The Iconoclast
Austria arrests 14-year-old on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in Vienna
From the Austrian edition of The Local Austrian authorities have prevented a planned attack at Vienna’s Westbahnhof railway station, arresting a 14-year-old suspect. The teenager was detained on February 10th […]
Their Democracy
By Bruce Gilley A government agency seeks to delegitimize conservative politics. The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) used to be one of those gloriously bipartisan institutions where Democrats and Republicans […]
JD Vance’s Message to European Leaders: Listen to Your People, Don’t Go Hard Left
By Victor Davis Hanson There has been a maelstrom of controversy about Vice President JD Vance. Last week he spoke at the Munich Security Conference but he chose not to speak […]
Many NATO members are as opposed to Ukraine membership as is Russia
By Conrad Black Since my column last week where I attempted to examine President Trump’s Gaza proposals in terms that would be more plausible to Europeans than his initial presentation, […]
A land fit for apparatchiks
By Theodore Dalrymple In its response to the petition calling for a new general election, which those who signed it must have known was of no constitutional force, the government […]
Hamas claims Bibas children’s bodies will be among four returned this week
From the Jewish Chronicle Hamas has reportedly claimed that the bodies of the Bibas children, Ariel and Kfir, will be among those returned to Israel this week. Israeli and Arab […]
Vance and Hegseth Make a Good Debut for the Trump Administration in Europe
By Conrad Black The comments of Vice President Vance and Defense Secretary Hegseth in Europe last week were a refreshing elaboration on President Trump’s well-known view that Europe, in both […]
US Effort to Craft Russia–Ukraine Peace Agreement Looks Highly Promising
By Conrad Black The outline of a peace agreement for Ukraine is steadily emerging, given comments by President Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth was in Europe last week […]
Is There a Democrat Blueprint to Regain Power?
By Victor Davis Hanson What is the long-term Democratic Party’s strategy to return to power? Americans may ask that only because so far, the Democrat agenda seems to entail polarizing […]
J.D. Vance’s speech in Munich
By Gary Fouse On Friday, Vice President J.D. Vance spoke at a security conference in Munich. His two main themes were freedom of expression in Europe and the migration disaster […]
Abolishing the Income Tax
By Glenn Harlan Reynolds Could we look for an end to the individual income tax? Maybe. President Trump has talked about ending the income tax and replacing it with tariffs […]
J.D. Vance’s “Unacceptable” Speech
By Bruce Bawer It was on March 5, 1946, at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, that Winston Churchill, who the previous year had been unceremoniously dumped as prime minister after […]
A Sunday Letter to My Readers
By Phyllis Chesler I’m talking about the More-Than-Woke New York Times: It’s become “all too much,” far too “over the top.” At least for me, sitting at what passes for […]
Suspect in deadly stabbing attack in Austria motivated by ‘Islamic terrorism’, say authorities
From Sky News A man accused of killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring five other people in a stabbing attack in Austria was motivated by “Islamic terrorism”, say authorities. Austria’s […]
Sin, Sacrifice, and Atonement
This paper reveals the deep and ancient roots of many modern religious rituals and forms. Cannibalism was practiced by all the colored races from which we are descended, and it […]
Mother and daughter die from injuries in Munich car ramming attack
And more bad news from Munich. From the Telegraph A woman and her two-year-old daughter have died from injuries sustained in the Munich car ramming attack. The 37-year-old mother and her […]
