The Iconoclast
So What Became Of Thomas Hardy, After Tess And Jude And The Mayor?
He’s suddenly re-appeared, after having given us all the slip, and as so often before, he’s breaking new ground. Don’t be surprised at the direction his career has suddenly taken […]
Dutch Researcher: It’s Not "Poverty" Nor "Isolation" But Taking Islam To Heart
What Muslims, allowed to live in the advanced, because non-Muslim, West, go off to join the Islamic State? Is it the poor Muslims, desperate at not having found a job […]
President Obama’s Questionable Framework Agreement for an Iranian Nuclear Deal
Smiling US negotiating team, Undersecretary of State Sherman, Secretary of State Kerry, Energy Secretary Moniz and unidentified colleague. Source: Reuters/Brendan Smialowski/Pool See these smiling faces, Undersecretary of State Wendy […]
France Takes the Lead on the Middle East
A political vacuum exists in the Middle East, and it is significant that France has stepped in to fill it in a principled way. It is a rebuke to the […]
Stay Muslim- don’t vote
A few photographs from this afternoons event outside the Regents Park Mosque. Anjem Choudary exhorting Muslims not to vote in the General Election next month. Counter demonstration by EDL and […]
But What If He Isn’t? What If The Devil Isn’t In The Details?
What if the Devil is not in the details? What if He is somewhere else, refined out of existence, paring his fingernails? Or what if He’s not in the details, […]
"The Devil Is In The Details’
How many tens of thousands of times is that phrase about to appear, has already begun to appear, in discussions of what was thought to be wrought at the Beau […]
Washington Post On What Was Originally To Have Been Achieved, And What Was
Here.
This Little Brother Went To Kill Infidels, This Little Brother Stayed Home
Here. One of them became “very religious.” He started to recite the Qur’an. Then he went to the museum to kill Infidels. There is no way to know when an […]
Labor Councillor Shakil Ahmed And His Son
Here.
Left-Wing And Haaretz-Contributing, Nonetheless Ari Shavit Despairs Of The Iran Deal
Lest you be told, or read, and do believe, that in Israel it is Netanyahu is opposed, and Netayahu is an alarmist, and Netanyahu is exaggerating the danger, and Netanyahu […]
Everything, Apparently, With Iran Is Coming Up Roses
What greets you right now if you put “Iran” in the google search box: Optimism as Iran nuclear deal framework announced; more work … CNN–4 hours ago Lausanne, Switzerland (CNN) […]
Al Shabaab Terror Strikes College on Maundy Thursday in Kenya
Horror at Garissa College Al Shabaab Siege Source: CBC.ca Early Thursday morning Al Shabaab jihadis swarmed into the grounds of Garissa University College in northeastern Kenya with over 815 students […]
A Musical Interlude: Insufficient Sweetie (Margaret Young)
Listen here.
News From Iraq
Take your pick, here.
In Israel, Outrage Across The Board
Even Netanyahu’s opponents agree. Here.
