The Iconoclast
“I’m a Muslim — Ask Me Anything”
by Hugh Fitzgerald A Muslim ex-Marine has been travelling across country with a sign: “Here’s one treacly example. The questions posed are usually of the most anodyne and simple-minded sort, […]
14 arrests after major anti-terror raids in Austria
From the Austrian edition of Express Fourteen people were arrested in Austria on Thursday as some 800 police investigating possible members of the jihadist group Islamic State carried out raids […]
We’ll be Together Again
by Michael Curtis No tears, no fears, today or tomorrow. It was pleasing irony that British Prime Minister Theresa May on January 26, 2017, speaking in the city where the […]
A Tale of Two Coups
Moscow 1991 and Washington 2016 by G. Murphy Donovan The other day I received an email from a schoolgirl in Moscow; New Year’s salutations, thanks for a gift, and a […]
Executive Order: Protecting the Nation Against Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals
Full Transcript of Theresa May’s Speech in Philadelphia
Majority Leader McConnell, Mr Speaker, Distinguished Members of the Senate and Representatives of the House. I would like to thank Congress and the Congressional Institute for the invitation to be […]
The British National Health Service Is in Crisis: What Else Is New?
by Theodore Dalrymple One of the most curious political phenomena of the western world is the indestructible affection in which the British hold their National Health Service. No argument, no […]
Watch Theresa May’s US speech in full as Tory leader evokes spirit of Thatcher
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The New Stockholm Syndrome
by Gary Fouse Sweden, even by European standards, is a curious country. I have visited the country three times and for 20 or so years have dabbled at learning the […]
Facing Future Wars: Ancient Lessons on Strategy for President Trump
by Louis René Beres “For by wise counsel, thou shalt make thy war.” (Proverbs) President Trump comes into office with a clear determination to “win” all ongoing and future American […]
ROTHERHAM SEX ABUSE GANG: Their two year reign of terror
From the local Yorkshire newspaper five members of a sickening sex abuse gang from Rotherham are found guilty of raping and sexually exploiting two young girls over a period of […]
Why I want to head the National Endowment for the Arts
by Richard Kostelanetz Having received from the National Endowment for the Arts the whopping sum of ten (yes, ten) individual grants between 1976 and 1991, I feel a certain obligation […]
Lords and Flies
by James Como It’s been a while since I’ve read the magnificent Golding allegory I allude to in my title, but last weekend my high regard for it was renewed. […]
Catholic school prompts uniform row by banning Muslim girl from wearing a headscarf
From the Birmingham Mail. The reaction of the Muslim community ‘leaders’ is interesting. Whether they are calling for an immediate chance of policy or are presenting a conciliatory reasonable front […]
Bourbons of the Press Straggle on in Defeat
by Conrad Black It was a brilliant inauguration, and the continued scrapping and strafing between the administration and the bedraggled, sodden mass of the press continues the execution of a […]
Interlude: The Talladega College Marching Band Strut Their Stuff At the Inauguration of the 45th US President
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