The Iconoclast

Trusting Trump on the Fourth of July

July 03, 2025
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Roger L. Simon

By Roger L Simon If you’re looking for an article on the minutiae of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” you have come to the wrong URL and then some. The debt […]

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As Homelessness Grows, City Leaders Chase Global Goals

July 03, 2025
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Theodore Dalrymple

By Theodore Dalrymple The mayors of large cities in the west these days seem often to be more concerned with global problems such as climate change, and even the reform […]

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Donald Trump’s ‘Astoundingly Successful’ June Will Soon Come With Its Own Challenges

July 03, 2025
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Victor Davis Hanson

By Victor Davis Hanson I’d like to review, very quickly, some challenges ahead for the MAGA movement in general and President Donald Trump in particular. He’s had a wonderful June. He’s defied […]

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What if Cuba Did to Us What Hamas Did to Israel on October 7, 2023?

July 02, 2025
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Gary Fouse

By Gary Fouse Amidst all the international debate over Israel’s response to the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas and the devastation in Gaza, let me pose a hypothetical question: […]

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The Diddy “Freak Off” Disaster

July 02, 2025
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Phyllis Chesler

By Phyllis Chesler Will His Victims Receive Witness Protection? In my view, he’s guilty alright–of savage domestic violence, sadistic and voyeuristic sexual abuse, of buying and distributing drugs to fuel […]

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Police investigating punk band Bob Vylan for SECOND anti-Israel outburst onstage just weeks before Glastonbury

July 02, 2025
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Esmerelda Weatherwax

From the Daily Mail RABBLE-rousing punk band Bob Vylan are being investigated by police for another anti-Israel outburst onstage weeks before the Glastonbury Festival, the Mail can reveal. Detectives are probing video […]

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NATO retains a splendid future, could even go worldwide

July 02, 2025
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Conrad Black

By Conrad Black The almost unanimous NATO commitment to a sharp increase in the member-countries’ military budgets at the meeting of NATO leaders last week was a complete legitimisation of […]

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Turkey detains cartoonist over Muhammad caricature

July 01, 2025
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Esmerelda Weatherwax

From DW A cartoonist working for the satirical Leman magazine was detained by police for questioning on Monday amid controversy over a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad. In a statement, the chief public prosecutor’s […]

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Commentary The Trump-Deranged ‘Experts’ Were Wrong. Again.

July 01, 2025
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Victor Davis Hanson

By Victor Davis Hanson I want to talk about our so-called experts. We know they’ve been wrong when they sign these collective letters—51 Intelligence authorities assured us Hunter Biden’s laptop […]

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Denmark arrests a man wanted in Germany for allegedly gathering information on Jews for Iran

July 01, 2025
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Esmerelda Weatherwax

Berlin (AP)  A man suspected of gathering information on Jewish locations and individuals in Berlin for Iranian intelligence, possibly with a view to attacks, has been arrested in Denmark, German prosecutors […]

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The Democrats, Animated by Loathing of Trump, Are Driving Their Party to Self-Destruction

July 01, 2025
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Conrad Black

By Conrad Black The Democrats are now implacably self-destructive. They resemble nothing so much as a slowly capsizing ship, but show by their frenzied skullduggery that America is not in […]

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The grooming gangs scandal is still going on – the abusers are using any means possible

July 01, 2025
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Esmerelda Weatherwax

Victims like Fiona Goddard and worried mothers say they are waiting for the full scale of sexual exploitation in Bradford to be investigated From the Telegraph The picturesque town of […]

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Canada and Mexico Want US Billions, but Also a Fight

July 01, 2025
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Victor Davis Hanson

By Victor Davis Hanson I’d like to talk about our two North American partners, Canada and Mexico. We’ve been in disagreements on trade and other issues about the border with […]

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Canada Has Much to Be Proud Of

July 01, 2025
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Conrad Black

By Conrad Black Upon the approach of July 1, it is always a temptation to collapse into maudlin platitudes and wave the maple leaf flag around somewhat thoughtlessly. Regular readers […]

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What is College Good For?

July 01, 2025
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds

By Glenn Harlan Reynolds The Wall Street Journal reminds us that it was college grads who propelled communist/Islamist candidate Zohran Mamdani to victory in the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City. Which raises […]

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Chief Rabbi: BBC airing of vile Jew-hatred is national shame

July 01, 2025
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Esmerelda Weatherwax

From The Telegraph The Chief Rabbi has criticised the BBC over its response to a rapper who chanted “death, death to the IDF” at Glastonbury. Bob Vylan, whose real name […]

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