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REVIEWS

Confessions of an Epidemiologist

The Year the World Went Mad

by Mark Woolhouse

Dingwall: Sandstone Press Ltd, 2022

Roger Watson — 09.08.22

How (and Why) One Woman is Taking on the Sexual Revolution

The Case Against the Sexual Revolution

by Louise Perry

Cambridge: Polity, August 2022

Jonathon Van Maren — 05.08.22

The Magic of Old

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

London: Bloomsbury, 2004

Daria Fedotova — 04.08.22

A Thoroughly Modern Devil Tempts Paris: A Review of Gounod’s Faust at the Paris Opera

Paul du Quenoy — 03.08.22

The Race to Replace Boris: A Conflict of Economic Visions

The Tory leadership race is a fight between Sunak’s ‘Thatcherite’ concern to prioritise taming inflation and Truss’s ‘Reaganite’ focus on boosting economic growth, even at the expense of deficit-financed tax cuts.

Harrison Pitt — 16.08.22

Essay

The Tears of Lebanon

For those who love Lebanon and its people, the apparent indifference of the West to this unique nation and its struggles is incomprehensible.

Fr. Benedict Kiely — 16.08.22

NEWS

News

86% Rise in Illegal Migration to the EU in 2022

Carlos Perona Calvete — 16.08.22

News

Denmark To Beef Up Baltic Sea-Air Defense

Sven R. Larson — 16.08.22

News

Swedish PM: Abolish Probable Cause

Sven R. Larson — 16.08.22

News

Germans Facing an Extra €500 a Year in Gas Bills

Tristan Vanheuckelom — 16.08.22

News

Meloni Calls for a Naval Blockade Off North Africa to Halt Rising Illegal Migration Flows

Robert Semonsen — 15.08.22

News

Low Water Levels Threaten German Industry

David Boos — 15.08.22

News

Monkeypox Rebranded

Bridget Ryder — 15.08.22

MORE NEWS

News

Estonia and Latvia Pull Out of ‘China Club’

Arguing for its replacement, Lithuania’s minister of foreign affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis tweeted that “China’s 17+1 format was already redundant and divisive long before Lithuania quit.”

Tristan Vanheuckelom — 15.08.22

News

Rushdie Taken Off Ventilator As Assailant Pleads Not Guilty

The man accused of stabbing the author multiple times, Hadi Matar, pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault. He is due back in court on Friday.

Tristan Vanheuckelom — 15.08.22

News

Germany Pulls Out of Mali

This is the latest in a reduction of European troops in the country which were there to help the Malian government fight jihadist insurgents.

Bridget Ryder — 15.08.22

News

Pakistan: Arrests After Alleged Incitement of Mutiny on Live TV

A close aide of former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on charges of “seducing people to rebellion” after he called upon ordinary soldiers to disobey orders from their superiors during a TV program.

David Boos — 14.08.22

News

Drought in Norway Newest Energy Threat

This year’s drought has brought water reservoir levels so low that the government is considering having to temporarily stop hydroelectricity exports.

Bridget Ryder — 14.08.22

News

Jordan Peterson Receives Spengler Prize; Call for Papers

Spengler Society, Peterson “fights for holding on to the very own basic values of our civilization,” which makes his work “increasingly compatible and complementary to that of Spengler.”

David Boos — 14.08.22

News

RyanAir to Raise Prices, Blames Airports for Delays

O’Leary blamed the summer’s travel problems on a lack of planning by airport officials, saying they knew schedules months in advance.

Bridget Ryder — 14.08.22

News

Novelist Salman Rushdie in Hospital After Attack on Stage

In an email, his book agent Andrew Wylie wrote that “the news is not good,” as the author is likely to lose one eye. During the attack, stab wounds damaged his liver and severed the nerves in his arm.

Tristan Vanheuckelom — 13.08.22

News

Greek Government Facing Phone-Tapping Scandal

In his speech to the nation, PM Mitsotakis attempted damage control by calling the phone-tapping legal, but wrong.

Bridget Ryder — 13.08.22

News

High-Profile Protesters Arrested in Sri Lanka

The arrest of trade union leader Joseph Stalin led to large scale protests in Sri Lanka. UN special rapporteur on human rights, Mary Lawler, called the arrest “disturbing” and said Stalin “must be supported, not punished.”

David Boos — 13.08.22

News

ECJ Ruling Will Facilitate Work of Mass Migration NGOs

Inevitably, the high court’s ruling will have a disproportionately negative impact on the EU’s Mediterranean countries—the states most vulnerable to illegal mass migration: Italy, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, and Malta.

