The Iconoclast

Trump works a political miracle in Downing Street
By Conrad Black Obscured by the deafening cacophony of incomprehension about a number of the policy innovations of the Trump administration, there are some refreshing signs of progress. The movement […]

What Would It Take to Destroy the United States?
By Victor Davis Hanson I was looking at the news this week and I thought of an experiment. What if you really wanted to destroy the United States? What if […]

Labour ABANDONS plans for five local grooming gang inquiries
From GB News Labour has dropped plans for grooming gang inquiries, making the announcement on the final day before Parliament breaks up for Easter recess. In January, Home Secretary Yvette […]

French police arrest trio suspected of ISIS-inspired suicide plot
The first English language report I have come across is in the Jerusalem Post French police arrested three men aged 19-24 on suspicion that they wished to carry out a suicide […]

Oh, Oh, Canada
By Armando Simón The totalitarian worshipping Justin Trudeau was recently replaced as prime minister by another liberal globalist Mark Carney. Trudeau was highly unpopular with many Canadian people for […]

A Neglected American Classic
By Geoffrey Clarfield Until the reelection of President Donald Trump, the conservative intellectual movement has been fighting a rearguard action—justly exposing the negative dynamics of wokeness, “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” […]

Conservative Filmmakers Are Changing Hollywood
By Bruce Bawer The Dream Factory: that’s what they used to call Hollywood. As the long-forgotten silent-movie star Norma Desmond sings in the 1991 musical Sunset Boulevard: “We taught the […]

Don’t Like Trump’s Plan for the Economy? Let’s Hear Yours
By Victor Davis Hanson Whether you like it or I like it or whether the administration likes it or whether the Congress or the American people like it, the success […]

Trump’s Tariff Policy Is in Part a Containment Strategy to Deal With the China Threat
By Conrad Black Evaluating President Trump’s tariff policy involves examining it from two different perspectives: completing the shift from post-Cold War containment of the Soviet Union to addressing the next […]

Separation of powers? Not according to Judge Luttig and the New York Times!
By Lev Tsitrin If you learned in a history class that to preclude the possibility of the fledgling US sliding into tyranny, the Founding Fathers split government’s power into three co-equal […]

Hot Burning Questions
By Phyllis Chesler Burning Bushes that do not burn. A Chariot of Fire that does not harm a prophet. Here’s a burning question that consumes me daily. Should Israel stop […]

American tourist Evan becomes accidental Southend United fan
From the Southend Echo Southend is the biggest seaside town (it’s a city now) in Essex out of London along the north bank of the River Thames and into the […]

The Poverty of the Criticism of Trump’s Agenda
By Victor Davis Hanson Two strange phenomena now characterize the political landscape. One, opposition to the Trump administration’s initiatives has reached a near-unprecedented fever pitch. The frenzy is manifested in […]

‘The Barber from Peru’ Talks Tariffs & Pundits Roger Simon
By Roger L Simon I phoned my—and Groucho’s— buddy “The Barber in Peru” to see how folks in his hometown of Peru, Indiana (not the mountainous land of Pisco Sours) were […]

Yahweh—God of the Hebrews
This paper explains how the God concept evolved and was passed down to us from Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the teachings of Melchizedek in Salem through Moses. Of all the religious […]

BBC takes notice of criticism, for once. Reverts to common English usage.
This is a screenshot which somebody with more foresight than I took of the lead paragraphs of a BBC website article last week. And more than a few picked […]