Thursday, January 13, 2005

Musing Anon

Spengler's columns are always a ripping read - he pushes a clear thesis with reams of historical and geopolitical context. That he writes under a pseudonym and is disparaging of ideologies both left and right, also gives him a certain immunity from polemical attack. He neither seeks the false sympathy of readers who might be inclined to offer it on the grounds of national, religious or political affiliation, nor can be rebutted by being pigeonholed as an 'uber-lib', or a 'neocon'. Anonymity makes us take him more seriously.

Having said that, I'm of course, very curious as to his identity anyway ;-) People have variously suggested he is Henry Kissinger, author Robert Greene, spy novelist Trevanian, and VS Naipaul.
Spengler's whimsical musings on these suggestions

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