Illustrating the widening phenomenon of rural populations rebelling against “green” power projects, Robert Bryce writes about a recent U.S. court ruling demanding the dismantling of 84 420-foot-high wind turbines. Oklahoma’s Osage Nation had used issues of sovereignty to go after the project – but the tribe’s substantive concerns will be familiar to farmers and lovers of open spaces everywhere.

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.


