AFP: Obama defends war at Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
US President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, uncomfortably acknowledging his role as a leader at war while insisting that conflict can be morally justified.Obama’s elevation to...
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South Africa in the Shadows
“People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them,” James Baldwin wrote. Few men have had as much history trapped in them as Nelson Mandela. To those outside South Africa, the country has...
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Nelson Mandela, Western Saint
The passing of Nelson Mandela has been attended with the usual global encomia we have come to expect from those political leaders who have become international celebrities. Sometimes these extravagant...
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The Mandela Myth
White liberals are obsessed with Nelson Mandela everywhere outside South Africa. Black people inside South Africa however are far more blasé about him. In a demographically youthful country where much...
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UK Sandwich Shop Owner Arrested for Mandela Joke
Who says there are no more blasphemy laws anymore? Make a joke about a secular saint and you’ll be getting DNA samples taken faster than you can say “Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela“. A sandwich shop owner...
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Caveat on Nelson Mandela
A Martian visiting earth this week, coasting TV channels and perusing papers, would have to conclude that among the items that most interest this planet’s news bureaus is the plight of former political...
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Nelson Mandela: The Untold Story
Given that the entire planet seems to be of one voice in both mourning the loss of Nelson Mandela and celebrating his life, most will find it inconceivable that anyone would think to so much as suggest...
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Nelson Mandela and Ronald Reagan
With the death of Nelson Mandela, the mythology continues that, under Ronald Reagan, the 1980s was the lost decade in dealing with South Africa. It’s the same old line — Reagan was insensitive to AIDS...
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A Mandela Moment in Jerusalem
The death of Nelson Mandela at 95 provided pundits of the world with the opportunity to ponder the legacy of the South African leader of the campaign against Apartheid. Very few people on earth earn...
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The Handshake Heard ‘Round the World
President Obama’s distressing rejection of American exceptionalism was on display for the whole world to see yesterday when he shamed his country by lowering himself to shake the blood-stained hand of...
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Mandela and Double Standards — on The Glazov Gang
This week’s Glazov Gang was joined by Ann-Marie Murrell, Monty Morton and Dwight Schultz. The Gang gathered to discuss Mandela and Double Standards (see Daniel Greenfield’s article The Mandela Myth)....
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2014: A Bad Year for the Left?
Most political indicators point to a terrible 2014 for American leftism amidst an auspicious resurgence of conservatism throughout the nation. As Americans continue to suffer in the weak Obama-era...
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