The Iconoclast
Distance
By Carl Nelson “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” – Charlie Chaplin We live in a small town on the Ohio River. And […]
Catholic and American Brands Are Bolstered With the Accession of Pope Leo XIV
By Conrad Black Not too much should be made of the fact that we now have the first pope whose native language is English since Adrian IV (Nicholas Breakspear) who […]
The Decivilizing of America
By Victor Davis Hanson Secure borders and stationary populations were considered the mark of emerging civilization by classical historians. In contrast to nomadism and constant strife over disputed territory, peoples […]
Canada’s Baseless Rodomontade About a Latter-Day ‘Anschluss’ Evaporates After Trump’s Meeting With Carney
By Conrad Black Prime Minister Carney has returned from Washington and is taking a bow from the highly supportive Canadian political press for a cordial meeting with President Trump. He […]
What starts with the Jews doesn’t always end with the Jews
By Matthew M. Hausman I was asked during a reception at a recent speaking engagement whether I was shocked at the rise of political violence in the US – where […]
The Case for Granting Independence to Puerto Rico
Puerto Ricois an enormous financial drain on the US and the stigma of its being a US ‘colony’ must be ended By Armando Simón The island of Puerto Rico was […]
Broadway Baby
By Bruce Bawer Two years ago, a new 12-foot-high bronze statue by British artist Thomas J. Price was installed outside Rotterdam’s main railroad station. It’s called Moments Contained, and its subject, […]
Masked Female Jihadist “Wannabees” on American Campuses
By Phyllis Chesler Why are so many of the pro-Hamas protestors/demonstrators/rioters/jihadist-like rioters–girls and women? Why do they mask themselves voluntarily as well so as to disguise their identities? I have […]
Don’t Forget to Call Your Mother
“One’s On The Way” by Shel Silvestein They say to have her hair done, Liz flies all the way to France And Jackie’s seen in a discoth’eque doin’ a […]
The Real Nature of Religion
I took the title of my last book from this paper, and I noticed some reviewers commenting on how original my work was. Well, it wasn’t original at all. Most […]
If You Can’t Make My Day, You Can At Least Name It.
By Reg Green Today, as every American male who has […]
Michael Feinstein’s Auschwitz Envy
The cabaret star imagines he’s actually in Cabaret By Bruce Bawer Those of us who are in love with the Great American Songbook know the story of Michael Feinstein by […]
Revealed: Iranian man arrested over ‘foiled terror plot on Israeli embassy’ is asylum seeker who was living in taxpayer-funded house
One of five Iranian men arrested this month over an alleged plot to attack Israel‘s embassy in London is an asylum seeker living in a taxpayer-funded house, The Mail on Sunday Mail on […]
Tesla Tantrums: Consumer Choices in the Age of Performative Ethics
By Patrick Keeney The French have an apt expression for those vexing moments when, having exited a spirited exchange, the perfect rejoinder belatedly arrives. They call it l’esprit de l’escalier—“the wit […]
Trouble Is My First Name
By Phyllis Chesler In the beginning, my 1970s pioneering work on feminism got me in trouble at my university (but, thank God, due to a rising movement, not with publishers). […]
And just like that, the Trump ‘threat’ disappears
By Conrad Black Mark Carney has returned from Washington and is taking a bow from the highly supportive Canadian political media for a very cordial meeting with U.S. President Trump. […]
