The Iconoclast
The Injustice of Progress
By Theodore Dalrymple Reading a newspaper headline recently—on my telephone, of course—I suddenly became aware of a terrible injustice that was about to be done to me. The headline proclaimed […]
Happy 2025. The year when things come to a head.
By Glenn Harlan Reynolds Things seem to be coming to a head. With the New Orleans terrorist attack – which is what it was, it wasn’t a truck gone bad […]
The Terrorist Did Not Act Alone on New Year’s Day
By Phyllis Chesler Why are so many journalists so invested in the delusion that terrorists—even lone terrorists—are acting alone? Is such a falsehood meant to make us feel safe? Or […]
Labour blocks grooming gang inquiry into Starmer’s conduct as CPS head
This has been building for years as readers here will know. Peter McLoughlin wrote Easy Meat the major work on the subject, T0mmy R0bins0n spoke, we marched, I reported here […]
The Last Letter From a Political Prisoner
By Armando Simón [In the past, I have presented some of the correspondence I have received from one of the Democrats’ political prisoners. The following will hopefully be the last […]
The Oxford Rape gang trial of 2013. Sentencing remarks.
Readers will recall our frustration at the bland and underplayed reporting of the trials of the gangs of frequently Muslim men who have raped, abused and pimped young English girls […]
Say Good-bye to the ‘Islamophobia’ Hoax. October 7 Comes to the USA
By Roger L Simon In the wake of the tragedy in New Orleans and the bizarre Cybertruck explosion, not to mention many similar events in Europe almost daily, including various […]
Teen, 17, who plotted terror attack ‘stabs TEN prison officers in less than a year’ since being jailed
From the Sun A TEEN held for plotting a terror attack has allegedly stabbed ten prison officers since he was locked up. The 17-year-old Islamist sliced off one’s ear and attacked […]
Germany’s New Morgenthau Plan
By Victor Davis Hanson Less than a year before the end of World War II, then U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau drew up a nightmarish plan to punish […]
Don’t Attribute Sudden Jihad Syndrome to Mental Illness
Understand What Really Happened in New Orleans on New Year’s Day By Phyllis Chesler The moment I first heard about the mass murders in New Orleans, I knew in my […]
President Trump’s biggest challenge. Lord Conrad Black with Sebastian Gorka
A Chinese movie review. The Last Dance; you can’t watch it without crying.
By William Corden I went to see this movie last night , it was absolutely brilliant. The Chinese entertainment culture is not reknowned for its emotional output but occasionally out […]
New Orleans attack suspect named as police probe Islamic State link
From the Telegraph The suspect in the attack on New Orleans has been named as Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar by US media, as police investigate a possible link to Islamic State. […]
At least 10 killed after vehicle drives into crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
From CNN New Orleans mayor calls incident a “terrorist attack” New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has released initial information on the attack that killed 10 people early on New Year’s […]
The Other Gershwin
By Bruce Bawer A new biography of Ira, the man behind the lyrics. When people hear the name Gershwin, they invariably think, naturally, of George Gershwin (1898-37), the tragic genius […]
Happy New Year
and best wishes for 2025