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The Long View 2004-01-13: GWB and Kaiser Bill

I suppose there is nothing other to say here than in a different set of circumstances, we wouldn't have blown up Iraq. GWB and Kaiser Bill I always had a soft spot in my heart for former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. After all those years of

The Long View 2004-01-08: The Martian Frontier

If you needed some proof of my contention that it wasn't only right-wingers that were crazy after 9/11, here is Thomas Friedman, nobody's idea of right-wing nut, calling 9/11 the start of World War III. While not right-wing, he was a nut. There isn&

The Long View 2004-01-05: Duk Soop

I greatly enjoyed Babylon 5 when it was on television, and I appreciated John's allusion to it here. Duk Soop At this point in the Democratic primary campaign, I suppose that Howard Dean must be feeling a little like Ambassador Londo in the first season of the Babylon

The Long View: Our Stolen Future

This topic is one I have found it rather difficult to write a post about. I've been sitting on this book review of John's for nearly eight months, but it is referenced in the next The Long View blog post, so I need to get it

The Long View 2004-01-01

Another year of John's blog down. In many ways, this is a journey of self-discovery, as well as remembrance. It is painful to read the things John wrote about Iraq in 2003, but if we are honest with ourselves, many of us said or thought the same things

The Long View 2003-12-26: Boxing Day

Contra John here, I think the neo-Darwinian synthesis can predict. It is just that many of its practitioners are too vested in ignoring its implications. Or perhaps just don't know they are talking about. Unfortunately, the latter is depressingly common. It is also really depressing to reflect that

The Long View 2003-12-22: Some Readings from Revelation

The DHS scrapped the color code warning system in 2011. Which is a good thing, I never really gave it much heed. Some Readings from Revelation Here is one way to look at the uptick of the security level to Orange: ---Revelation 12:12 Yes. Rejoice. Whoopee. I have great