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The Long View 2005-04-05: Spengler, Ratzinger, Bret Schundler

David P. Goldman, who in 2005 was writing under the pseudonym Spengler for the Asia Times, ended up writing for First Things, among other publications. Goldman was right about Ratzinger. Spengler, Ratzinger, Bret Schundler Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith who spent

The Long View: The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity

The basic demographics of religion across the world remain unchanged from twelve years ago. The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity By Philip Jenkins Oxford University Press, 2002 270 Pages, US$14.95 ISBN 0-19-516891-7 Often enough, books on important topics are published almost simultaneously with historical events that

The Long View 2005-04-02: John Paul II

Joseph Ratzinger was John's second guess for Pope following John Paul II. He was elected, and himself elected not to follow the path of John Paul II into public incapacity. John Paul II As recently as Thursday night, I was deploring the way that the Vatican was allowing

John Reilly's Pilgrimage

Since I happened to be in New Jersey, I thought I would visit John Reilly's home, Jersey City, and attend Mass at Holy Rosary Church. John used to attend a Latin Mass there, but today I attended an Italian Mass. I thought perhaps having heard a Latin Mass

Linkfest 2017-06-16

Is Islam the rock on which the liberal order broke? Razib Khan's Brown Pundits post on whether liberalism broadly construed can stand against the intransigence of Islam. Think wine connoisseurship is nonsense? Blind-tasting data suggest otherwise It is easy to make fun of the expensive culture of wine

The Long View: God or Goddess?

Another book review written more than twenty years ago that couldn't be improved upon much by subsequent events. However, it does bring to mind Pope Francis' suggestion in May of 2016 that he would setup a commission to study women deacons in the early Church. Then, in

Linkfest 2017-05-05

* The Man Who Invented Identity Politics for the New Right Steve Sailer is getting more attention. This probably isn't good attention, but what can you do? * The quiet but substantial successes of Abenomics I still don't understand macroeconomics, but I am trying. * The siren song of