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Benjamin Espen

The Long View: The Unconquerable World Book Review

At first blush, the argument in Schell's book seems plausible. After all, we all know that insurgencies are unbeatable, just look at Vietnam. Unfortunately, this is only plausible if you are well educated while at the same time not knowing much of anything. While it could perhaps be

Rurouni Kenshin Twenty Years Later

Right now Netflix is showing most of my favorite anime. Subbed, no less. As I have gotten older, my interest in anime has waned, but a few of my favorites are still classics that bear watching again and again. Among those is Rurouni Kenshin. This tale of a wandering swordsman

LinkFest 2016-02-26

This link fest has been long delayed, so it got extra big. Enjoy! How to Construct the Ultimate Conspiracy Theory An interview with Tim Powers about how he researches his novels, and other fun things. America's Top Five Mistakes in Iraq John Schindler at XX Committee reviews what

The Long View 2003-11-03: Dubious Trends

You can make your own conclusions regarding these trends twelve years later. Dubious Trends About 15 years ago, I wasted the time of the senior executives of a major law-publisher I worked for with memos insisting that they absolutely had to start a newsletter dealing with the regulatory implications of

The Long View: The Life of Thomas More

The two oak panel portraits by Hans Holbein the Younger above are a fascinating study in contrasts. Holbein painted the two men only six years apart or so. Each man sat for a portrait at the peak of his power, More in 1527, Cromwell between 1532 and 1534. Yet the

The Long View: The Demoralization of Society from Victorian Times to Modern Values

This book is probably best read in productive counter-point to Gregory Clark's A Farewell to Alms. It is not possible to understand the modern world without understanding both genetics and moral reform. Victorian England was the product of at least 1500 years of selection that made the most

Commando Dad: New Recruits Book review

Commando Dad: New Recruits A Guide to Pregnancy and Birth for Dads-to-Be By Neil Sinclair Chronicle Books, 2015 $16.95; 192 pages ISBN 978-1-4521-4552-5 I received this book for free from LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program. This book is a nice, quick overview of what to expect during pregnancy,