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The Long View: Something Rotten

To start the New Year off, let’s jump into a book review by John J. Reilly of a series I am entirely unfamiliar with! Something Rotten: A Novel By Jasper Fforde Viking, 2004 385 Pages, US$24.95 ISBN 0-670-03359-6 A Review in Dialogue By John J. Reilly ----------

The Long View: Two Scientists

This essay from John is an extended reflection on the lives of Albert Einstein and Marie Curie, who were famous at about the same time for about the same reason. One hundred years later, I note that famous people’s personal lives are approximately as scandalous now as they were

The Long View 2006-12-01: Benedict in Istanbul; Transcendent Liturgy; Great Days

I will admit I haven’t thought deeply about whether Turkey’s admission to the European Union would have in fact been good or bad. I do find Pope Emeritus Benedict’s acts less alarming in retrospect than John did at the time. Some random thoughts: * Turkey wouldn’t have

The Long View 2006-11-28: The Wall; Justice; the Red and the Green

While the alliance of Western Muslims and Western Leftists generates a lot of press, both now [cf. Michel Houellebecq’s Submission] and in the past, actual proletarian uprisings stubbornly refuse to follow suit. The Wall; Justice; the Red and the Green Are you troubled by the wall of separation between

The Long View 2006-11-27: Atheists Panic; Democracy & Necessity; CO2/SCOTUS; Cannibalism Today

I’m about as disinterested in arguing with internet atheists as Ventakesh is with arguing with internet theists [that is Eve Keneinan’s beat], the reason I put this here is that the tendency John Reilly was describing is still pretty strong. Arguably, the two firmly committed poles here are

The Long View 2006-11-25: A Dark Surmise; The Crazy Aunt; The Transnational Avatar

In retrospect, I absolutely prefer Bush 1’s approach to Iraq. My uncle came back from Desert Storm with nothing worse than a worry he might have been exposed to chemical weapons, but all of his limbs and with his mind intact. A Dark Surmise; The Crazy Aunt; The Transnational

The Long View 2006-11-20: Steyn, Tesla, and Option Two

Here is an interesting reflection on social democracy. In the United States, it is a relatively common political position on the Left to advocate for some kind of social democracy, with some people being confused, thinking this is a variety of socialism, or even communism. In history, social democracy has