Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy » Phyllis Chesler

Clinging to Illusions for Dear Life

Phyllis Chesler — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:31:19 +0000

Many educated Americans continue to deny that we are at war and that fundamentalist Islam remains our Number One clear and present danger.

Let me state what is painfully obvious. Despite our most hopeful illusions, people are not really "good" nor do they really practice "peace." While power corrupts, absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely and [...]

An Offer We Must Refuse

Phyllis Chesler — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:30:59 +0000

Osama bin Laden could get a professorship at any allegedly distinguished American university; he certainly has the rap down cold.

Here he is again, Big Brother holding forth, bearing poisoned gifts, giving the infidels a chance — both to convert and to see our own Stalinized image reflected back to us in its Islamist form. [...]

The Intifada Off-Broadway

Phyllis Chesler — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:45:18 +0000

The Black Eyed trots out bits and pieces of superficial propaganda, emotionally experienced as symbols of something larger, but entirely unrelated to the play's story-line involving four "Palestinian" women who meet in heaven.

I once lived in the East Village — 'twas back in the early 1960s, long before it became as fashionable as it now [...]