The Iconoclast
Repression Britannia
By Theodore Dalrymple I used to think that the notion of a liberal fascism was absurd, a figment of a paranoid political imagination. Now I am not so sure. More […]
There Are No More Safe Places, Nowhere to Call Home
By Phyllis Chesler Even as billionaires are still flying everywhere, anywhere, in private jets and taking private yachts to the most luxurious vacation spots in the world–more commercial flights are […]
An Iranian Diplomat Agrees with Me but not with Thomas Friedman
By Phyllis Chesler The Evil Kingdom of Mullahs have both exiled and murdered Afghan refugees in flight from the Taliban. In 2021, together with London based activist, Mandy Sanghera, I […]
Thomas Friedman Keeps Banging On
By Phyllis Chesler The man never quits his dangerous daydreams. Just yesterday, before the IDF eliminated the evil-doer, Yahya Sinwar, Friedman suggested that Israel bow to the Obama-Biden-Harris administration’s demand […]
Thomas Friedman is wrong, wrong, wrong…
By Phyllis Chesler (Author’s Note: I wrote this before the news broke about the brilliant, determined, heroic IDF having eliminated Yahya Sinwar–something that would never have happened had Israel listened […]
The Embedded
By Robert Lewis War does not determine who is right, only who is left. Bertrand Russell Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head. Euripides People all […]
Criticism of mosque finally revealed as MEN uncovers secret Manchester Arena bomb report
From the Manchester Evening News Trustees of Didsbury Mosque ‘did not have a formal method of controlling’ literature which contained ‘possibly extremist messages’. They also ‘did not submit’ a report […]
Government on a Neighboring Planet
I can feel your eyebrows raising, but this paper is designed to show us how government might be nudged in slightly different directions here. There is nothing much about the […]
Israel, and the Jewish people, will prevail
By Conrad Black On the evening of Oct. 15, I had the honour of giving a brief opening rumination when the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation very appropriately honoured the editor […]
Reporter who called Oct 7 ‘moment of triumph’ to speak at London Muslim conference
From the Telegraph A reporter from Iran’s Press TV who described the Oct 7 attacks on Israel as a “moment of triumph” will speak at a London Muslim conference. Latifa Abouchakra, a […]
The White Stuff
By Bruce Bawer A new biography portrays the woman who created the New Yorker mentality. In my whole life, I don’t think I’ve read any essay more times than Tom […]
An Answer to Inequity
By Theodore Dalrymple Whenever I hear the word equity, my heart sinks, though I won’t go as far as to say that I reach for my Browning. My irritation on hearing […]
Who’s going to get the money?
By William Corden Will we see ANY improvement in our social structure as a result of this fine/settlement? Tobacco giants would pay out $32.5B to provinces, smokers in ‘historic’ proposed […]
A Question of Morality
by Phyllis Chesler (Author’s Note: I wrote this before the news broke about the brilliant, determined, heroic IDF having eliminated Yahya Sinwar–something that would never have happened had Israel listened […]
Linking Hiroshima with Gaza
By Bruce Bawer This year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner speaks out. Last Friday morning in Oslo, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that this year’s Peace Prize will be awarded to […]
More than 100 Muslim Labour councillors demand Keir Starmer immediately halts arms sales to Israel
LBC can reveal that 114 Muslim Labour councillors have written to the Prime Minister calling for an immediate arms embargo to Israel. In an open letter, the cohort of elected Labour politicians […]
