The Iconoclast
The Ecstatic Erotic Art of Dorothy Iannone
by Richard Kostelanetz (December 2016) One myth propagated in post-1970 America held that artists, especially avant-garde artists, no longer needed to go abroad to establish their careers, thanks to increasing […]
Liberty and Justice meet Hubris and Nemesis
by Tim Burton (Catstrangler 101) (December 2016) Act 1, Scene 1: The Tell Mama UK offices, in London, England. The camera pans across a peaceful scene reminiscent of an old Dickensian […]
Tell Mama Lies: How to Lie About Islamophobia
by Paul Austin Murphy (December 2016) Although the image/representation above is from the largest “anti-Islamophobia” organisation in the United Kingdom, American readers will be well aware that similar organisations and […]
Rethinking Dor Bahadur Bista’s, "Fatalism or Development?”
A New Perspective on the Development of Nepal by Geoffrey Clarfield (December 2016) 1) Introduction In the scramble to assist Nepal in its desire to reach the standard of living […]
The Islamic Trade in European Slaves
by Emmet Scott (December 2016) It is common knowledge that, for over a thousand years, Arab and Muslim slavers took enormous numbers of men, women and children from sub-Saharan Africa. […]
SITREP: Could Sudan be the Cornerstone of the Caliphate in Africa?
by Gen. Abakar Abdallah,[1] Jerry Gordon and Deborah Martin[2] (December 2016) The Islamic Republic of the Sudan Objective is to Establish a Caliphate Composed of Sudan, Chad, Central African Republic Niger […]
Florida’s Immigration History When Ethnicity, Religion and Language Hardly Mattered
by Norman Berdichevsky (December 2016) The English Colony, Orlando Less than half a mile from my home in Orlando, Florida at a Shell gas station is a historical marker in […]
Hillary’s Emails: Why They Mattered
by Gary Fouse (December 2016) Hillary Clinton’s email scandal from her tenure as secretary of state, may or may not be a dead issue. We don’t know whether a newly-led […]
The Vapidity Translator
by Bradford Tuckfield (December 2016) I was struck recently by a passage by Theodore Dalrymple in the Salisbury Review, in which he proposed a simple test for vapidity in political […]
On Free Verse: A Minority Report
by Samuel Hux (December 2016) I have been quarreling with colleagues for years about the existence of “free verse” (including “some of my best friends” who write it), I contending […]
A Mirabilary Of The Passing Parade: Happiness
by Cynicus Americanus (December 2016) A Mirabilary Signs And Wonders of The Devolution Of Man And The Decline Of Western Civilization In The Time Of Obama In The Age Of […]
Mid East Issues Facing the Trump Administration: a discussion with Shoshana Bryen
by Jerry Gordon (December 2016) The Trump Administration faces compelling issues in the roiling Middle East upon inauguration on January 21, 2017. Many of these involve allies in the region […]
After the Liberation of Mosul
by Samir Yousif[1] (December 2016) The “Islamic State” is nothing but a paper tiger. That is the summary of the one month war between the Iraqi Army and ISIL in the […]
Democrats: Electorate Unheeded, Lessons Unlearned
by Lorna Salzman (December 2016) There is no good side to European mass immigration unless you truly believe that there is no such thing as culture, or that culture should be […]
Trump’s First and Most Critical War
Breaking the Siege of 2017 Before It Begins by Geoffrey Botkin (December 2016) Some fifty million supporters of Donald Trump are waiting, eagerly, for the President’s January offensive. They want to […]
Giving Thanks: Donald Trump’s Top Ten
by G. Murphy Donovan (December 2016) There are many things that can be said about the election of Donald Trump and most will probably get said before 20 January 17. […]
