The Iconoclast
As an American, Pope Leo’s Election Augurs Well for the World
By Conrad Black There is some significance in the fact that the new leader of one of the world’s largest religious denominations, and the head of the state and government […]
A Review of The Barking Squirrel
By Armando Simón I grabbed Carl Nelson’s The Barking Squirrel to read frankly for its title. The book is a collection of essays on a wide variety of subjects. As […]
Burning Questions Unanswered
By Phyllis Chesler Why is Hamas only releasing an American-Israeli hostage and not an Israeli-Israeli hostage? I am thrilled that Edan Alexander has been transferred to a Red Cross truck, but […]
Jurors told not to speculate over absence of defendant in Rochdale sex abuse trial
From the Manchester Evening News Jurors in the trial of seven men accused of historic sexual offences in Rochdale have been told not to speculate why one of them is […]
Distance
By Carl Nelson “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” – Charlie Chaplin We live in a small town on the Ohio River. And […]
Catholic and American Brands Are Bolstered With the Accession of Pope Leo XIV
By Conrad Black Not too much should be made of the fact that we now have the first pope whose native language is English since Adrian IV (Nicholas Breakspear) who […]
The Decivilizing of America
By Victor Davis Hanson Secure borders and stationary populations were considered the mark of emerging civilization by classical historians. In contrast to nomadism and constant strife over disputed territory, peoples […]
Canada’s Baseless Rodomontade About a Latter-Day ‘Anschluss’ Evaporates After Trump’s Meeting With Carney
By Conrad Black Prime Minister Carney has returned from Washington and is taking a bow from the highly supportive Canadian political press for a cordial meeting with President Trump. He […]
What starts with the Jews doesn’t always end with the Jews
By Matthew M. Hausman I was asked during a reception at a recent speaking engagement whether I was shocked at the rise of political violence in the US – where […]
The Case for Granting Independence to Puerto Rico
Puerto Ricois an enormous financial drain on the US and the stigma of its being a US ‘colony’ must be ended By Armando Simón The island of Puerto Rico was […]
Broadway Baby
By Bruce Bawer Two years ago, a new 12-foot-high bronze statue by British artist Thomas J. Price was installed outside Rotterdam’s main railroad station. It’s called Moments Contained, and its subject, […]
Masked Female Jihadist “Wannabees” on American Campuses
By Phyllis Chesler Why are so many of the pro-Hamas protestors/demonstrators/rioters/jihadist-like rioters–girls and women? Why do they mask themselves voluntarily as well so as to disguise their identities? I have […]
Don’t Forget to Call Your Mother
“One’s On The Way” by Shel Silvestein They say to have her hair done, Liz flies all the way to France And Jackie’s seen in a discoth’eque doin’ a […]
The Real Nature of Religion
I took the title of my last book from this paper, and I noticed some reviewers commenting on how original my work was. Well, it wasn’t original at all. Most […]
If You Can’t Make My Day, You Can At Least Name It.
By Reg Green Today, as every American male who has […]
Michael Feinstein’s Auschwitz Envy
The cabaret star imagines he’s actually in Cabaret By Bruce Bawer Those of us who are in love with the Great American Songbook know the story of Michael Feinstein by […]
