The Iconoclast
Cinema
by Ankur Betageri (June 2016) Delirium machine. Cinema. Reality. Whatever you think moves. Liquefied more>>>
The Children of Sderot
by David Solway (June 2016) know it is not mannah falling from the skies the children of Sderot know it is not the ram’s horn more>>>
What Do You Know?
by Dilip Mohapatra (June 2016) What do you know of the price of a piece of cloth fluttering on the top of the mast more>>>
The Secretary-General’s Lament
by Brandon Marlon (June 2016) Epic in scope, intimate in nature, the world’s work plods forwards or backwards depending on the council, commission, or agency. Most days the farce gauge […]
Convergence
by Bibhu Padhi (June 2016) They wait with a stillness— these words and their ingredients—almost like more>>>
Antonia’s Song
by Evelyn Hooven (June 2016) (This is from my verse play Celestial Lullaby. The spirit of Antonia seeks to comfort her mourning mother. The mood is ghostly, dream-like.) Oh, […]
Muhammad and Two Assassins Make Waraka ibn Nawfal Into a Metaphor
by A. Human Being (June 2016) November 13, 629AD: On the camel trail from al-Medina to al-Harrah, Arabia It was the strangest thing; whenever Salim ibn Umayr murdered someone, he […]
Freedom is Academic
by Timothy D. Lusch (June 2016) “The consensus of this Committee is final,” the Facilitator said. “But Your Honor—” Danny Koenig pleaded. “Mr. Koenig, you have self-identified with the male […]
A Note on Gossip
by James Como (June 2016) Always in season, a practice as popular as it is proscribed has been engagingly unraveled by Joseph Epstein, in Gossip: the untrivial pursuit. Coming upon […]
Celebrity Seduction: Cosby, Clinton, Trump
by Richard Kostelanetz (June 2016) As one recurring theme of my political criticism is challenging misunderstandings, I’ve been doubting some familiar myths about celebrity seduction, which is for me a […]
Dog Day Afternoon
by Theodore Dalrymple (June 2016) Most days a dog called Alfie walks past our house (with his master, of course), and I have to resist the mad impulse to rush […]
Why Johnny Still Can’t Write
by Samuel Hux (June 2016) It is a common lament that most American college students don’t write very well. (It was a common lament fifty years ago—but believe me, it didn’t […]
Brown University Around 1960
by Richard Kostelanetz (June 2016) When two book-length memoirs of Yale University around 1960 arrived, I naturally recalled my experience around that time at another Ivy League university situated between […]
Brexit to Brentrance: Why Britain Should Switch Membership from the EU for the EEU
by James Buckham (June 2016) 2018: The world’s press gather in London to watch Prime Minister Boris Johnson ratify the United Kingdom’s membership of the Eurasian Economic Union. Addressing Tigran Sargsyan, […]
Israel at 68 – Growth, Progress, Prosperity and Defiance
by Norman Berdichevsky (June 2016) The 68th anniversary celebrations of Israel’s independence were emotional and impressive for all those like myself who first visited Israel more than 50 years ago […]
Lies and Jew hatred in east London; What The Schoolgirl Represents And Why Her Lies Must Be Met With Truth
There is a well regarded philanthropist in east London and Essex named Jack Petchey. He’s 90, was born into a huge poor family in the east End, made some money […]