The Iconoclast
Netanyahu’s Victory and Obama’s Response
A saying attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt is that small minds discuss people, average minds discuss events, and great minds discuss ideas. This is not applicable to all commentators on public […]
C. P. Scott, Editor Of The Manchester Guardian, On The Balfour Declaration
This was Scott’s leader in the Manchester Guardian (now The Guardian) on the day that the Balfour declaration was published in the paper. PALESTINE AND THE JEWS Wednesday, November […]
An Apostate — Berber, From The Kabyle — On The West’s Endless Gullibility And Stupidity
Stupidity, cupidity, timidity, gullibility — there may be more — it’s the Esdrujula Explanation for the behavior of Western non-Muslims, in refusing to see what is right in front of […]
Enough With The Goody-Goodiness Vis-A-Vis Muslims In The West
Piero Ostellino, at ilgiornale.it, here. Islam is making war on us, on our Italian, Western identity.
Ernesto Galli Della Loggia: Europe, Under Siege And Scared
Europe, he writes, make no mistake, is under siege from Islam and lacks the leaders, and the military forces, to defend itself. Enough nonsense about “exporting democracy” to these Muslim […]
Pat Condell: Free Speech On Campus
Here.
Ivan Rioufol: The French Need To Be Deeply Rooted
Here.
A Cinematic Musical Interlude: My Baby Said Yes, Yes (Eddie Cantor)
Watch, and listen, here.
Peace And Conflict Studies At UNC/Greensboro
Here. As Obama and Kerry and everyone else in this Administration likes to say, it’s all about Getting To Yes. And think of all that needs to be done in […]
The French Politicians And Their Want Of Cultivation
And their idea, too, of who can be considered an “intellectual,” which for those in the Socialist Party means Bernard-Henri Levy but not Eric Zemmour. Here.
In The Negotiations With Iran, America Is The Weakest Link, France The Strongest
Story here. The insensate desire of Obama to get a deal, just a deal coute que coute, is yet again exposed. This is the man who presumes, with all his […]
Katharine "My Name Is Rachel Corrie" Viner Becomes New Editor Of The Guardian
Far, very far, from Scott of The Guardian. Story of this unsurprising but appalling appointment here.
Anjem Choudary’s latest
Two tweets confirming the Caliphate’s ambition for world domination,here. And a this notice at a Leyton Mosque, and this little homily on
What Happened The Other Day In Kabul, And What It Means
See here. ‘Very large numbers of Americans — soldiers and civilians, including every conceivable kind of aid worker — have been in Afghanistan since 2001. The American government has built […]
Do Terrorist Attacks Affect Your Choice Of Tourist Destination?
A little vote taken at lefigaro.fr, here.
In Yemen, It’s Friday, So There’s Lots Of Mayhem And Murder
The main mayhem has been the bombing at a Shi’a mosque, killing more than 120, and wouunding 200. That’s where Houthis, including some of the Houthi leaders, would have […]