Robert Semonsen — 12.08.22

News

Gustavo Petro Sworn in as President of Colombia

Petro’s campaign highlighted environmentalism, feminism, and Afro-Colombian issues. Where he and Chile’s Boric break with Chavez-style leftism is in emphasizing gay marriage, abortion, and “green” industry.

Carlos Perona Calvete — 12.08.22

News

Russian-Crimean Airbase Destruction is Confirmed

Ukraine has coyly neither accepted nor denied responsibility for the explosions that startled tourists at the beach.

Bridget Ryder — 12.08.22

News

Tavistock Gender Clinic to be Sued by 1,000 Families

Lawsuits are being prepared by aggrieved families who allege that the Tavistock clinic indulged the ill-considered claims of vulnerable children and sent them down a damaging, irreversible medical route.

Harrison Pitt — 12.08.22

News

Hungary and Slovakia Step Up to Keep Russian Oil Flowing Through Ukraine

Oil deliveries from Russia had been detained through the southern half of the Druzhba pipeline due to a problem with transit fee payments caused by EU sanctions.

Bridget Ryder — 12.08.22

News

Election Forecast: Italy’s Counter-Globalist Right Coalition May Win 60% of Seats

If the forecast is correct, the conservative, anti-establishment coalition could secure 245 out of 400 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 127 of 200 seats in the Senate, garnering a comfortable majority in both legislatures.

Robert Semonsen — 12.08.22

News

Citizens Opposed to EU Solar and Wind Energy Projects

The Commission’s directives would enshrine in EU regulation solar and wind energy projects as worthy of “overriding public interest” status. Being overridden is exactly what rural communities fear.

Bridget Ryder — 12.08.22

News

More than 100K Britons Refuse to Pay for Energy This Fall

On its website, the collective Don’t Pay UK demands a “reduction of energy bills to an affordable level.”

Tristan Vanheuckelom — 12.08.22

News

German State Media Excludes AfD from Public Discourse

A new study shows how drastic the suppression of conservative and right-wing opinions has become: since the last election, not a single AfD politician has been invited to a talk show on state TV.

David Boos — 11.08.22

News

Hungary Fines Ryanair over Profit Tax

Ryanair responded to the penalty by pointing to EU law, which permits airfare pricing within the union “without interference from national governments.”

Sven R. Larson — 11.08.22

COMMENTARY

Commentary

CPAC Texas and the New Anti-Globalist Face of the Republican Party

One thing was abundantly clear at CPAC Texas: the anti-globalist message—whether spoken by politicians from the U.S., continental Europe, or Mexico—clearly resonates in the minds, hearts, and souls of regular working people.

Robert Semonsen — 14.08.22

Commentary

Diversify and Conquer: From Diversity to Disintegration to Domination

Evidence that higher diversity leads to lower worker organizing helps explain why corporations and the political establishment are committed to increasing diversity through migration.

Carlos Perona Calvete — 11.08.22

Commentary

The FBI Raid Against Donald Trump

Trump is a credible presidential candidate in 2024. What does it say about President Biden when his Department of Justice orders a police raid on the home of his most likely opponent in the next election?

Sven R. Larson — 10.08.22

Commentary

Tensions Rise Ahead of U.S. Election

In less than three months, Americans will vote in a midterm election to decide their state-elected congressional representatives. The stakes are high, since many trends in American politics are decided at the state level.

Sven R. Larson — 09.08.22

Commentary

Yale Russia Report Gets an F

I wanted to read irrefutable evidence that the Russian economy had suffered deeply and perhaps irreversibly from the war. As I kept reading the report, my hopes fell flat. This is nothing more than an academic propaganda pamphlet.

Sven R. Larson — 07.08.22

Commentary

Pakistan: Paying the Price for Our Indulgences

With Pakistan close to economic collapse, fears of a situation similar to Sri Lanka are growing. But due to the ‘butterfly effect,’ European energy politics have contributed greatly to this chaos.

David Boos — 06.08.22

Commentary

The Economics of Budget Deficits

Government officials have carefully ignored the need for more fiscal conservatism. Looking at the threat of a new debt crisis, investors and taxpayers alike expect nothing more spectacular from their current leaders than a new round of put-out-the-fire austerity packages.

Sven R. Larson — 05.08.22

Commentary

A Conservative Fix for Future Debt Crises

The socialist welfare state is inherently unaffordable. It destroys its own tax base and leads to economic stagnation.

Sven R. Larson — 03.08.22

Commentary

Race, Culture, and Western Self-Hatred: the Fake Controversy Over Orbán’s Speech

Please forgive me if I roll my eyes when I hear the diversity pharisees playing the colour-blind champions against their favourite scapegoat because he referred to the concept they have turned into a lucrative business.

