In the very end, we were left with only four major lifestyle choices. One was the populist mania and mendacity we see today, which does more harm than good. Two is the Marxist ideal that can never be attained but is sought after nevertheless through bitter revolutionary fervor. Three is the liberal illusion and lie … Continue reading “Balqees” (Seventh Note to the Review)
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“Balqees” (Fifth Note to the Review)
“I was made to love three things from your world: women, and perfume, and the comfort of my eye is in prayer.” A famous expression from the Prophet Muhammad to indicate what is left over to enjoy after having adopted the kind of ascetic practices and techniques such as intensive reading and writing and intensive meditation … Continue reading “Balqees” (Fifth Note to the Review)
Nineteenth Note to “Jew Hater”
Cold War history - which is the most recent stage of American history - is very much a fight and a struggle between mainstream “national security” culture on one hand and American ‘counterculture’ on the other hand. And when the status quo collapses and fails, which it has now, either religious forces take over, or … Continue reading Nineteenth Note to “Jew Hater”
Adam A. Azim 