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The spate of Islamist beheadings—of hundreds of indigenous Christians and Muslims in Iraq and Syria and a handful of Westerners in those places plus London, Algeria, and now Oklahoma—has been called “do-it-yourself jihadism.” Whereas the 9/11 attacks required pilots’ licenses, these beheadings require only rudimentary butchering credentials. Of course, the impact has been electric, exceeding […]

Theodore Dalrymple has aired out the recent exhumation of the body of Richard III, the English King killed at Bosworth Field in 1485 by Henry Tudor who founded the illustrious Tudor dynasty as Henry VII. Vilified by Shakespeare as the ignominious hunchback who murdered his brother, nephews, and wife to seize the throne, Richard died […]

Andrew Sullivan, the premier logger, who’s a Brit transplant, is currently suffering a disillusionment more like poor unBritish Candide as the philosophy he was weaned on—Dr. Pangloss’ “It is the best of all possible worlds”—is mugged by reality. First, he had to abandon he’s pro-Israel politics when he discovered, much to his chagrin, that Israeli […]

For more on the anti-Israel and anti-Semitic connections of Scottish Nationalism, see: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2014/09/16/why-scots-leader-compares-israel-to-isis/ http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Scottish-Jewish-community-leader-Independence-would-not-be-favorable-for-policy-toward-Israel-375558

Obama’s belated anti-ISIS/ISIL Coalition is being called a “coalition of the unwilling,” compared to George W. Bush’s against Saddam Hussein which actually evoked authentic if narrow enthusiasm. It also has aspects of an arranged marriage forced upon unwilling parties. Anyway, this may be the indigenous rationale that Secretary of State Kerry is using to try […]

The Nineteenth Century—Darwin’s Century—was The Age of Evolution. The Twenty-First Century may turn out to be The Age of Devolution. Take the Scots—you can have them! Once the model of British industriousness, their aging population now enjoys among Europe’s highest dependency rates, keeping their standard of living afloat with subsidies from the hated South which […]

1940’s “Phoney War” bears some resemblance to 2014’s “Phantom War.” True, today there is no Hitler around planning to Blitzkrieg France in six months. But the Mideast is not lacking in “mini-me” Hitlers. Some argue that the threat posed by ISIS/ISIL is being overblown. Maybe that “Islamic State”—with 31,000 soldiers and billions in oil revenues—remains […]