Writing in Jewish World Review, Melanie Phillips details the global nature of radical Islamism. In addition to the October 7 attacks, she lists crucifixions of Christians in Syria, beheadings in Nigeria and calls for the “total collapse of the…American empire” from within the U.S. as proof of the joint and accumulated efforts of Islamic extremists. “The West won’t accept that it’s facing an Islamic holy war,” Phillips writes. “So it is giving up without ever putting up a fight.”

Bad Mom? Bad Wife?
The Massachusetts trial of Lindsay Clancy for killing her three young children (recently declared a mistrial) became a litmus test for couples – with some publicly breaking off engagements due to disagreements over her culpability. Writing in The American Mind, Evie Solheim ponders the malign influence of social media on the marriage decision for younger generations. “When men and women treat existence as a zero-sum game, everyone loses,” she writes, pleading for greater understanding between the sexes. For more on marriage, see this C2C article.


