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The Old Man of the Mountain, twenty years later
I have nothing revelatory to write about today. Twenty years ago, I wrote something. I read it again today. The only new thought I have: it seems I don’t have a well of emotions I can express in anything like … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged 9/11, Alamut, Eagle's Nest, Hasan-i Sabbah, hashish, Lawrence Wright, Old Man of the Mountain, Osama bin Laden, Sheikh al Jabal, Shiites, the Assassins, the Crusades, The Looming Tower, Twin Towers, Victoria's Secret, World Trade Center
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War. I don’t get it. But then I’m a naive and foolish woman
I’ve just been listening to a panel of experts on Nicolle Wallace’s MSNBC show, opining critically on what is happening in Afghanistan. I am, emotionally and intellectually, in a combination of sarcastic bewilderment and fury. With one exception, the experts … Continue reading
Posted in Joe Biden and his people, Politics, The Facts of Life, War on women
Tagged Afghanistan war, Al Qaeda, Bin Laden, George Bush, Joe Biden, Katty Kay, MSNBC, Nicholle Wallace, Taliban, Twin Towers
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The Old Man of The Mountain
The Assassins, who are a people dependent on Phoenicia, are considered by the Mohometans to be sovereignly devout and pure in morals. They hold that the surest way to merit paradise is to kill someone of an opposing religion. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Montaigne, Old Man of the Mountain, Osama bin Laden, the Assassins, the Crusades, Twin Towers
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