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The Long View 2002-01-25 Papal Election Campaign goes Negative

John did a lot of yeoman's work exposing the shoddy work that lay under claims that Pius XII somehow didn't do enough to prevent the Holocaust. This is a lie with legs, but John did as much as anyone to point out how deeply silly it

The Long View 2002-01-24 There is no time like the present

John wasn't a scientist, but rather a bright and well-read lawyer with an interest in science and science fiction. I think this made him a better analyst of trends and fads in science than those on the inside. John wrote extensively on natural philosophy, and the first links

The Long View 2002-01-23 The Sins of the Father

I would describe John as a cautious fan of George W. Bush. While this surely will mark him as suspect in many eyes, since W was widely despised, the reasons for John's assessment are unique. For instance, he felt that we would have had a war with Iraq

The Long View 2002-01-22 Heroes & Nitwits

It was 9-11 that initially brought me to John's site. As I've said, John was one of the most reasonable people I ever knew, and his home in New Jersey was right across the Hudson from the WTC. John was a voice of sanity in those

The Long View 2002-01-21 Crusaders

One of the reasons I wanted to look back over John's writings 12 years later, is I'm curious how well his predictions turned out. One of John's intellectual interests was what he called macrohistory or metahistory, the study of models of history. In the

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The Long View

On May 30, 2012, my friend John J. Reilly passed from this vale of tears after a sudden illness. John and I never met in person, but we exchanged emails and forum posts for nearly ten years, so I feel that I knew him in a way. John was one

After Armageddon Book Review

After Armageddon: There Will Be War Volume IX Created by Jerry Pournelle, Edited by John F. Carr 404 pages; $3.99 I really enjoy this series. It has been out of print for a long time, but you can readily find copies in used book stores or on the internet.