The Iconoclast
And Yet…
by Christopher Ward-Greene (March 2016)
Why I Don’t Read Newspapers
(written in 1971) by Richard Kostelanetz (March 2016) A prime blight of serious political discussion in this country is newspaper literacy, which is to say that too much talk and […]
Social Justice Warriors’ War Against the Enlightenment
by Lorna Salzman (March 2016) The Enlightenment of the 18th century, whose principles enabled the rise of secular democracy, egalitarianism and human rights, was made flesh in the French Revolution and […]
The Vote for the Greatest Portuguese and its Leading Candidates
A Fascist, a Communist and a Righteous Gentile by Norman Berdichevsky (March 2016) When Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, Portugal’s authoritarian ruler since 1932 finally was unable to rule effectively and […]
“Stand Up for Bastards”: Natural Issue in the 1571 Act of Parliament, 13 Eliz., c. 1
by David P. Gontar (March 2016) “We are bastards all.” — Posthumus Leonatus “I am a bastard, too. I love bastards. I am a bastard begot, bastard instructed, bastard in […]
Brittania Waives the Rules
by Michael Curtis (March 2016) In 1930 the British Daily Mirror issued a weather report, “Fog in the Channel, Continent is Isolated.” Britain is an island nation, with no borders […]
Nuclear War or Nuclear Peace? Israel’s Post-Iran Pact Options
by Louis René Beres (March 2016) For by Wise Counsel, Thou Shalt Make (Proverbs 24,6) The more things change, the more they remain the same. This is especially true in the […]
Can Our Ballistic Missile Defense System Shield Us from Rogue Regime ICBMs?
by Jerry Gordon (March 2016) February 2016 brought several concerning ICBM threats from both North Korea and Iran amid official government reports that the US and NATO allies lack an effective […]
A Tempered Heart: Valentine’s Days in a Chinese Odyssey
by Lizhi He (March 2016) Part I: A Valentine’s Day in the US: No Enemy Being a native Chinese, I had no knowledge of the Valentine’s Day until in February 1992 […]
Culturism and Modernism: An Academic Odyssey
by John K. Press (March 2016) Let’s take a journey together, towards my explosion, shall we? I recently spoke at the annual English Language Literature Association of Korea (ELLAK) conference in Busan, […]
Progressivism is Hostile to Humanism
by Patrick Frank (March 2016) Abstract: Ethical Humanism honors the individual and is the basis of classical liberalism, modern libertarianism. Progressives advertise their program as humanely compassionate, asserting compatibility with […]
Muslims and Atheism
by Ibn Warraq (March 2016) The occupation of God in our minds is one of the most oppressive types of occupation. — Abdullah al-Qasemi, 1907-1996 One could call the present […]
Where Have You Gone, Vinegar Joe?
Thoughts on the Profession of Arms by Samuel Hux (March 2016) Only a very few years ago, from the time just after 9/11—I am confident of this generalization—there was no […]
Islam: What Is To Be Done?
by G. Murphy Donovan (March 2016) Yes, Islam! The politics and theology of Muslims is now the dominant source of global instability; although any separation of the two is moot […]
Signs of Hope for Fresh Thinking in the U.S. and the U.K.
by Conrad Black (March 2016) The greatest single political problem in the Western world is sclerosis of the imagination. In Congress, on the hustings, and in the media, the United […]
Slaves of the Combustion Engine
by Theodore Dalrymple (March 2016) The motor car used to be a symbol of personal liberation. You could go anywhere you wanted, any time you wanted, without being tied […]
