The Iconoclast
What a Cast of Characters in Political Affairs!
by Michael Curtis In 1648 the Swedish politician and diplomat Count Axel Oxenstierna wrote to his son, “Do you not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is […]
NBC’s Hallie Jackson Tries and Fails to Discredit Trump’s Speech
by Rebecca Bynum Last night on the NBC Nightly News, Hallie Jackson attempted to poke holes in Donald Trump’s attacks on Hillary Clinton in his speech yesterday, but failed miserably. […]
It’s NOT About The Economy Stupid, It’s About Freedom, Democracy And The Rule Of Law
It’s Independence Day – Will Britain Vote For It? Brexit means: Independence Day, Thursday 23rd June, 2016. When this: Should get the boot in favour of this: […]
On the eve of the EU referendum
Regular readers will not be surprised to hear that I intend to vote ‘leave’ tomorrow. As a young woman I was not in favour of joining what was then the […]
Anatomy of the terror threat: Files show hundreds of US plots, refugee connection
Judson Berger writes at Human Rights Watch said nearly half of the federal counterterror convictions at the time came from “informant-based cases,” many of them sting operations where the informants […]
Day Of Wrath
Day of Wrath is the title of a fictional work by Dr. William R. Forstchen. Perhaps, you have read his book, One Second After, which is about a fictional, but highly […]
Donald J. Trump on the Stakes of the Election
Here is the full transcript from today’s speech. Today I‘d like to share my thoughts about the stakes in this election. People have asked me why I am […]
June Interlude: June Is Bustin’ Out All Over (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
An exuberant New World companion-piece to Esmerelda’s June musings from the Old World, already posted.
EXCLUSIVE: Notorious Anjem Choudary Backs ‘Remain’ – Says EU Courts Are Softer On His Islamist Friends
British hate preacher Anjem Choudary – who is currently facing charges of supporting Islamic State – has told
Delusion and Reality in the Obama Administration
by Michael Curtis It would be too unkind to say that the Obama Administration resembles the Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight, the appellation given by the novelist Jimmy Breslin to […]
Nigeria: Muslim clerics storm schools to enforce use of hijab
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Brussels: Man Detained Wearing ‘Fake’ Suicide Vest
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Candles in the Gale
by Theofore Dalrymple As soon as I heard of the massacre in the club in Orlando and of the murder of Jo Cox, I knew that within a few hours […]
June
It’s a rosebud in June and the violets in full bloom, And the small birds singing love songs on each spray. Chorus (after each verse): We’ll pipe and we’ll sing […]
U.S. Doesn’t Track if Millions in Biz “Loans” to Refugees on Public Assistance Are Repaid
You can’t make this stuff up. records obtained by Judicial Watch reveal. The cash is distributed through a program called Microenterprise Development run by the Department of Health and Human […]
More than 150 years jail for 13 men who sexually abused vulnerable Halifax schoolgirl
On the day that South Yorkshire MP Jo Cox was murdered reporting restrictions on this trial at Crown Court Leeds were lifted and some of the crimes of these Muslim […]
