Why Germany Turns a Blind Eye to Iranian Violations of the Nuclear Deal
Berlin will let Tehran build a bomb so as not to threaten business.
July 14, 2017
A Recently Translated Novel Lays Bare the Horrors of Assad’s Syria
And can provide guidance for U.S. policy.
In his semi-autobiographical novel The Shell (originally published in Arabic in 2008), Mustafa Khalifa—who spent the years from 1982 to 1994 as a political prisoner in the notorious Tadmor prison—tells the story of a Syrian arrested and held prisoner on trumped-up charges. The book, writes Kyle Orton, is not only a powerful and moving account but also one that can be instructive to those in the West still enamored of the idea of partnering with Bashar al-Assad to defeat Islamic State (IS):
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Seeing Illusory Anti-Semitism While Ignoring the Real Thing
George Soros, the “Dyke March,” and the progressive inversion of the meaning of anti-Semitism.
A Recently Translated Novel Lays Bare the Horrors of Assad’s Syria
And can provide guidance for U.S. policy.
Jews, Christians, and the Future of Religious Liberty
Making common cause.
As Traditional Religion Goes into Decline, Paganism Is Poised to Take Its Place
From the shamanic ceremonies of Brooklyn to the organic-cocoa-beans-and-beer sacrifices of Hawaii.