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The Long View 2004-02-23: Popular Gothic

Dan Brown is far from my favorite author, but my hat is off to him for knowing his audience. It sure as hell wasn't me, but my tastes tend to be niche. However, it took a man like John to compare and contrast Tom Clancy's environmental

The Long View: Executive Orders

Here is a link to the Oliver Stone review of Executive Orders that motivated John to read the book. I find the Stone review kind of funny, especially this: As usual, some of the Clancy plotting is fiendishly inventive, and he has a technically sharp command of the realistic detail,

The Long View 2004-02-18: Spoilers

There was a period of time when the New Oxford Review was one of the few reasonably orthodox Catholic magazines in the United States. Unfortunately, NOR's salad days are long behind it. A look at their home page in course of writing this post confirmed that they are

The Long View 2004-02-04: When the Vampire Speaks

Bill Clinton's visit to U.S.-Islamic World Forum in 2004 is a good reminder that there isn't really that much difference between the two American parties on foreign policy. [Bill Clinton] told his audience that had he been president when the September 11 attacks occurred,

The Long View 2004-02-02: Groundhog Day

Sigh. Unfortunately, some Wiccans know the liturgical calendar better than Christians do. Groundhog Day One may well ask how I could live so long without realizing that Candlemas and Groundhog Day are the same festival. No doubt they are related as Halloween is to All Saints' Day: a very

The Long View 2004-01-24: More Catechesis

John here delves deeper into The Passion. Despite Gibson's personal flaws, the Passion isn't anti-Semitic. Yes, even though there has long been an undercurrent that insists on interpreting the Gospels this way. More Catechesis Here is a quick update to yesterday's exursion into the

The Long View 2004-01-23: Presidential Hostage-Taking; Sitzkrieg; Catechesis

John Reilly pooh-poohed a news report in 2004 linking Iran to al-Qaeda, but twelve years later, John Schindler, who was in the NSA at the time of 9/11, still wants to dig into the Iranian connection. Make of that what you will. John also pooh-poohed the ability of Special