The Iconoclast
Trump Should Shutter USAID — Development Economics Is a Hotbed for Corruption
By Geoffrey Clarfield In 2007 New York City-based professor and economist William Easterly published his intentionally provocative book, White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So […]
Pro-Palestinian activists were planning London march as Oct 7 massacre unfolded
From the Telegraph Pro-Palestinian activists were planning a demonstration through London as the Oct 7 massacre was taking place, it has emerged. At 12.50pm on the day of the 2023 terror attack, […]
The Necessity of American Empire
By Bruce Gilley Responses to President Trump’s imperial agenda have reflected a shared hostility of both Left and Right toward our history. For the Left, American history is a sorry […]
Palestinians don’t want to leave Gaza? Don’t tell it to an ex-Soviet!
Lev Tsitrin Trump’s announcement of his plan for US takeover of Gaza after Gazans emigrate crammed newspaper front pages and airwaves with objections. Those were multi-fold: is this legal? who […]
The History of American Foreign Aid
By Armando Simón How did American foreign aid happen? Simple. Europe was in total ruins after WW II. Many cities’ structures, including homes, did not even have roofs. The Marshall […]
Are Trump’s Tariffs Really Tariffs?
By Victor Davis Hanson Hysteria has erupted here and abroad over President Trump’s threats to level trade tariffs against particular countries. Both American and foreign critics blasted them variously as […]
Donald Trump, the libertarian president?
By Glenn Harlan Reynolds Trump the libertarian? Yes. And how. Since 2016 I’ve had people ask me why I, as a libertarian, support Donald Trump. I think we’re seeing why […]
Just so we all know what dimensions we’re talking about….. The Gaza Strip
By William Corden Here is a map showing the size of Gaza compared to the city of Tokyo, a relatively peaceful place in world politics despite its enormous population. It’s […]
In treating Canada as an enemy, Trump made a serious mistake
By Conrad Black There is a message in the current tariff imbroglio between the United States and Canada, Mexico, and China that can be usefully taken on board by other […]
T0mmy’s access to visitors curtailed.
Remember T0mmy R0bins0n is a Civil Contemnor, not a convicted criminal. This is the answer Laurence Fox, the actor who is now a political activist, received to a request for […]
Though Postponed, Tariff Threat Presents a Range of Opportunities for Canada
By Conrad Black The imposition of 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports—now suspended for a month—by President Trump was an outrage, but it is also an opportunity. It is offensive […]
Who Was Kevin Killian?
By Bruce Bawer In 1981-82, my third year as a graduate student in English at Stony Brook University on Long Island, I shared a house in the neighboring town of […]
Two Thirds of the World are on America’s Welfare Rolls
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 […]
Manchester Police name Quran-burning suspect despite threat to life
From the Free Speech Society Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have publicly named a man and disclosed his street address and local area after he was charged with allegedly burning pages […]
The Supreme Court of Israel: Chronology of a power grab
By Geoffrey Clarfield Not all, but most of Israel’s existential problems are the result of Islamic Jihad and vestigial Euro American religious and social prejudice against Jews, Judaism and the […]
Ten Problems with DEI That Frighten the Public
By Victor Davis Hanson The diversity, equity, and inclusion project, often seen as a major element of the so-called “woke” creed along with green fanaticism, keeps popping up as a […]
