The Iconoclast
On Being Very Tall
By Carl Nelson Years ago I did some Stand Up Comedy. I’m six foot eight, and I was taught in Stu Stewart’s School of Stand Up Comedy that a […]
The New York Times is still at it
By Phyllis Chesler I have been documenting the anti-Israel biases in the New York Times for a long, long time. I am so glad that others have taken up this truly tedious […]
Afghan asylum seeker arrested in Munich ‘terror attack’ after car ploughs into protesters
From the Telegraph A 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, named only as Farhad N. has been arrested over a suspected terrorist attack after a car was driven into a crowd of people in […]
Germany Is Self-Imploding
By Victor Davis Hanson Today I’d like to talk about the crisis facing Europe, specifically its self-implosion across the spectrum—energy, population, fertility, defense. Germany, for example, has been systematically shutting […]
Mythologies About Musk
By Victor Davis Hanson Here are some of the untruths told about Elon Musk and DOGE. “Musk has no right to cut USAID.” Elon Musk and his team are not cutting any […]
Western Women Converts to Islam: Yvonne Ridley
By Phyllis Chesler Recently, Julia Hartley-Brewer, a British journalist, interviewed Yvonne Ridley, a convert to Islam, an Islamist, and a pro-Hamas True Believer. Long ago, when I debated Ridley on […]
The Spur-Winged Plover
By Ehud Neor We live on the northern edge of a small town in southern Israel, not far from the coast. On the other side of our back yard fence […]
The Tangled Web of Foreign Aid
By Armando Simón The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance […]
Australian hospital examines patient records after nurse claims to have killed Israelis
From outside Australia, this is the Washington Post MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian hospital is examining patient records after a nurse claimed online to have killed Israelis, officials said Wednesday, […]
‘Kill them’: NSW Health nurses who made threats against Israelis at their hospital have been identified
From The Nightly It’s a bit hard to get a local Australian news report on this as they are mostly behind paywalls. NSW Police have vowed to conduct a “thorough […]
University of Toronto hosts a seminar of hate
By Geoffrey Clarfield I am an alumni of the University of Toronto. My late uncle was an alumni. The University of Toronto is now an official cesspool of anti Semitic […]
A tale of two immunities — or why NYU owes me $5.80, and an explanation
By Lev Tsitrin What do you do when you are scheduled to give a public lecture, and know that a particular person in the audience will be poised to ask […]
Here’s Why Obama Created DEI
But Victor Davis Hanson I want to talk today about the controversy over diversity, equity, and inclusion, but in a little different strain. I want to compare it with affirmative action. […]
Trump’s plan for Gaza: a new start on an intractable problem
By Conrad Black There have been the predictable negative reactions around Europe about President Trump’s comments on Gaza, and particularly the proposal effectively to remove the current population, and recreate […]
Defending USAID
By Bruce Bawer In 2025, being a Democrat means never having to say you’re sorry “I’ve been cynical when it comes to the government,” said Kari Lake about the indefensible expenditures that […]
In 2017, I Tried to Spotlight USAID
By Armando Simón In 2017, with the election of Donald Trump, I along with millions of others felt there would be a deep change in the federal government. In my limited […]
