In The Spectator, Matthew Lynn examines the first quarterly budget surplus that Argentina has posted since 2008. President Javier Milei – who campaigned with a chainsaw to symbolize his financial plans – appears to be weathering the expectedly fierce resistance to his cost-cutting shock therapy. Lynn looks at how Milei got this far and suggests two lessons for governments hoping to replicate his success.

Palestinian Culture: Unique in its Own Destructive Way
Although the Palestinian Authority enjoys an array of cultural departments and programs, A.J. Caschetta in Jewish World Review finds that all of it – art, education, literature, poetry, music, education and film – is oriented to two goals: the vilification of Jews and the destruction of Israel. Caschetta notes this is in sharp contrast to Arab and Muslim traditions, which include myriad aesthetically normal cultural works. Palestinianism, Caschetta finds, is “a very sick culture”, driven by resentment and fuelled by hate.


