The Iconoclast
Female suicide bombers kill at least 18 in coordinated attack in Nigeria,
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Female suicide bombers targeted a wedding, a funeral and a hospital in coordinated attacks in northern Nigeria that killed at least 18 people, local authorities said […]
Glastonbury – shame on you.
As festivals go I have never had the desire (or not since the early 70s when it was Glastonbury Fair and the acts included david Bowie and Fairport Convention) to […]
Erdogan the Magnificent: neo-Ottomanism begins to take shape
By Nikos Akritas Is President Erdogan of Turkey laying the groundwork for an invasion of Syria? Putin has recently heralded Erdogan as a key player in peace efforts regarding the […]
OUCH! Nighty, nighty, sleep tighty
by Reg Green “In a country of three hundred million are these two the best we can find?” I complained agitatedly after the debate. “Calm down. I’m sleeping like a […]
Universal Unity
This is the final paper of Part II and can be a little heavy-going in places. Be sure to read section 10 if nothing else. Next week we will begin […]
Trump Is Endorsed for President by Three Leading Columnists Who Say the Campaign Has Reached ‘the Moment for Choosing’
Conrad Black, Victor Davis Hanson, and William Bennett, in a detailed statement, declare Trump the better candidate in ‘every important policy area.’ From the New York Sun. An endorsement of […]
Britain’s Conservatives Deserve to Lose
by Conrad Black The election in the United Kingdom next week will mark another stumbled step in the descent of Britain into unprecedented political absurdity. It will bring in the […]
Pleas for Democracy from the Mouths of Hypocrisy
by Lev Tsitrin I don’t know if this ever happened before, a New York Times editorial being treated by news organizations as the chief sensation of the day. Yet here […]
Four Brief Reviews of Japanese Fiction
by Armando Simón Katsuno’s Revenge and Other Tales of the Samurai by by Asataro Miyamori This is a collection of fascinating Japanese stories compiled around 1920. They were originally told […]
Iran’s Mullahs and Shi’a Islamism
by Amil Imani The world is presently at its most wicked. It is beyond human help. It requires only a nudge to implode and prepare for the divine ruler, the […]
The Mind of Macron
by Theodore Dalrymple The inclination to analyze politicians’ conduct by means of psychiatric diagnosis is growing. This is unsurprising in view of what was once called psychiatric imperialism: the classification […]
A Short Anatomy of a Biden Disaster
by Victor Davis Hanson There really was not a debate last night, merely a one-sided slugfest. The arguments over the issues, such as they were, were over in 30 minutes. […]
All over but the cryin’
What do you all think? The Democrats, finally facing reality, in full panic mode, are talking about replacing their nominee. Good luck with that.
Michael Shindler’s new book is out now!
New English Review has been publishing Michael’s beautiful poems monthly for the past couple of years. His new book, Fret Not, just came out and is available here. If […]
Hiding Behind Keffiyehs
By Gary Fouse I have long found it amazing how these pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas protesters here in the US feel so strongly about their cause that most of them hide […]
Walking the Dog
By Carl Nelson I was walking my dachshund, Tater Tot, the other afternoon when I encountered Brian, a neighbor who also goes out for a daily ‘walk’ in his battery […]
