The Iconoclast
A Kind of Looking Back
by Bibhu Padhi (July 2015) Small print: I think I know you will betray me again, and I’ll feel alone. more>>>
The Passport
by Gopikrishnan Kottoor (July 2015) The blue cloth hyacinths that father brought home from Bangkok Stood heady on the carved round table in the black earthen vase. more>>>
Esther by Hans Kaltneker
translated by William Ruleman (July 2015) O how before all other women, she Arises shimmering as the stars overhead. With what a lovelier reality Her maiden’s form adorns her […]
Two More Tries At It
by P. David Hornik (July 2015) 1 I know an astronomer. Once there were only about a dozen people in the world who understood the intricacies of his work; […]
Islamic State beheads first women civilians
jihadists have beheaded two women in Syria for sorcery, an extension of the punishment which is normally reserved for men. The case marks the first time a woman civilian is recorded as […]
The Best Friend
by James Como (July 2015) Rain was falling hard and it was the tail end of rush hour, so when Eli snagged a cab on eighty-sixth and Lexington he knew […]
S?t?’s Suicide: How the Ideology of Pativrata Sati Destroys Indian Women
by Ankur Betageri (July 2015) To the memory of my great-great-grandmother, Hakmi B?i, who was whipped to death by her husband for eating paan (betel leaf). O foolish […]
Religious Schools, Ideology and Terrorism
by Samir Yousif (July 2015) Introduction Is it possible that a man commits suicide without being aware of what he is doing? How can we conceive what perspective, hopes and […]
Islam, an Arabic Religion
by Sha’i ben-Tekoa (July 2015) And who are the Arabs? Surely among the first written mentions of them since the invention of writing are the few found in the Bible. […]
The Nation State of the Jewish People
by Robert Wolfe (July 2015) When I first heard that Netanyahu wanted to enact a Basic Law defining Israel as “the nation state of the Jewish people,” my only objection […]
The IDF Sword Batallion
by Norman Berdichevsky (July 2015) Two non-Jewish minority communities in Israel, the Druze (a deviant Shi’a Muslim group) and Circassians (Sunni Muslims whose ancestors were exiled to Palestine from the […]
Dangerous Liaisons: RAND Corporation and the Herzl Institute
by G. Murphy Donovan (July 2015) “We can be the vanguard of culture against barbarianism.” – Theodor Herzl Some say that bad news comes in threes. If that folklore is […]
Empowering Kurdistan
by Jerry Gordon (July 2015) In the Wall Street Journal Weekend edition, June 20-21, 2015, Yaroslav Trofimov writes of the possible rise of an independent Kurdistan, “The State of The […]
The Conspiracy of Left and Right to Discredit Science
by Lorna Salzman (July 2015) Huffington Post is laughable. This pretension at publishing is a low-brow joke foisted onto liberals but it is by no means the worst. Democracy Now, truthdig, […]
Spengler, Urbanism and a New Primary-Symbol
by David Beauchamp (July 2015) Of the many great philosophers produced by the German speaking lands over the centuries, Oswald Spengler was one who has not quite endured the way […]
The Protocols of The Elders of PC
by Richard Butrick (July 2015) If one senses the incisive observations and inferences of Machiavelli upon perusing The Protocols of the Elders of Zion one would be right. The origins […]
