a respectable position, but many of atheism's most vocal defenders are not actually espousing that position, but rather

The Long View 2005-02-10: Better Nukes; Clinical Evil; God's Country; The Dominoes Fall

I remain a cautious advocate of nuclear power. I don't have subject matter knowledge about specific reactor designs, but I think we could do it right, if we wanted to. It would sure fix carbon emissions. We just don't want to. I will note that the

The Long View: Halfway Heaven: Diary of a Harvard Murder

John claims in this book review that suicide is not common in Ethiopia, where Sinedu Tadesse was born. At least according to the World Health Organization, the suicide rate in Ethiopia is about as high as in the US. On the other hand, it has also been twenty years, and

Linkfest 2017-03-03

A Cold War era power plant could save us from ourselves Thorium reactors are an idea that has been around for a long time. We'd try it if we got desperate. Top professional performance through psychopathy Being resistant to the feelings of others can be a good thing,

The Long View 2003-07-08: Neo-Hypochondria

John makes an interesting claim here: that psychoanalysis served the same function for mental illness as health resorts serve for hypochondriacs. That makes it seem less stupid than it otherwise might. Neo-Hypochondria Yesterday I suffered the torments of the damned, if the damned have Canon printers. It was one of

His Share of Glory Book Review

His Share of Glory: The Complete Short Science Fiction of C. M. Kornbluth NESFA Press 1997 $27.00; 670 pages ISBN 0-915368-60-9 I picked up this volume because I had read the [almost] titular short story "That Share of Glory" in Jerry Pournelle's Imperial Stars: The

The Long View: Spymaster The Real-Life Karla, His Moles, and the East German Secret Police

Another old review, written when John was reviews editor of Culture Wars magazine. John decided to part ways with Culture Wars, for reasons he explains here. A fascinating look at espionage and the Cold War, overlapping slightly with my own book review on American Spies. Spymaster: The Real-Life Karla, His