The Iconoclast
Olives
by Len Krisak (April 2016) Sometimes a yearning for surrender comes— A hunger for defeat That’s pleased with crumbs And longs for bitter crow to eat. more>>>
Chattel Women — Arabia, 630 AD
by A. Human Being (April 2016) January 25, 630 AD: The hills of Autas, east of Mecca, Arabia An army of bandits isn’t typically comprised of overly sensitive men. But […]
What Was “Conceptual Writing”?
a review by Richard Kostelanetz (April 2016) One of the curious cultural phenomena of our time is that radical epithets developed in the rather small audience for visual art acquire […]
“Trial,” Hollywood’s Prescient Film on the Left’s Playbook
When You Can’t Find a Law to Fit the Facts, Find Some Facts to Fit the Law by Norman Berdichevsky (April 2016) Although now sixty years old, the film “Trial” based […]
One Cheer for Ayn
by James Como (April 2016) Some fifty-five years ago – I would have been fourteen: the Yankees beat the Reds in a great World Series, great, that is, if you […]
Defiance
by James Buckham (April 2016) Three historical example of defiance –the most noble of human emotions – and how this is relevant today: 1. The Old Believers: Here in the […]
The Nature of the 1916 Easter Rising and the Centennial Anniversary
by Robert Harris (April 2016) A relatively small number of undeniably brave fighters, led by Padraig [Patrick] Pearse, took by force the possession of several landmark sites in Dublin City, […]
Does ISIS Possess Saddam Hussein’s WMDs?
An interview with Ken Timmerman by Mike Bates and Jerry Gordon (April 2016) Following his South Carolina victory, GOP Presidential front runner Donald Trump was on Fox News Sunday with […]
Dunces and Doctrines
by G. Murphy Donovan (April 2016) Jeffrey Goldberg has the April Fool’s cover of The Atlantic this Spring, a confectioner’s assessment of seven some odd years of the team Obama […]
Demographics: Why Islamic Societies are Dying
by Ibn Warraq (April 2016) One of the most startling and original books I have read in the last five years is surely David P. Goldman’s How Civilizations Die (And […]
Danger of Islamist Terrorism: Be Not Afraid
by Michael Curtis (April 2016) No good deed goes unpunished. The campaign by the U.S., Western countries, Kurds, and Russia against ISIS has succeeded up to a point. ISIS, […]
The UN is a Plastic Owl
by A.J. Caschetta (April 2016) Urban dwellers know the plastic owl. In an effort to scare pigeons from roofs, ledges and window sills, they strap and screw them in place hoping […]
Lars Hedegaard: Free Speech Warrior Fighting the Islamization of Europe
A discussion with Lisa Benson and Jerry Gordon (April 2016) Lars Hedegaard Founder of the Danish and International Free Press Societies was interviewed on
Christopher Dickey and “Anti-Muslim Hysteria”
by Hugh Fitzgerald (April 2016) After the latest attacks in Brussels, Christopher Dickey, a senior American journalist based in Paris, was alarmed. What alarmed him was not the homicidal hatred […]
Dhimmitude at 10 Downing
by Sha’i ben-Tekoa (April 2016) In February, British Prime Minister David Cameron occasioned much gnashing of teeth in Israel by calling Israel’s presence in Jerusalem an “occupation” and settlements “illegal.” […]
Stand Up and Fight Islamization of the West: an interview with Paul L. Weston of Liberty GB
by Jerry Gordon (April 2016) On April 26, 2014, Paul L. Weston, founder of the Liberty GB party, was arrested at Winchester Guild Hall in London for reciting an excerpt […]