The Iconoclast
Jihad Terror In Jerusalem: Muslim Arab Shooter Murders Two Jews, Wounds Six; Gets Shot Dead by Cops
I will give the three main reports that appeared in three Israeli English-language news outlets; and then the version that appeared in our Aussie ABC. Compare and contrast. First, here […]
What’s in a Word?
by Theodore Dalrymple What’s in a word, and how much can it express? Sometimes quite a lot, if it’s just the right one. The other day I had an example […]
Connecting the Dots: The Feast of Tishri, Sukkoth and Thanksgiving
by Jerry Gordon (October 2016) Speech given by the author, Senior editor of the New English Review, at the Pensacola Masonic Center, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Valley […]
Explosive material discovered in German flat was the same home-made substance used by Paris and Brussels attackers
From AFP via the Yahoo News German police were carrying out a huge manhunt for a 22-year-old Syrian suspected of planning a bomb attack, after finding “highly explosive” materials in […]
Memo to all weak-kneed Republicans: Get a grip
by Kenneth R. Timmerman Oh, horrors! Oh, shocking! Oh, lewd, lewd, lewd! Spare me. What’s really shocking is the smarmy sanctimonious hypocrisy of it all. It’s comical to watch the drama […]
Stand By Your Man
The Re-Education of Reverend Daisy Obi
by Hugh Fitzgerald The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has just upheld a lower court’s ruling that the Rev. Daisy Obi, a 73-year-old pastor originally from Nigeria, and a Somerville […]
The Unisex University – TFF Episode 46
In Episode 46 Professor Fiamengo from the University of Ottawa discusses Single Sex Universities.
Diane Abbott took donation from Muslim charity barred from receiving Government cash over alleged extremism links
From thewas banned from receiving government aid after an investigation suggested links to a group alleged to fund Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood political movement, as well as poor performance in […]
The Noble Art Is Not So Noble
by David Solway The signs of the degenerative disease that has struck the West are everywhere to be seen. They are indeed so numerous that, although they are in full […]
Leaflet ‘handed out at east London mosque’ tells Muslims to kill all who insult the prophet
Walthamstow again. 10 minutes walk from my old home. From the
Why I joined the list of intellectuals for Trump
Daniel McCarthy writes in
Could the Suspect arrested in a Shelbyville, Tennessee Shooting Spree be a Jihadi?
h/t “Anonymous.” Shelby, Tennessee, has been a hotbed of controversy over the past decade. We have written repeatedly about the problems arising from influx of Somali refugee workers at the […]
Who’s Afraid of Hillary Clinton?
by G. Murphy Donovan Edward Albee died on 16 September. The death of America’s greatest modern playwright was obscured by the run-up to the first 2016 presidential debate. You can’t […]
Turkish Azeri Iranian Billionaire Gold Trader Fights Iran Sanctions Violations Charges in US Court Hearing
Reza Zarrab, Turkish Azeri Iranian Gold Trader at arrest in Istanbul December 2013 Source: AFP/Getty Images Yesterday, lawyers for 34 year old Reza Zarrab, a Turkish Azeri Iranian […]
Corbyn’s Labour Party; Freedom of Opinion not welcome here
by Theodore Dalrymple There was a time when taking the pledge meant abjuring strong drink, but members of the Labour Party will soon have to take a different pledge: to […]