The Iconoclast

With the Gaza Ceasefire in Place, Trump’s Focus Will Shift to Ending the Ukraine War
By Conrad Black Despite the attempts of outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden to pretend otherwise, it is clear that the beginning of the release of hostages in Gaza has been […]

Netflix’s ‘Nr 24’ Honors the Norwegian Resistance
By Bruce Bawer Norwegians get some things wrong, but for the most part they do patriotism right. In no other Western European country do the people celebrate their country’s birthday […]

Knock your socks off
By William Corden A friend I had some years back (we’ve lost touch now) was a hippy type of guy, wore his hair in a pony tail, smoked grass and […]

Trump 47: A Civilizational Fork in the Road
By Glenn Harlan Reynolds “This was no ordinary victory. This was a fork in the road of human civilization.” That was Elon Musk, super-hyped in his Trump inaugural rally victory […]

Operation Stovewood: Three men charged with rape of teenage girls appear in court in Sheffield
And another set of historic arrests. From the Sheffield Star Three men have appeared in court in Sheffield accusing of raping teenage girls. The men appeared before Sheffield Magistrates’ Court […]

Starmer and police ‘covered up’ Southport terror links
Nigel Farage accuses Prime Minister of behaving ‘abominably’ and says public should have ‘been told the truth’ From the Telegraph and the Liverpool Echo Sir Keir Starmer and the police were […]

The Inside-Out Sabra
By Ehud Neor The tough Israeli. Like the Sabra fruit, prickly, rough and masculine on the outside, tender and sweet on the inside. That actually was not a far-fetched description […]

Axel Rudakubana has pleaded guilty to the Southport murders
The trial started earlier this morning amidst a slew of dire warnings from the police, the Attorney General and the Home Secretary to be careful what we plebs say in […]

The collapse of Office towers
By Bill Corden Just 5 or six years ago you had to fight for office space in the downtown Vancouver core or even the lower mainland, you had to bid […]

Biden’s So-Called ‘Oligarchs’
By Victor Davis Hanson In his last address, Joe Biden offered a Parthian shot at “oligarchs” and the dangers these “billionaires” pose to the republic. At the same time, left-wing […]

Why Am I So Sad on This Day of All Days?
By Phyllis Chesler Given my joy at the release of these three Israeli captives, why am I so sober, so sombre, not at all in a celebratory mood? Why are […]

The Long Awaited Hostage Transfer Watching Live.
By Phyllis Chesler First, Hamas delayed the hostage release, delayed disclosing the names of who was being released. More psychological torture? Does this delay rise to the level of breaking […]

Canadian Jews to Florida-Now!
By Geoffrey Clarfield Canada’s lame duck Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his coalition of far-left socialists (the NDP) and left leaning fellow Liberals, recently cut off arms supplies to the […]

Who Should Pay to Fix ‘El Lay’?
By Roger L Simon If you’re like me, you spent the better part of last week—too much, actually—watching the dog and pony show that was the Senate confirmation hearings. You […]

The Origins of Worship
The Urantia book explains how human beings have an innate urge to worship due to the functioning of the adjutant mind spirits. The first five, we share with animals: intuition […]

Carney isn’t an outsider — he’s a dyed-in-the-wool liberal like Trudeau
By Conrad Black The Liberal leadership race is now shaping up as a contest between Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney. Freeland represents the tradition of the senior colleague of the […]