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The Long View 2003-11-17: Arnold's Apocalypse

Unfortunately, the planned Governator series was canceled following [another] revelation of martial infidelity by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Which is a pity, because I thought the whole idea was quite funny. Schwarzenegger's career, and the Terminator movies, represent largely ignored parts of American culture and political history. Absurd! you say.

LinkFest 2016-03-04

Liberal, Harsh Denmark Scandinavian welfare states work best when they stay largely Scandinavian. The Revolt of the Comedians: Tina Fey Edition When Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt came out, my wife said to me, "It is all one big race joke." How Trump Rules Twitter From the Twitter timeline of

The Long View 2003-11-10: Corrections, Mostly of the New York Times

John was a lawyer, so he noticed that you don't need the Patriot Act to try to force people to do things. Otherwise unknown laws often serve just as well, for example the All Writs Act. Corrections, Mostly of the New York Times Yesterday, the Times ran a

The Long View: President John McCain

Here is a bit of alternative history John wrote in 2008. My favorite line: Russian-American relations went from frosty to arctic after the first meeting between President McCain and President Vladimir Putin, when McCain made his notorious “evil ice dwarf” comment to reporters on the flight home. I'm

The Long View: After the Eighth Day

When I think about the transition to Empire, this is the story that gives me nightmares. It is usually a bad sign when a very short story needs an introduction. Nonetheless, here are some links that might make this piece slightly less obscure. The general historical scenario for this story

LinkFest 2016-02-12

Sewell Wright: Evolving Mendel A retrospective of one of the seminal papers that helped to unite Mendel and Darwin. In the early twentieth century, some of Darwin's disciples, including accomplished scientists like Karl Pearson, opposed Mendelian theory. Darwin had advocated a continuous blending theory of inheritance, whereas Mendel

LinkFest 2016-02-05

This session of LinkFest is a week delayed, so I have included a double dose of love. Why Hilary's EmailGate Matters John Schindler continues to do yeoman's work on the true cost of Hillary Clinton's negligent handling of classified material on email. EMA will