The Iconoclast
The Other Gershwin
By Bruce Bawer A new biography of Ira, the man behind the lyrics. When people hear the name Gershwin, they invariably think, naturally, of George Gershwin (1898-37), the tragic genius […]
Happy New Year
and best wishes for 2025
Whining’s what they do
By William Corden It’s just about 2 months now since the indestructible Donald Trump won the election, routing that airheaded, useless opponent who hasn’t had a mention since. You would […]
The Explosion of Jew-Hate in Trudeau’s Canada
From Geoffrey Clarfield from The Free Press Terry Glavin is one of Canada’s most honest and independent journalists. We rarely run pieces this long. But today’s investigation—the story of how […]
Dibidy, Dibidy, That’s All, Folks! A Review of A Kim Jong-Il Production by Paul Fischer
By Armando Simón The story is so bizarre it would be unbelievable unless one knew about the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-Il, who was also an ardent cinephile and wanted […]
For the last time, Progressivism is not Judaism
By Matthew M Hausman There is an inherent inconsistency between and Jewish values and radical progressivism, with its agenda of identity politics that falsely maligns Jews as oppressors, demonizes Israel, […]
Reflections on Jimmy Carter
By Bruce Bawer And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the […]
What Should President Trump Do For Sub-Saharan Africans?
By Geoffry Clarfield I spent just under twenty years in East Africa doing international development work. Since then, I’m often asked, “Have the billions of dollars that Western countries invested […]
Did the Irish State threaten to undermine the selection of Chair for the Anglo-Irish talks?
By Robert Harris With the release of the governmental files of the Republic of Ireland this week, it emerged that in the selection of the Chair of the Anglo-Irish 1992 […]
Menorah lighting in Essex
By Esmerelda Weatherwax To Romford for the lighting of the menorah candles on the sixth night of Chanukah. The Chabad organisation has a programme of lighting candles across North East […]
Reminiscences occasioned by the passing of Jimmy Carter
By Lev Tsitrin The news of President Carter’s death naturally flooded airwaves and print publications with recollections. Here are mine. To be sure, I was not personally acquainted with the […]
The Great Fake H1-B Controversy
By Roger L Simon Sigmund Freud had a term for it—the “narcissism of small differences”. In this case, Wikipedia explains it well: “… the more a relationship or community shares […]
Devin Nunes Reemerges
By Victor Davis Hanson 2024 proved to be the year of the reemergence of many once and unfairly pilloried public figures. Elon Musk weathered nonstop attacks on his X social […]
Jewish artists claim they have been ‘frozen out of British cultural life’ after refusing to describe Israel’s actions in Gaza as ‘genocide’
By Robert Harris This GB News article, based on reporting from the London Times, adds to the reportage over the last year in addressing the troubling anti-Israel sentiment that has […]
A Review of James Bradley’s The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia
By Armando Simón I have very strong feelings about this book, but they are contradictory so I will separate what I feel makes this a good and a bad book. […]
Academic Feminists Ponder “Whiteness and Palestine”
By Phyllis Chesler Women’s Studies today–what can I say except: What I’m about to write belongs in the category of “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up.” A Women’s Studies list, […]
