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The Long View 2007-07-23: Failures of Imagination and the Beauty of Loyalty

John J. Reilly points to an old, old article by the very wrong David P. Goldman, who in all seriousness suggested the United States would foment conflict in the Middle East as some kind of Richelieu-inspired Grand Strategy. We did foment war, but I honestly think we blundered into it.

The Long View 2007-07-20: Surge; Motu Proprio; Bees; Worms; Natural Law

I enjoyed John’s occasional forays into Fortean phenomena, such as rain of animals. This goes along with his general sense that reality is stranger than fiction. Surge; Motu Proprio; Bees; Worms; Natural Law It has taken four years, but the Bush Administration has finally begun to try to explain

The Long View 2007-07-16: Steyn & Black; Harry Potter ending; The Bush Effect

It is fascinating to look back on the Presidency of George W. Bush. He was widely disliked in his second term, but at this point hardly anyone bothers to notice him for good or ill. Which is rather unlike Ronald Reagan, who still inspires hatred nearly 40 years later. I

The Long View 2007-07-11: Let's Pick on First Things

Under editor Rusty Reno, First Things has posted a slate of articles recently about the post-liberal future, which in some ways could be seen as a change from the pro-democracy stance First Things took under Father Neuhaus. However, there was the famous End of Democracy issue in 1996 that caused

The Long View: Empires of Trust: How Rome Built -- and America Is Building -- a New World By Thomas F. Madden

I love this quote: [Madden] is well aware that aspects of their societies that seem similar are often quite different in spirit and function. The dustjacket sports an photograph of the US Senate and a dramatic rendering of Cicero addressing the Roman Senate; both bodies were called a “senate,” but

The Long View 2007-07-07: Summorum Pontificum

Whether Summorum Pontificum actually heralds the beginning of the Second Religiousness is, not clear, at present, but at the very least the SSPX has improved its status within the Catholic Church in the last decade. Summorum Pontificum Today is the official publication date of a document and cover letter from

The Long View: Bounding Power: Republican Theory from the Polis to the Global Village By Daniel H. Deudney

It is fascinating to return to this book review, written in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. At the time, it seemed more plausible that non-state entities might permanently destabilize the security environment, but in 2020 this has just become the new normal. And while I do find some value