[risk]

His writing is a carefully veiled attack on the legitimacy of American power. When he associates fascism with a populace's will to defeat mortality, he is pointing an accusing finger at the Anglo-sphere. Is American power now fed by such a wanton and irresponsible lust for life and influence? To ask such a question is to ignore the power of the Enlightenment's premise of rationality. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington wouldn't have been deterred by Heidegger's dilemmas. They were too busy thinking about temporal freedoms and how to keep them safe. I think their answer to the 'existential question' would have been to suggest farming.

By the way, it's no accident that this writer's nom de plum is Spengler.

He's cackling as we falter.

Oswald Spengler

He hasn't seen our real strength yet. Because it's the strength of freedom. He underestimates how simple it is to just want to live without chains. He fails to realize that once tasted, liberty unforgettable.

[LadyDoc]

this Spengler in his columns makes a lot of snide remarks about everyone...christians, Catholics, etc. but mainly blasts europwimgs.

check out his other Tolkien essay (link above).. which ends:

Those who hold America in contempt for its lack of refinement (this writer always has held the term "American culture" to be an oxymoron) should think carefully about this conclusion. From their founding on Christmas Day 800 AD, when Charlemagne accepted the crown of the revived Roman Empire, the institutions of the West have been formed in response to external threat. The Holy Roman Empire of the High Middle Ages, Tolkien's conscious model for the Kingdom of Gondor, arose in response to the incursions of Arabs in the south, Vikings in the north, and Magyars in the West. Boorish and gruff as the new American Empire might seem, it is an anti-empire populated by reluctant heroes who want nothing more than to till their fields and mind their homes, much like Tolkien's Hobbits. Under pressure, though, it will respond with a fierceness and cohesion that will surprise its adversaries. Orcs of the world: Take note and beware.

[Alkhin]

I'm really not sure what the arguments against this article are. What he says makes very good sense. To me, the author appears to point out that Tolkien is saying what the Bible says : "man is but the grass. He shall fade and pass away." This is what Christ reminded us of when he said "My Kingdom is not of this world"

This article is frighteningly accurate in the wake of what happened in Spain. Everyone is wondering if the Muslims will conquer.