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Benjamin Espen

The Long View 2004-01-01

Another year of John's blog down. In many ways, this is a journey of self-discovery, as well as remembrance. It is painful to read the things John wrote about Iraq in 2003, but if we are honest with ourselves, many of us said or thought the same things

The Long View 2003-12-26: Boxing Day

Contra John here, I think the neo-Darwinian synthesis can predict. It is just that many of its practitioners are too vested in ignoring its implications. Or perhaps just don't know they are talking about. Unfortunately, the latter is depressingly common. It is also really depressing to reflect that

LinkFest 2016-04-01

April Fool's Edition The CDC is trying to make 86 million Americans sick I've long thought the pre-diabetes thing was a bit foolish. While it is a good thing to be able to quantitate, if you don't understand what you are doing it can

The Long View 2003-12-22: Some Readings from Revelation

The DHS scrapped the color code warning system in 2011. Which is a good thing, I never really gave it much heed. Some Readings from Revelation Here is one way to look at the uptick of the security level to Orange: ---Revelation 12:12 Yes. Rejoice. Whoopee. I have great

The Long View 2003-12-17: The Return of the King

John didn't do movie reviews often, so this is a treat. The Return of the King "Wake up, Mr. Frodo!" "Oh, what time is it, Sam?" "It's time to finish the last of these here Peter Jackson movies, begging your pardon.

The Long View 2003-12-11: McCain-Feingold; Iraq Contracts: The Human Gaia Effect; Nixon the Nazgul

I am not an expert in elections law, but I do find it remarkable that John felt that the long term impact of the McCain – Feingold Act would be to ultimately weaken American political parties to the point where a celebrity could run for President without really needing to heed

LinkFest 2016-03-26

Holy Saturday Edition Ruby Slippers Gabriel Rossman makes a persuasive case that social construction is real, but the concept is mostly used by people who don't understand it, and have no sense of proportion. How Does America "Reshore" Skills that have Disappeared? The first couple of