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The Long View 2008-03-24: Children of Men; Central Planning & Global Warming; The West Today; Mission to Islam

John J. Reilly was the guy who taught me that populism doesn’t have to be contrary to effective government: Today we need to distinguish "central planning" from the maintenance and development of public institutions that are essential infrastructure for civil society. Children of Men; Central Planning &

The Long View: The Third Reich in Power

Richard J. Evans shows that the Third Reich was about Art and Health. The Third Reich in Power By Richard J. Evans The Penguin Press, 2005 941 Pages, US$37.95 ISBN 1-59420-074-2 A thousand years would be needed, I think, to read all the books that have already been

The Long View 2008-03-20: Missing Greenhouse Signature; Arthur C. Clarke; JFK & Religion; Dune 2.0; Extreme Good Friday

The passing of Arthur C. Clarke in 2008 spurred this comment by John J. Reilly: Here is a mystery: Clarke was usually counted among the Big Three of science fiction in the second half of the 20th century; the other two were Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein. All of them

The Long View: The Making of the President 1960

Sixty years later, this is still fascinating. The Making of the President 1960 By Theodore H. White Atheneum Publishers, 1961 400 Pages, Various Prices ASIN B000BPDQ28 Historians have long since written the second and third drafts about the contest between John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Richard Milhous Nixon for the presidency

The Long View 2008-03-17: St. Patrick's Day

Topical commentary on the events of the day from John J. Reilly. Saint Patrick's Day Financial Chaos, Now and Then: Regarding Now, I don't think I would add much to these comments by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of the Telegraph UK: Albert Edwards, global strategist at Societe Generale,

The Long View 2008-03-13: Mamet & Hobbes; Decanting the Future; Basic Plots; Burleigh's Trilogy; Enceladus or Bust

John J. Reilly wrote some fascinating science fiction about gas giant moons, but it is rather unlikely that we would find life there, as there is very little energy available, even if there is liquid water and suitable chemicals. I like that story more for the Toynbee-style macrohistory. Mamet &

The Long View 2008-03-10: Tax Farming & Health Insurance; Obamalypse; Islam an Empty Vessel?

John J. Reilly was a long-time advocate of a single-payer healthcare system in the United States. His view was predicated upon healthcare being a public good, not a public right, and frankly acknowledging that it is a system of transfer payments from the young and healthy to the unwell. However,