The Iconoclast
Are Killers Ordinary Men?
The nearest large town to where I live when I am in France is called Alès. Having once been a centre of coal-mining, it is not very beautiful, unlike most […]
The Presidential Campaign and America’s Public Emptiness
Once upon a time, Ralph Waldo Emerson called sensibly upon Americans to embrace “plain living and high thinking.” Conspicuously, this earlier call for an enhanced personal and social equilibrium has […]
Violent Confrontations Between Germans and Immigrants
And between Germans and the left-wing politicians and newspaper editors they feel are selling their country down the river. Since this is a war of civilians on civilians, it is not […]
WEAPONS CACHE Found Hidden at Swedish Migrant Center
‘Explosive device’ may have brought down Russian airliner over Egypt, UK officials say
Did ISIS plant a bomb? The Guardian reports.
Polish Football Fans Unfurl 50-Foot ‘Stand And Defend Christianity’ Banner At Premier League Match
Raheem Kassam writes at supposed racism at matches, and has displayed banners mocking Islamic jihad.
Erdogan’s Ballot Stuffing “Victory”
Ahmad Chalabi –the friend who aided in Preserving the Babylonian Jewish Heritage
Ahmad Chalabi 1944-2015 Source: Image by © Patrick Robert/Corbis Ahmad Chalabi, the controversial secular Shiite Iraqi nationalist leader, passed yesterday at the age of 71. He left behind a mixed […]
Tea and Stoicism
When two Englishmen meet, said Doctor Johnson, their first talk is of the weather. This may have been so in his day, but I suspect that these days they are […]
Middle East Refugees: 91% on Food Stamps, 70% on Cash Welfare
Immigration Subcommittee Background: The statistics in the chart are provided by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The ORR figures […]
Pegida Rallies Heat Up in Germany
Hilbre Island
in the estuary of the River Dee taken from the Wirral. Hilbre Island, little Eye and Middle Eye are tidal islands and a very important nature reserve. They can be […]
Obama Foreign Policy: Too Little and Too Late
Now is the autumn of American political discontent and confusion over foreign policy. Winston Churchill once called Russia a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. His quip may well […]
Chancellor with Attitude
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so it is said. It’s hardly surprising, therefore, that politicians should seek to increase their popularity by sharing the tastes of their electorates, […]
Ahmad Chalabi has Died at Age 71
A Companion-Piece to Philippe Assouline’s Indispensable "A Palestininese Lexicon"; "the Concise Palestinian-English Dictionary"
Which should surely be considered as a sort of appendix to “The Devil’s Dictionary”. It was compiled by “The Judean People’s Front” and supplied to the author of the excellent […]
