The Iconoclast
The corrections
Just two small errata in Allison Pearson’s excellent dramatised last night in BBC Two’s Wolf Hall. The victim was put to death for heresy, for wanting to read the Bible […]
Nuclear Dreams: Iran Now Controls Four Arab Capitals, Plus Washington, D.C.
Lee Smith writes in
Fort Hood Victims to Finally Receive Purple Hearts
About time. They died at the hands of the enemy – the enemy within. Washington Times: The U.S. Army is going to award the Purple Heart to the victims of […]
ISIS Claims U.S. Captive Died in Jordanian Airstrike in Syria
Horrible as it is, it’s better to die that way than at the hands of IS fanatics. Heaven only knows what she may have endured in captivity.
Unenlightened Despot Declares Enlightened Despot "Miserable"
Turks of Erdogan’s persuasion — possibly nostalgic for the good old days when the Mamluks lorded it over Egypt — are in a rage at the Egyptian government’s cutting and […]
Erdogan’s Men: Gulen So Bad He Can’t Even Get To The Level of Friedman And Kristof
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Gilles-William Goldnadel: Let’s Publish The Black Book Of Political Idiocies
Here. Note that the kosher-market killer, Coulibaly, not only had a job, and plenty of social support, but had time and money to vacation on Crete, in the Dominican Republic, […]
The Islamic State’s Guide To Marriage
Marry at nine, don’t work. Why nine, for god’s sake? Aisha, little Aisha.
Westrop: Britain’s Army Of Phony Muslim Moderates
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WaPo Editorial Explains why Bibi Should Speak on March 3rd to Congress and the American People
US Secretary of State Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Zarof, Geneva 1-14-15 Source: Terraizini/AP Late last night, Cliff May, President of Washington, DC- based Foundation for Defense of America sent […]
Burak Bekdil: Erdogan, Gulen, And Bank Asya
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Voyage Pittoresque De La Syrie?
Never again, I’m afraid. Nor to Iraq, either. And possibly not to Jordan or Libya or Lebanon. The old monuments, the old churches, the ancient libraries, the Crusader castles, even […]
Khaled Abu Toameh: "Press Freedom" Among The "Palestinian" Arabs
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"The Qassam Brigades Have Been Involved In Everything That Happens In The Sinai"
Here. Eventually El-Sisi (or Al-Sisi, in the non-Egyptian version) will move Egypt, if circumcstances permit, entirely away from the monster that the Arab states themselves created — the “Palestinian people” […]
Merci Professeur Cerquiglini!
One of the most enchanting of websites is that conducted by Bernard Cerquiglini, whose appearances on TV5Monde are preserved on-line. He briefly, lucidly, satisfyingly discusses aspects of the French language. […]
