The Iconoclast

Spain: 1 dead in church machete attacks, terror link probed
From Gibraltar Broadcasting and AP via Yahoo BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A machete-wielding man killed a sexton and injured a priest in attacks at two churches in the city of […]

Horrified parents reveal how ‘creepy’ killer Afghan asylum seeker chatted up teenage girls at his secondary school while posing as a 14-year-old boy when he was really 19
Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai posed as a young Afghan orphan after arriving in Britain in 2019 and was allowed to study at Winton Academy in Bournemouth. But in reality, he was a 19-year-old man […]

Over 120 kg of explosives used in Brussels attacks, court learns
From the Brussels Times The Brussels Court of Assizes, which is currently presiding over the trial of suspects involved in the Brussels terror attacks at the Maelbeek metro station and […]

Knife rampage on German train leaves two dead and several others injured; perpetrator a stateless Palestinian
At least two people have been killed and five more injured in a stabbing rampage on a regional train in Germany today. A man, who is said to be Syrian, […]

The Progressive Scottish Gender Bill
by Theodore Dalrymple It’s often difficult to distinguish the cunning from the stupidity, the foolishness from the evil, of the political class. In Scotland, a bill has been passed to […]

Met Police officer attached to north London school admits child sexual offences
This is just one of far too many cases recently of policemen in London’s force committing sex crimes. Why I post this one is the age of the girls, his […]

Ukraine Showdown Only About 6 Weeks Away
by Conrad Black The Ukraine war now seems to be in a comparative pause awaiting spring offensives from both sides, and any serious attempt at a settlement will have to […]

Looking at the 2024 Presidential Election Way Too Early
by Roger L. Simon Predictions are difficult, particularly about the future, or so I was told by a person in a position (catcher) to know. Nevertheless, fool that I am, […]

A Glorious Gathering of Feminist Warriors: Saving One Extraordinary Afghan Woman
Feminists gathered in New York City to celebrate the rescue of Meena, who escaped the Taliban thanks to women’s efforts. by Phyllis Chesler In late January of this year, the […]

Euthanasia in the Third Reich
by Gary Fouse Amid all the horrors of the Third Reich, including World War 2 and the Holocaust, one atrocity that is often overlooked (at least outside of Germany) was […]

Something twinkly on a winter’s evening
As a change from work, worry and that which menaces Civilisation last night I went to have a look at the Winter Lights which have become an annual event in […]

Terror trial begins for NYC man accused of training ISIS snipers: ‘He taught them to kill’
From the New York Daily News via Yahoo Court sketch from the New York Post in 2019 on his return to the US The ex-wife of an accused radical who abandoned […]

Malthusian Whiplash as Overpopulation Fears Ebb
Today we are worrying about population decline in many countries — and diabetes has supplanted starvation as a scourge. by Theodore Dalrymple There is one thing that can be said […]

John Kerry Lays – Another – Egg at Davos
Climate tsar suggests the parley was convened by an extraterrestrial force to save the planet from the bugbear of global warming. by Conrad Black President Biden’s environmental tsar, the former […]

‘Friendly Skies’? Interview With an Unvaccinated Pilot Suing United Airlines
by Roger L. Simon The first thing I asked Tom Floyd was whether there was truth to the rumor that the wealthiest 1 percent who were heading for the World […]

‘Shamima Begum’s remorse is a sham — she sees herself as a celebrity’
From the Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday A filmmaker who met Shamima Begum in a Syrian refugee camp says the former-teen ISIS bride sees herself as a ‘celebrity’ after […]