I just read this transcript of the call from Todd Beamer on United Airlines Flight 93, and it made me cry. I recall reading it back in 2001, but not since. 9/11 changed the entire world, but it also was about huge personal tragedies for families and friends, and feats of heroism. I also was…
9/11 25 years on
9/11 25 years on
12 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: war against terror
Mohamed Atta—The Evil Ringleader of the 9/11 Attacks
11 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, laws of war, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: war against terror
Before I get into the story of Mohamed Atta, there is something I need to get off my chest. It appears that in the last few years, there has been a gradual downgrading of acts of terrorism. Terrorists are no longer called terrorists but militants. There are two definitions of a militant:1, Engaged in warfare […]
Mohamed Atta—The Evil Ringleader of the 9/11 Attacks
George W. Bush’s bullhorn speech still echoes, ‘I can hear you! The rest…
11 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: war against terror
Yolande Knell and a Hamas Security Chief Prove the BBC Needs a New Rule
06 Sep 2026 1 Comment
in economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, media bias, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
This week Israeli security forces announced the capture of Mu’in al Arabid, reported to be a senior Hamas internal security and intelligence chief, identified… The post Yolande Knell and a Hamas Security Chief Prove the BBC Needs a New Rule appeared first on CAMERA UK.
Yolande Knell and a Hamas Security Chief Prove the BBC Needs a New Rule
Is there a construal of “anti-Zionism” that doesn’t mean “antisemitism”?
03 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, population economics, war and peace Tags: Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
I wrote about this issue before, and I still can’t find a construal of “anti-Zionism” that is not equivalent to “antisemitism”? I ask because people who throw the term anti-Zionist around, like Zohran Mamdani, adamantly deny that they mean “antisemitism.” So that makes it okay for them to tar people as “Zionists” and deny that…
Is there a construal of “anti-Zionism” that doesn’t mean “antisemitism”?
Abdul El-Sayed and the Piker Problem
29 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: free speech, Israel, Middle-East politics, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, war against terror
There was a curious moment this week when Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed expressed shock that people were asking him…
Abdul El-Sayed and the Piker Problem
The Omagh Bombing
16 Aug 2026 1 Comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics Tags: British politics, Northern Ireland, war against terror
The Omagh bombing, which took place on August 15, 1998, stands as the deadliest single atrocity of the decades-long sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles. Just four months after the historic signing of the Good Friday Agreement, a car bomb exploded in the busy centre of Omagh, County Tyrone, in an attack […]
The Omagh Bombing
Once again: why anti-Zionism is antisemitism
08 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, war against terror
Of. course I’ll get raked for putting up this post, but I’m frankly sick of people denigrating others as “Zionists”, which in most cases is simply a euphemism for “people who are pro-Israel” or even “Jews”, so that “anti-Zionist” becomes a euphemism for “anti-Israel” or “antisemitic”. My contention, echoed by Natasha Hausdorff and Douglas Murray…
Once again: why anti-Zionism is antisemitism
Radio NZ at it again
30 Jul 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, economics of religion, law and economics, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, war and peace Tags: Germany, media bias, war against terror
Simon O’Connor points out: So Radio NZ ran a story from Reuters about the terrible hate crime attack in Berlin which saw 1 killed and 29 wounded at a pride festival. However they removed a key detail from the story. That the attacker was an Islamist. Reuters had this in their story, yet Radio NZ…
Radio NZ at it again
Fixed It. Examining BBC Backflips over Hamas Responsibility
20 Jul 2026 1 Comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, war against terror
On July 14, the BBC website published a short update piece by David Gritten titled “Israeli strike on police post in north Gaza kills… The post Fixed It. Examining BBC Backflips over Hamas Responsibility appeared first on CAMERA UK.
Fixed It. Examining BBC Backflips over Hamas Responsibility
The Meaning of “Globalise the Intifada!”
16 Jul 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, war and peace Tags: free speech, Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, war against terror
Political slogans compress complicated ideas into a few memorable words. Their strength lies in their emotional force, but so does their danger. A slogan can encourage solidarity and peaceful reform, or it can glorify hatred and violence while allowing those who use it to deny responsibility for its consequences. “Globalise the Intifada” belongs firmly in […]
The Meaning of “Globalise the Intifada!”
War Is Not Genocide
14 Jul 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, war against terror
The war in Gaza has produced terrible suffering. Many thousands of civilians have been killed, families have been displaced, neighbourhoods have been destroyed, and ordinary life has become almost impossible. None of this should be minimised. But neither should it be assumed that every exceptionally destructive war is therefore a genocide. Words matter, especially words […]
War Is Not Genocide
A superb piece: Sam Harris explains why, though he has criticisms of Israel, he won’t debate Israel’s critics
08 Jun 2026 1 Comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
I always find Sam Harris’s writings absorbing, but in today’s piece he’s really hit his stride, telling us why, despite his own criticisms of Israel, he won’t debate those people—he calls them “scholars, grifters, and moral lunatics”—who demonize Israel as not only morally worse than its enemies, but the worst country in the world. In…
A superb piece: Sam Harris explains why, though he has criticisms of Israel, he won’t debate Israel’s critics
A federal judge takes apart Nicholas Kristof’s controversial accusations against Israel
22 May 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, laws of war, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: free speech, Gaza Strip, Israel, media bias, Middle-East politics, political correctness, regressive left, war against terror
If you’re getting weary of the endless but necessary attacks on Nicholas Kristof for his misleading and almost antisemitic column about Israel’s “policy” of sexually assaulting Palestinian prisoners, Roy K. Altman has written in the Free Press the definitive critique of Kristof’s column—that is, until investigations by Israel reveal more information. Wikipedia identifies Altman as…
A federal judge takes apart Nicholas Kristof’s controversial accusations against Israel
Disgusting comments by the Greens
19 May 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, politics - New Zealand, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, war against terror
The Post reports: News the Israeli embassy is moving to a new Wellington location, with some tenants currently unaware, is drawing parallels to “human shield” allegations made against Hamas. The Israeli Embassy is on the 13th floor of a Brandon St office block but is soon moving to Ballance St, in a building shared by…
Disgusting comments by the Greens
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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