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The Long View 2005-01-14: Simple Taxes, Simple Spelling, NGOs & Evil Robots

John noted in this blog post that Google's ad policies were inadvertently standardizing spelling. Google search does much the same thing. If you really wanted to change spelling, maybe that would be the way to do it? Simple Taxes, Simple Spelling, NGOs & Evil Robots Now that even

The Long View: The Domination

I consider Stirling one of my favorite authors, but I could never get into this one. The premise is pretty interesting, it was the execution that put me off. The Draka society is truly horrible, and described in detail, but also this series of novels, like the Island in the

The Long View: Snapscript

This is John Reilly's more mature attempt at new English orthography, based on his earlier Altscript. Contents Everyday Snapscript Snapscript Introduction The Rules Group I: Special Forms Group II: Initial Vowels Group III: Medial Vowels Group IV: Final Vowels Group V: General Consonants Everyday Snapscript No one expects

The Long View 2005-01-05: Apocalypse; Asteroids; Demographics; Super Vixens

I remember emailing John Reilly regarding his speculation that the cityscapes in the Japanese zombie videogames/movies known as Resident Evil always look Canadian. He immediately confused me with someone else. Apocalypse; Asteroids; Demographics; Super Vixens What long-term political impact will the recent tsunami have on the eastern Indian Ocean

The Long View 2005-01-01: Things to Keep in Mind in 2005

Why does nothing ever change? I'm half-kidding, but in the beginning of 2005, the Democratic Party was going through major soul-searching from an electoral loss, and the biggest issues were terrorism, how expensive healthcare is, and immigration. Also, here is a prediction that didn't turn out

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

The Long View: New Spelling

New Spelling This is the first paragraph of the short story, "The Star," by H. G. Wells. It was first issued in New Spelling in 1942, with the author's permission. This slightly modified version is taken from the Simplified Spelling Society's pamphlet No. 12,