The Iconoclast
Graves’ Disease?
by Theodore Dalrymple (April 2015) Robert Graves (1895 – 1985) was one of the few men who was able to read his own obituary, albeit sixty-nine years before he actually […]
Remembering Falstaff
by David P. Gontar (April 2015)?? I. Falstaff Dismembered In The Life of King Henry the Fifth there is no appearance by Falstaff. After all, he’s been irrevocably barred […]
And Some Have Greatness Thrust From Them
by Theodore Dalrymple (April 2015) The past is another country where they do things differently: but how long past does the past have to be for the country to be […]
Books Do Furnish A Mind, Part I
by Ibn Warraq (March 2015) “…some covet to have libraries in their houses, as ladies desire to have cupboards of plate in their chambers, only for show; as if they […]
The Decline of Religion is a Delusion
by Conrad Black (April 2015) Having spent a very enjoyable two hours in conversation with Dr. John Lennox, professor of mathematics at Oxford University and one of the most rational […]
Of Chekhov, Dickens, Henley and Pascal
by Theodore Dalrymple (April 2015) Chekhov says somewhere that a writer should be able to write a story about an ashtray. Although I have not tried the experiment, I think […]
In Nigeria, If Buhari Wins
If Muhamad Buhari wins, and does not immediately go after Boko Haram, and make its destruction the main event of his first months, isn’t it likely that more and more […]
Bizarre Shooting Incident at NSA Fort Meade Maryland
Fort Meade, Maryland NSA Heaquarters Main Gate Shooting Incident A stolen vehicle attempted to breach the main gate of the NSA Headquarters at Fort Meade in Maryland resulting in a […]
In Boston, Officer John Moynihan, Angelo West, And Black Lives Matter
A career criminal who had tried to kill policemen before, Angelo West was stopped for a traffic violation by a policeman, John Moynihan. West then shot Moynihan in the face, […]
Hamid Dabashi: Ode To Edward Said
Remember Edward Said? He’s the one who started a Permanent Jobs Program for the most primitive people who wanted to live in the West, and get jobs in universities,, and […]
Religious Illiteracy Hampers West’s Response to Radical Islam
It seems that some lessons are difficult to learn. As ISIS was busy slaughtering Yazidis, Coptic Christians and western hostages, burning fellow Muslim alive, and destroying ancient pre-Islamic artifacts, President […]
Even Stephen Greenblatt Can Annoy The Dabashis And The Salamis
Stephen Greenblatt, who has not always been treated kindly at this website, was invited to a Shakespeare conference in Teheran. Many of the other morris-zapps declined; Greenblatt decided to go. […]
The Lions Of Tikrit, Holding Off The Safavids And The Rafidite Dogs
How do Sunni Arabs see the handful — no more than a few hundred –of ISIS fanatics who have managed to hold off, for a month, the 30,000 troops, mostly […]
A Musical Interlude: She Didn’t Say "Yes" (Leo Reisman Orch., voc. Frank Luther)
Listen here.
The Three Big Issues On Which Iran Has To Say Yes Or Has To Say No
The Iranian negotiations have been behaving — have been allowed by the Americans to behave — like smiling sly bazaaris in the souk. oilily promising or holding out the promise […]
The Collapse of Obama’s Geo-Political Equilibrium in the Middle East
Yemen President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, left, meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at Sharm El=Shaik Summit , March 27, 2015. Source: AP/MENA This weekend, less than 72 hours […]
