The Iconoclast
NSW Police apply to Supreme Court to stop planned pro-Palestine marches on October 7
From the Australian NSW Police is attempting to prevent planned pro-Palestine gatherings ahead of the one-year anniversary of the war in Gaza. Protests had been scheduled to go ahead in […]
‘Pogrom(s)’ stands out in a flurry of Oct. 7 documentaries
By Phyllis Chesler Oct. 7 is still happening, it’s not even over yet, and already we are inundated by films, plays, songs, artwork, pop-up museums, gatherings and memorial-service concerts. Thus far, […]
It’s Time to Determine Once and for All if Canada Wishes to Be One Nation or Two
By Conrad Black Last week’s threat by Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet to withdraw support from the government has attracted more publicity than it deserves. He declared that the Bloc […]
Ayatollahs’ crisis of religion
By Lev Tsitrin New York Times‘ analysis of ayatollahs’ dilemma in the wake of Hezbullah’s setbacks strikes the right notes — but not all of them. It surely makes sense […]
Reasons for Great Hope Start To Appear in the Mideast After 75 Years of Multilateral Hypocrisy
By Conrad Black Gruesome though war always is, there are in the current Middle Eastern conflict reasons for great hope for dramatic progress in what has for 75 years been […]
Our Ukrainian War Narrative—Paradoxes, Obsessions, and Disconnects
By Victor Davis Hanson About half of America sympathizes with Ukraine’s plight and wishes to arm it. After all, Kyiv was attacked preemptively by Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, […]
Taking on the Borg
By Carl Nelson In his latest book of short sketches, Goodbye America. It Was Great While it Lasted, Armando Simon tries to nail that blob of Wokeness /Marxism /Feminism which […]
Muslim Parents At London Jewish School Complain Of Oct. 7th Memorial: ‘Disrespectful To Muslims’
I saw this on X this afternoon on the 5 Pillarz account but I don’t like giving them any publicity. This is from VIN News of Israel. JERUSALEM (VINnews) — […]
What America Can Learn from Israel but Won’t
“Yalla ya Nasrallah… ” By Roger L Simon My friend Lee Smith has an excellent article on Tablet, “Killing Nasrallah,” with the subtitle “Israel shows America how to win wars” that […]
Primitive Human Institutions
This paper details the long. slow and arduous path toward civilization humankind has trod. It explains the early beginnings of our institutions, the first divisions of labor, and the development […]
Civilization is winning the war on terror
By Conrad Black Almost imperceptibly from Canada, the countries of the comparatively advanced world whose politics are more or less democratic, are edging back from their infatuation with the woke […]
BBC ‘cut line from Nova massacre documentary calling Hamas terrorists’
The BBC has been criticised for airing a documentary about the Oct 7 Nova music festival massacre without describing Hamas as terrorists. This week, the corporation showed a different version of the […]
Netanyahu left Israel to ‘trick’ Hezbollah leader
Benjamin Netanyahu left Israel for New York to “trick” Hezbollah’s leader into thinking he was safe, a senior Israeli official told The Telegraph. Lev Tsitrin’s intelligent “hunch” was right yesterday. […]
Netanyahu in New York: a decoy for Nasrallah in Beirut?
By Lev Tsitrin Many decades ago, when I was a ten-year-old Soviet kid, I read a thrilling story about Italian police catching a major Mafia boss. After their painstaking sleuthing […]
October/September Surprises!
By Victor Davis Hanson An October surprise is usually defined as the well-known (and more often left-wing) tactic of manufacturing or unloading a news story right before voting to surprise […]
Eight Brief Reviews of Historical Books
By Armando Simón Comrades and Commissars: The Lincoln Battalion in the Spanish Civil War by Cecil D. Eby This book deals exclusively with the International Brigade that was fought in […]
