The Iconoclast

Trump’s Democratic ‘Allies’
By Victor Davis Hanson Former Clinton strategist James Carville has reinvented himself at age 80 as a sage Democrat podcaster. His predictions—remember, a victorious Kamala Harris?—are usually wrong. He enjoys […]

51st state
By William Corden well somebody’s got to protest, it might as well be me😊 My knees are shakin’, my mind’s confused Our Canadian bacon has been abused It’s lying cold […]

LSE refuses cancellation of book launch defending ‘misunderstood’ Hamas
The London School of Economics (LSE) claimed it was defending “free speech” by refusing to cancel the launch of Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters on Monday afternoon. It comes […]

Migrant who called for slaughter of all Jews arrives in UK on small boat
From the Telegraph and the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism A Palestinian migrant who previously called for all Jews to be killed has said he has arrived in Britain on a small boat. […]

The Scrolls of the Jews
By Ehud Neor The Jewish people are bound up in their ancient scrolls, so much so that they become all but indistinguishable. As the ancient Dead Sea scrolls from Qumran […]

The Later Evolution of Religion
The Urantia Book explains religion as being composed of two different strains: one evolutionary and one revelatory. This paper touches briefly on all the extant religions and it makes clear: […]

Shocking animal abuse uncovered at halal slaughterhouse in Warwickshire
From local newspapers Warwickshire World and the Coventry Telegraph WARNING: Video attached to the article shows scenes that some readers may find distressing. Shocking footage shows terrified sheep being horrifically beaten […]

“It’s official” The British have become a nation of mental serfs
By Theodore Dalrymple That the British have become a nation of mental serfs — I speak grosso modo, of course — is suggested by the headlines starting with the locution “It’s […]

More on Conrad Black’s “Stark choices for Canada”
By William Corden Yes! Everybody I know is conscious about the environment and happy to do the small tasks required to put a halt to day to day pollution. Most […]

Canada’s stark choice
By Conrad Black Canada is teetering on the verge of plunging headlong into a state of political anomaly unique among large and sophisticated countries. We appear to be about to […]

A business deal vs. a peace deal
By Lev Tsitrin After last Friday’s public blowup in the White House between Zelenski and Vance/Trump, American narrative became: Russia is willing to sell Ukraine peace, but Ukraine refuses to […]

Donald Trump’s Scottish golf course targeted in Gaza protest
From the National Scot ACTIVISTS have targeted one of Donald Trump’s Scottish golf courses in a protest over the US president’s position on Gaza. Members of the group Palestine Action […]

Man climbs Big Ben carrying Palestine flag and threatens to go even higher – live updates
From My London A barefoot man has climbed Big Ben draped in a Palestine flag this morning (Saturday, March 8). Police have shut Westminster Bridge in both directions while they […]

The Joe Biden ‘Now They Tell Us’ Phenomenon
By Victor Davis Hanson I want to talk today about this sudden phenomenon of “Now they tell us.” I don’t know if you’ve noticed, everyone, The Wall Street Journal, The New […]

Infamous ‘two-tier’ sentencing guidelines based on David Lammy report – ‘Labour’s fingerprints are all over this!’
From GB News The sentencing guidelines at the centre of a “two-tier justice” row were based on a report written by David Lammy, it has emerged. New guidance issued by the Sentencing […]

Sergei Rachmaninoff and the Selfish Lady at Carnegie Hall
By Phyllis Chesler What has become of classical concert-goers in Manhattan? One would think that they’d be polite, soft-spoken, genteel, even gracious–but you’d be wrong. Other than the many Koreans […]