Joel Kotkin investigates the United States’ place on the world stage in The American Mind. Despite significant reasons for regression – the least of which he feels is the current political “doom loop” – Kotkin argues that the U.S. Constitution’s self-correcting nature, the nation’s enormous physical endowment and its people’s innovative spirit will enable the indispensable country to maintain its global role.

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.


