Brendan O’Neill reports in Spiked on last week’s decision by the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – something O’Neill regards as a direct threat against Israel’s right to defend itself. He also details the crass hypocrisy of Israel’s neighbours who despite having committed demonstrable atrocities and even genocide make a spectacle of demanding “justice”.
The War on Alcohol Moves South
Pressure is mounting on the U.S. government to redefine the safe level of alcohol consumption down to zero, reports Christopher Snowdon in The Spectator – and the push is being driven by some of the same researchers who’ve been making life miserable for Canadian social drinkers. As in Canada, they seek to discredit the view that moderate drinking contributes to cardio-vascular health by challenging the famous “J-Curve” which, backed by decades of science, demonstrates that social drinkers are likely to live longer than teetotallers.