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The Long View 2006-08-07: From the End of History to the Restoration of Art

Two great lines today: And as for the long term? You can argue with God about the merits of a system of family law that is neutral or hostile toward reproduction, but Darwin will have none of it. Love is too much to ask for. An informed respect for order

The Long View 2006-08-03: Fahrenheit Hype; World Can't Wait; Empire Past Due Date

I've always found the idea of putting Ed Asner, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Gore Vidal, and Howard Zinn in a room together and seeing what happens funny. Four men with strong opinions, and probably not used to taking no for an answer. 3 of the 4 have now passed on,

The Long View 2006-07-27: Transitional Parties; Political Despair; Gnostic Novels

There was an entry listed in the 2006 archives page for July 26th, but I seem to have lost it. Thus, we move on to the 27th. Transitional Parties; Political Despair; Gnostic Novels A Third Party is almost impossible in America, according to the Prometheus Institute, and in any case

The Long View 2006-07-24: Defeat the People; Eurasianism = Bandung

I will note that pretty much nothing came out of any of the 2006 political movements mentioned in this post. Defeat the People; Eurasianism = Bandung The Wicked Spengler at Asia Times reminds us today that the people, united, have often been defeated: Conventional armies can defeat guerrilla forces with broad

The Long View 2006-07-21: Theocracy & Elephants

Footfall is a great book. Not the crowning achievement of The Mote in God's Eye or Inferno, but a hell of a good read. Theocracy & Elephants Theocracy, Theocracy, Theocracy is the title of the keynote piece in the current (August/September) issue of First Things, by the

The Long View: Kingdom Coming

If you need a reminder that political swings are not the end of the world, in any figurative or literal sense, then this book, and the less histrionic American Theocracy should help vaccinate you against future outbreaks. Only twelve years ago, otherwise sane and responsible people were warning that theocracy

The Long View 2006-07-19: The Road to Perdition

I recently read that Tenochtitlán, unlike almost all other pre-modern cities, was a population source instead of a population sink. This was due to a combination of the productivitiy of the floating farms, and a lack of the nasty diseases typical in cultures that have been farming for longer periods