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The Long View: Forever Peace

This book review contains a remarkable prediction, one so bold that even I find it hard to believe. John Reilly claims that work has nearly no elasticity. Would it really make such a difference if all manufacturing jobs were automated? The proportion of people in advanced countries who have such

The Long View 2005-03-30: Death & Taxes

Memento mori. Death & Taxes For reasons I find mysterious, the 11th Circuit has agreed to review the Terri Schiavo case once again. No doubt the situation will be resolved by the time you read this. As some commentators have long forecast, the political Left of the Democratic Party is

The Long View 2005-03-25: Good Friday

This quote is remarkable, and has colored my view of government and constitutions ever since: Griswald-Roe-Caseyeven if the constitution says the sovereign has no such power Pre-constitutional functions of government is a great turn of phrase. Good Friday Terri Schiavo does not have long now, unless some official decides to

The Long View 2005-03-21: Eschatology: Personal, Universal, and Musical

In a remarkable coincidence, I happen to be fairly close to Point Pleasant, NJ today. I have noticed a lack of apocalyptic activity. I also note that anagnorisis, or recognition of a newborn society rising in triumph around a still somewhat mysterious hero and his bride, can be used to

The Long View: Anatomy of Criticism

The Long View: Anatomy of Criticism

As a believer that great works of synthesis are the characteristic work of our age, I support this kind of book. Anatomy of Criticism By Northrop Frye Foreword by Harold Bloom Princeton University Press, 1957 (Paperback 1990) 383 Pages, $17.95 ISBN 0691069999 A review of this book really should

The Long View 2005-03-18: Extinctions: Periodic & Deserved

As far as I know, nothing serious ever came out of Rohde and Muller's 2005 on cyclical extinctions, but I linked the image above to a copy of the original paper. I think is usually a mistake to look for alternative explanations for the Cretaceous extinction. Extinctions: Periodic

The Long View 2005-03-15: Misguided Enterprises

John guessed in 2005 that California voters would eventually amend their state constitution to outlaw gay marriage, but at this point he didn't seem to think it especially likely the California Supreme Court, and eventually the United State Supreme Court would hold such amendments to violate the equal