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The Long View: Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science

The kind of thing that John Reilly laments in this book review is alive and well. If you want a taste of it, check out New Real Peer Review on Twitter, which simply reprints abstracts of actual, peer-reviewed articles. A favorite genre is the autoethnography. Go look for yourself, no

The Long View 2004-12-20: Iraq Counterfactuals; Hero & Empire; Iceland

The First Emperor of China was assumed to be mythical for a long time. Then the archeological finds started piling up. The remarkable unity of the Chinese state over the millennia is in part due to this man. Iraq Counterfactuals; Hero & Empire; Iceland You have to wonder why the

The Long View: Napoleon: A Political Life

Napoleon was one of the great figures of European history. This is a fine summary of his life. Napoleon: A Political Life By Steven Englund Scribner, 2004 592 Pages, $35.00 ISBN 0-684-87142-4 Several biographies of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) have been published over the years. This one, by an American

The Long View: Fonetic

Fonetic This poem is taken from my recollection of the entry under Weather in Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary": Wuns I luukt into the fuecher, far as enywun cuud see, And I saw the cheef forcaster, ded as enywun cuud be. Ded and damd

The Long View: Truespel

Truespel This poem is taken from my recollection of the entry under Weather in Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary": Wunts ie lookd intue thu fyuecher, faar az eneewun kood see, And ie sau thu cheef forkaster ded az eneewun kood bee. Ded and damd

The Long View: A History of Europe

In the twenty years since this was written, a common European identity has still failed to materialize. However, across the West we do see a common identity forming, a citizen of the world. A French voter, Rachid Berdouzi, memorably described himself as such, and this identity motivated him to vote

The Long View: The Plot Against America

A good apocalyptic novel never gets old. The Plot Against America By Philip Roth Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004 391 Pages, US$26.00 ISBN 0-618-50928-3 It's always interesting when a major novelist turns his hand to genre fiction, and especially when he does it well. Philip Roth has