Rodrigo Ballester — 01.08.22

ESSAYS

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Essay

How the Latin Kings Became a Spanish Street Gang

Simply railing against illegal immigration misses the point. Industrialization, urbanisation, globalisation, and crime are today a web of interconnected factors. Latin American gangs in Madrid are the perfect example.

Bridget Ryder — 15.08.22

Essay

Rising Holocaust Denial and the Islamist Mind

The Western European elite has no trouble posting Holocaust remembrance messages on social media, but they struggle to recognize that the very immigration policies they favor actually contribute to anti-Semitism in Europe.

László Bernát Veszprémy — 14.08.22

Essay

Sweden Still Facing NATO Obstacles

NATO expansion into the Nordic region of Europe could unnecessarily escalate tensions with Russia. In doing so, the expansion could cause a conflict which would not be in the interest of the United States.

Sven R. Larson — 13.08.22

Essay

Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar: Part I, Imperator

Harrison Pitt — 13.08.22

Essay

Poland’s Best Kept Secret

Marek Jan Chodakiewicz — 12.08.22

Essay

The Making of the “Orange Country”: An Analysis of the Hungarian Electoral System

Gergely Szilvay — 11.08.22

Essay

Teaching Helplessness: The Problem with Modern Education

Daria Fedotova — 10.08.22

Essay

Surrendering the Sahara, Part II: Bigger Players and Resource Riches

Carlos Perona Calvete — 08.08.22

Essay

A Lesson from the Festival of Hunting

Sebastian Morello — 08.08.22

Essay

The Bruderhof in Austria: An Anabaptist Homecoming

Andrew Zimmerman — 07.08.22

Essay

Reconquista and the Lost Kingdom: Reflections from Spanish History

Carlos Perona Calvete — 06.08.22

INTERVIEWS

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Interview

Returning to the Classical View of Knowledge: An Interview with Johan Wennström

Mariano Navarro — 06.08.22

Interview

Occasional Dialogues: Yoram Hazony interviewed by Harrison Pitt

Harrison Pitt — 03.08.22

Interview

On the History of Catalan Separatism: an Interview with Jesús Laínz

Carlos Perona Calvete — 23.07.22

Interview

Dismantling Narratives One Film at a Time: An Interview With Marijn Poels

David Boos — 21.07.22

Interview

MEPs Attempt to Ban Pro-Life Lobbyists from EU Parliament

Bridget Ryder — 06.07.22

Interview

Will the U.S. Win the West’s First Major Pro-life Victory? An interview with Joseph Meaney

Bridget Ryder — 30.05.22

REVIEWS

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Review

Forgotten Classics: Trauma, Sin, and Providence in Kristin Lavransdatter

Reading Sigrid Undset’s trilogy challenges readers to confront their own moral vacillations and need for constancy.

Felix James Miller — 30.07.22

Review

Between Sensitivity and Beauty: Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo

Hypersensitivity forces beauty into a politically-correct straitjacket. It is hardly surprising that such straitjackets kill beauty, for what cannot breathe, cannot live.

Pepijn Leonard J. Demortier — 24.07.22

Review

Forgotten in the Promised Land

Oriental Jews may well have been discriminated against throughout Israel’s early decades, but Michale Boganim’s latest documentary vastly exaggerates their current plight.

Jorge González-Gallarza — 20.07.22

Review

Beyond Papolatry

The Road from Hyperpapalism to Catholicism: Rethinking the Papacy in a Time of Ecclesial Disintegration

by Peter Kwasniewski

Waterloo, Ontario: Arouca Press, 2022

Sebastian Morello — 19.07.22

Review

“Pandamned”: Unmasking an Empire of Fear

The 2-hour documentary “Pandamned”by Dutch filmmaker Marijn Poels is a colossal undertaking aiming to summarize and assess overall socio-political developments of the past few years.

David Boos — 14.07.22

Review

Les Droites en Amérique

The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism

by Matthew Continetti

New York: Basic Books, 2022

Jorge González-Gallarza — 10.07.22

Review

Liberal Economics and the Church after The End of History

The Economics of the Parables

by Fr. Robert Sirico

Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 2022

Jesse Russell — 09.07.22

Review

Forgotten Classics: Community in C.S. Lewis’ Oddest Novel

Lewis wants his readers to re-examine our presumptions about everything from modern education and science to ‘the West’ and contraception. Recognizing this can help us understand why the novel has so divided readers.

Felix James Miller — 25.06.22

TRIBUTES

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Tribute

Alice von Hildebrand (1923-2022)

Josef Seifert — 08.05.22

Tribute

Stefan Zweig, Remembering a European

David Boos — 23.02.22

Tribute

Sir David Amess (1952-2021)

Benjamin Harnwell — 23.11.21

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