Important Decisions

A beautifully written and incisive article. The trouble is that neither the Egyptians nor the Saudis seem interested in making Barack Obam...

Great history article. I didn't know about Bouvines, or these other ones: Five other obscure but decisive battles, chosen by historian...

Three cheers for Nick Cohen, arch-exposer of hypocrisy. ---- Noam Chomsky in the Crimea The Spectator Nick Cohen 3 March 2014 Go to...

The Finno-Soviet Winter War of 1939/40 is a fascinating bit of history, with Britain supporting Finland againt the Communist aggressors, an...

You couldn't parody this - a program called 'Free Speech', held in a mosque, bails out of discussing Islam's attitude to hom...

In some reading I was doing around the Mandela death, I came across a leading ANC communist figure, Arthur Goldreich , who was Jewish and a ...

Interesting. ------- Good By Stealth By Tom Gross Standpoint Mag December 2013 The media is full of stereotypes and mistakes about m...

There's an excellent 5 minute Newsnight interview with David Baddiel at this BBC url, where he discusses Anelka's 'quenelle'...

Canadian PM Stephen Harper is visiting Israel, and I have never heard a Western leader make these kinds of statements of support. His three ...

Interesting & brave guy. I first read about him here . ------ Teen Poet Sparks New Debate on Islam in Denmark November 6, 2013 Cle...

Wow - I had no idea. Fascinating. --------- The mysteries of Azerbaijan: A Shiite nation embraces its Jews Jewish Journal December 18,...

Interesting history. Love the bit about Jews at Chinese restaurants. ----------- The real story of Christmas: From sun-worship to Sinter...

Interesting pro & con juxtaposition. ------------- Iran deal: should we embrace it? Jewish Chronicle 28/11/2013 Part 1 - YES by ...

Superb article. --------- The Greatest Enemy of Privacy Is Ambiguity If we can't define what it means to be left alone, don't b...