Expulsion and the Will to Survive

Historical Wrongs: Deportations and Expulsions Assyrian Destruction of Peoples and Nations In 1300 BCE, the Assyrian Empire ensured the docility of the nations it conquered by expelling peoples from their homelands, and replacing them with other deportees.  The best way for a nation to survive was to humbly submit as an Assyrian vassal state.  The […]

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Angels of Jihad, Angels of Apathy

Electricity has made angels of us all…  Unlike print, TV doesn’t transport bits of classified information.  Instead it transports the viewer.  It takes his spirit on a trip, an instant trip.  On live shows, it takes his spirit to real events in progress. But here a contradiction occurs: though TV may make the viewer’s spirit […]

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The Dark Ages Are Coming

Winter is coming The death, or at least the Dark Age of Western Civilization is quickly approaching.  We’re surrendering in battles that we’ve fought for decades, even centuries.  And they’re conflicts in which the West was heading towards overwhelming victories. It’s not too long ago that the Muslim world seemed poised to join Western civilization.  […]

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Down With Yankee Imperialism!

Right-thinking and progressive people have looked ruefully at the sordid history of western imperialism, grateful for the enlightened attitudes of contemporary societies and governments.  The former colonies are treated respectfully; indigenous people receive apologies, sometimes even financial compensation.  The relation is between equals, not conqueror and victim. Tourists now visit exotic places that were once […]

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Why did the Garden of Eden disappear?

What happened to paradise, the Garden of Eden?  How are we supposed to get there if we don’t even know where it is? There are theories: it’s a spiritual place, not subject to the strictures of a base, physical life.  Alternatively, it’s somewhere in the Fertile Crescent: present day Iraq, Syria, Turkey, or maybe even […]

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