The Iconoclast

Justin Trudeau is the worst Liberal leader in history
By Conrad Black Justin Trudeau is only the second elected prime minister in Canadian history after Jean Chrétien, to be ignominiously pushed out as prime minister by his own party, […]

Italian police investigate NYE mass sexual molestation
From The Telegraph, Ansa Brasil and Notize IT Italian authorities are investigating allegations that young women, including at least one from Britain, were molested by gangs of men carrying Palestinian […]

The big lies on Israel lend legitimacy to ignoring Israel women’s rights
By Phyllis Chesler In these times, reality outpaces fiction by far. New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, of all people, is supposed to have a book out in March titled Antisemitism […]

Islamic State (ISIS), Al-Qaeda, Iran-Axis Supporters Rejoice Over Los Angeles Wildfires, Promote Hashtag ‘#America Is Burning’,
From MEMRI On January 9, 2025, a pro-ISIS outlet published commentary by a prominent ISIS supporter, titled: “Wildfires Devour American State of California, Causing the Ruling Gang Billions in Losses.” […]

Is LA Mayor Karen Bass Still a Communist
From Roger L Simon It’s worth asking whether LA’s Mayor Karen Bass is still a communist as we try to understand her odd, defensive behavior regarding the ongoing wildfires in […]

Ouch! Time for a Break
By Reg Green So many people have sent good wishes after reading yesterday’s report of our flight from the Los Angeles fires that I […]

Beyond Goodness
By Theodore Dalrymple Recently, I read a small masterpiece of Soviet literature (or at least a masterpiece of literature written in the Soviet Period, which is perhaps not quite the […]

Rapper convicted of posting ‘menacing’ video directed at Tommy Robinson
From the Guardian and Yahoo News A rapper has been convicted of posting a “menacing” video on social media directed towards Tommy Robinson, in which he mentioned artillery and made a […]

Suppressed news on Jihadi attacks in Ireland
By Robert Harris The Irish Examiner, a progressive-left news source, reported, on the 7th of January 2025 (hat-tip, Esmerelda), that: “Authorities believe that a recent murder in Ireland was motivated […]

Britain’s Achilles’ Heel
By Bruce Bawer In George Orwell’s classic 1949 novel 1984, the protagonist, Winston Smith, reflects on the question of whether the dystopian tyranny under which he lives in what used to be […]

America and Europe Can Hang Together—Or Hang Separately
By Victor Davis Hanson Consider these European and American binaries. On December 20, 2024, a terrorist, Taleb Al-Abdul Mohsen, rammed his SUV into a Christmas crowd in Magdeburg, Germany. He […]

Who Was (Is?) Matthew Livelsberger?
By Bruce Bawer Because of the deadly act of vehicular jihad in New Orleans on New Year’s Eve, the New Year’s Day explosion of a rented Tesla outside of the […]

Ouch! Liver — with Onions — Coming Up, Sir
By Reg Green Last week I sent the photo above of New Year’s Day in our small town near Los Angeles to friends on the frigid East Coast and Europe […]

Labour accused of ‘cowardice’ after blocking national grooming inquiry
Did anybody expect anything different? All Labour MPs were ordered by the party whip to vote against it on pain of political death. From the Telegraph Sir Keir Starmer was […]

Elon Musk To the Rescue
By Phyllis Chesler I guess it takes the richest man on earth with access to a bully pulpit to be heard. I hope his words are heeded. I am talking […]

My Old Home Town Is Burning!
By Roger L Simon This Substack is called American Refugees for a reason. Sheryl and I are American Refugees… from Los Angeles. There are many of us and growing all over red […]