December 4, 2005

Oriana Fallaci in New York

By Jack Kemp
Last Monday night, the Center for the Study of Popular Culture gave Oriana Fallaci the Annie Taylor Award (named after the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel) at a dinner in New York. I eagerly purchased a ticket to the evnt, expecting to like and admire her all the more, but was in the end disappointed at what I heard. Ms. Fallaci, now 76 years old and suffering from multiple cancers as well as a throaty smoker's voice that makes her sound more like a Pole or a Russian than an Italian speaking English, divides her time now between New York and Italy. She is undergoing medical treatment in New York and the award ceremony was moved to that city so she would not have to travel. Ms. Fallaci was introduced and lauded by both The Center's director, noted author David Horowitz, and Daniel Pipes, a Middle Eastern scholar who has come under his share of attacks on campuses around the US for his support for Israel as well as pointing out some things Islamists don't want to...(Read Full Article)