The Iconoclast
A Viennese Perspective on American Ethnomusicology
By Geoffrey Clarfield The academic field called ethnomusicology aspires to encompass the comparative study of the world’s music, both present and past, defined in a variety of ways by those […]
Juries, Prosecutors and the Rule of Law
By Glenn Harlan Reynolds So this Substack is actually mostly a podcast. I recorded an episode of the Thomson/Reuters legal podcast, “The Hearing,” and to be honest, had some doubts […]
Ukraine could be Europe’s moment, if the will is there
By Conrad Black Western Europe could quite properly see the Ukraine war as it now stands as a great opportunity. In the United States, Donald Trump remains the election favourite, […]
Noa and Leah: Victims of the same jihad
From the Jewish News Syndicate The face of a slave is—or should be—unforgettable. On Oct. 7, graphic, heartrending videos circulated social media, but none seemed crueler than the video of a screaming […]
Hull grooming gang: Alleged victims complain after police officers diverted to deal with summer riots
I have always prefered to call them complainants. We do not call the victims of shoplifting or burglary ‘alleged’ victims, even though the accused are innocent until proven guilty. Giving […]
Double, Double Toil and Trouble: Harris Creeping Up on MAGA Like Something Out of Macbeth
By Conrad Black Each time it seems that the anti-Trump coalition has run negative positions to retreat to, they feverishly dig a new trench, fasten their helmets, and leap into […]
Believe Melania. Don’t Trust the FBI!
By Roger L Simon I again felt the familiar nausea of our times while watching the Newsmax chyron on today’s (Sunday Sep 16’s to be clear) near fatal doings in […]
Fact checking
By William Corden You’ve gotta love the fact checking industry that’s grown up alongside the internet. Seems that you can ask just about anybody whether or not something is true […]
An Anatomy of the Post-Debate Detritus
By Victor Davis Hanson After the September 10, 2024, presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, the Harris campaign became giddy. And why not? Pre-debate conventional wisdom had assured […]
FBI says it’s investigating ‘what appears to be an attempted assassination’ against Trump in Florida
From CNN The FBI said Sunday it “is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump.” The Trump campaign said earlier Sunday that the former president […]
The Israeli Officer Spy Conspiracy Goes Mainstream
By Ehud Neor After 25 hours of not looking at a screen (that is the Holy Shabbat day of rest), I was washing dishes and thinking how I would respond […]
The Planetary Rebellion
The following is the tale of the very first revolution on Urantia — the revolutionary overthrow of the existing power structure after it had been making slow but steady progress […]
Turkey arrests suspected Istanbul church attack planner linked to Islamic State
ANKARA, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have arrested an Islamic State militant believed to be involved in planning an attack on the Santa Maria Italian Church in Istanbul earlier […]
The New York Times: “The Organizers Are Jewish. The Cause Is Palestinian. This College Won’t Be Hosting. Mr. Gessen is a Moron.”
By Lev Tsitrin Let me start with clarifying the title. It is indeed a verbatim quotation from New York Times’ actual op-ed by one Mr. Gessen who poured his indignation […]
Churchill was a hero, Tucker Carlson should get better guests
By Conrad Black A minor historical controversy has been raging for a couple of weeks since Tucker Carlson had on his program a publicity-seeking historian of dubious credentials and questionable […]
The Eye in the Sky
By Theodore Dalrymple From time to time I receive, unsolicited, messages from insurance companies about “how to keep myself safe,” to use an odious modern locution. Mostly they are about […]
