"Spengler" uses the celebrity of Susan Boyle to say some hard things about the West. I personally don't want to take anything away from Miss Boyle, whom I find enchanting and whose success I find heartening, but at the same time, what Spengler says about the West, in contrast to the industriousness of Asia, bears contemplating. (HT: John Derbyshire)
Update: After posting the above, I learned that Spengler has now identified himself in an autobiographical essay published today. (HT: Hugh Hewitt) I have found "Spengler's" articles for Asia Times Online invariably fascinating. "Spengler" has been the pseudonym for David P Goldman, newly hired as associate editor of First Things.
(Which makes me think, despite Richard J. Neuhaus' passing, I'll maybe renew my subscription when it expires.)