The Iconoclast
Progress in the Middle Eastern Quagmire
As the prodigious six-power effort to make enough pre-emptive concessions to Iran for that country to accept the status of a threshold nuclear state (with an unverifiable promise not to […]
The White House Loses Face
The Obama administration has shown a lack of historic understanding concerning its policy towards China’s proposal to establish the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The White House must understand that […]
Crucifixion: It’s Not Ancient History Anymore
Deroy Murdock writes in
"All The Brothers Have Been Liberated, Including Sheikh Batarfi"
Three hundred members of Al-Qaeda, for some reason imprisoned rather than executed, have just been freed and are running amok, apparently, in southern Yemen, while what remained of the government […]
Christopher Caldwell: On What The 1965 Immigration Act Wrought
An essay-review at The Claremont Review, here. It is with the last sentence that another article should begin. Why aren’t the immigation laws enforced by the government against those who […]
That Kenyan University Guilty Of Spreading "Christianity And Infidelity"
Schools and colleges as targets for Muslim attacks, as at Garissa, discussed here.
Iranian Journalist: Iran And Iraq Should Merge, Iraqis Reject Their "Arab Identity"
Hassan Hani Zadeh, an editor at the press agency Mehr, linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, argues that Arab “racist” hatred of Shiites will never end, and that Iraqi Shi’a […]
A Musical Interlude: Don’t Let It Bother You (Fats Waller)
Listen here.
The Pope Deplores The "Decapitations And Crucifixions" Of Christians By Muslims
In Italian, here. In the video Pope Francis speaks of those who have been “decapitati e crocifissi,” but in the text, those words have been, strangely, left out.
"Quiet And Gentle" Mohamad Mohamud, Of Kenya And Somalia
Here. His voice was ever soft, and so on. He taught in a madrasa and then was inspired, because of his unswerving belief in what Islam inculcates, to be, and […]
How It Was At The Beau Rivage
An account of how it was at the Beau Rivage, in Lausanne, by the Genevan waves of the lake, here. ‘It was Wendy Sherman who came up with the idea […]
In Yemen, It’s The Children’s Hour
These little children, high-pitched and high-spirited, may put you in mind of some verses by Longfellow: Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes […]
Lynching And Looting And Burning Houses Down In Tikrit
Here.
Dr. Fred Leder on Israel and Iran Nukes
Dr. Fred Leder, an expert in alternative energy projects who worked for both Exxon Mobil and Occicdental Petroleum offered these comments regarding a possible Israel Iran nuclear facilities bombing scenario […]
Tina Magaard: Why Will So Few Dare Discuss The Texts The Believers Rely On?
Here.
Allah is the Only Legislator
To Regent’s Park to see Anjem Choudary and his crew on the subject of