Can you say some more about the arguments linked here and the evidence (anecdotal or otherwise) that supports the thesis that they were right? I say this havin

Can you say some more about the arguments linked here and the evidence (anecdotal or otherwise) that supports the thesis that they were right? I say this having briefly browsed the links contained and the summaries provided by the front page. It is a lot of prose, and fairly prosiac if for its age. Could you help to unpack the strongest of their arguments which have been most strongly vindicated by history?