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The Long View 2007-07-30: Summer Schedule, Beginning with John Lukacs

This isn’t one of John’s usual blog posts. It ends up something like a mini-book review of Five Days in London: May 1940 [Amazon link]. John approached the book as an opportunity for historical counterfactual, using the notes from the British Inner Cabinet. One of the things I

Expedition to Eden by J. Manfred Weichsel Book Review

Expedition to Eden [Amazon link] is book of fantastic adventure that also shines a light on a fascinating little bit of American history: the escape of John Surratt. While of course also talking about fallen angels, Nephilim, and the Papal Zouaves. John Surratt was the son of Mary Surratt, the

The Long View 2007-07-25: Depression, Revision, Imperative

With today’s coronavirus-inspired stock market plunge, we can look back at the last big market downturn via John’s blog post on the very first glimmerings of the housing bubble popping. Depression, Revision, Imperative It has been less than 20 years since the last time a really big real-estate

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.

Five Million Watts by Fenton Wood Book Review

I’m neither a radio nerd, nor musically inclined, but Five Million Watts [Amazon link] by Fenton Wood makes me wish that I were. Follow me as we follow Philo Hergenschmidt on his magical journey to the city of Ibukaron, and on his quest to save 2XG, the greatest radio

Takeover: Galaxy's Edge Book Review by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole

Takeover brings us back to where it all began, the dusty world of Kublar. Except now, after Chhun’s victory over Goth Sullus on Utopion, everything is different. In the years since the Battle of Kublar, the Kublarens have been integrated into the galactic economy, built up glittering cities, and

Website update and new affiliate program

I updated the landing page for BenEspen.com based upon this advice from Gwern to Patrick McKenzie: I decided to switch the default landing page away from With Both Hands, and setup a brief into to what this website is about, plus easy ways to get to the most popular