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The Long View 2004-12-28: Disasters, Natural and Otherwise

The final death toll of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami came in somewhere around 250,000. Requiescat in pace. This finishes up the year 2004 of the Long View, John J. Reilly's blog. I have been at this since February of 2014, and I intend to

The Long View: Cut Speling

Cut Spelng This poem is taken from my recollection of the entry under Weather in Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary": Once I lookd into th futur, far as anyone cud se, And I saw th chief forcastr, ded as anyone cud be. Ded and

The Long View: Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science

The kind of thing that John Reilly laments in this book review is alive and well. If you want a taste of it, check out New Real Peer Review on Twitter, which simply reprints abstracts of actual, peer-reviewed articles. A favorite genre is the autoethnography. Go look for yourself, no

The Long View 2004-12-20: Iraq Counterfactuals; Hero & Empire; Iceland

The First Emperor of China was assumed to be mythical for a long time. Then the archeological finds started piling up. The remarkable unity of the Chinese state over the millennia is in part due to this man. Iraq Counterfactuals; Hero & Empire; Iceland You have to wonder why the

The Long View: Napoleon: A Political Life

Napoleon was one of the great figures of European history. This is a fine summary of his life. Napoleon: A Political Life By Steven Englund Scribner, 2004 592 Pages, $35.00 ISBN 0-684-87142-4 Several biographies of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) have been published over the years. This one, by an American

The Long View: Fonetic

Fonetic This poem is taken from my recollection of the entry under Weather in Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary": Wuns I luukt into the fuecher, far as enywun cuud see, And I saw the cheef forcaster, ded as enywun cuud be. Ded and damd

The Long View: Truespel

Truespel This poem is taken from my recollection of the entry under Weather in Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary": Wunts ie lookd intue thu fyuecher, faar az eneewun kood see, And ie sau thu cheef forkaster ded az eneewun kood bee. Ded and damd