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Lost in Space–Time

From the April 2010 Print Edition

36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein Random House, 402 pages, $27.95 Rebecca Goldstein used to write novels about mad scientists”not the sort that Bela Lugosi used to portray in the old Universal Pictures films, but scientists who drove . . . . Continue Reading »

Who Is Barack Obama?

From First Thoughts

I profiled Barack Obama on Feb. 26, 2008 in Asia Times Online. This essay caused more revulsion and anguish than all the rest of my “Spengler” writings put together. I stand by every word, and believe that subsequent events validate the analysis. Obama is a Third World anthropologist . . . . Continue Reading »

Obamalypse for Israel

From First Thoughts

There is an Obamalyptic tone at the White House. The president put the all the chips he owned in domestic politics on the table for a health care bill opposed by more than 60% of polled voters, and now he has thrown all his foreign policy chips into the pot in order to humiliate a close American . . . . Continue Reading »

Obama’s Alliance With Iran

From First Thoughts

Ralph Peters’ op-ed in today’s New York Post shows that our putative allies in Afghanistan as well as Iraq are in bed with Iran. He argues that it’s a blunder. It will be a blunder, but it’s actually Obama’s policy, and it was spelled out by now Defense Secretary . . . . Continue Reading »

Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Finance

From First Thoughts

That’s the title of this morning’s “Spengler” essay at Asia Times. I’ve never seen anything quite like this, except, of course, in Japan during the 1990s—but not on a global scale, and not with the world’s main reserve currency. The global banking system is . . . . Continue Reading »