Month: July 2021

The Problem with a European Islam

A major dilemma in Europe has become more acute with the substantial increase of Muslim asylum seekers from impoverished or devastated countries.

The Malignity of Bad Taste

The Western artistic tradition is exhausted, modernism being both a symptom and a cause of that exhaustion.

Conservative Parties Declared Stance on Future of Europe

Parties from 16 EU countries, including Frances’ Rassemblement National, Poland’s PiS, Hungary’s Fidesz, and Italy’s Lega, united on 2 July with the objective of making their voice heard in the debate on the future of Europe. The leaders of the European conservative and right-wing parties signed simultaneously in several European capitals a document calling for […]

A Middle Eastern Journey

We can now recognize a clash of two opposing views, indeed two clashing interpretations of reality: that of the local Syrians and that of the Western media.

Taxi Cab Reflections

Mayor Anne Hidalgois currently engaged on a campaign to save the planet by making the streets of Paris hideous and increasingly unbearable.

The Centenary of Northern Ireland

The northern Irish state was born in 1921 as a political compromise. The circumstances of its birth bear certain similarities to the issues and conundrums thrown up by Brexit 100 years on.

The Bleak Promise of a Borderless World

Emotional decisions are rarely prudent. A statesman who allows himself to be swayed by momentary feelings, risks forgetting the interests of the country he represents.

Conservative Parties Declared Stance on Future of Europe

Conservative Parties Declared Stance on Future of Europe

Parties from 16 EU countries, including Frances’ Rassemblement National, Poland’s PiS, Hungary’s Fidesz, and Italy’s Lega, united on 2 July with the objective of making their voice heard in the debate on the future of Europe. The leaders of the European conservative and right-wing parties signed simultaneously in several European capitals a document calling for […]

A Middle Eastern Journey

A Middle Eastern Journey

We can now recognize a clash of two opposing views, indeed two clashing interpretations of reality: that of the local Syrians and that of the Western media.

July 7, 2021
Taxi Cab Reflections

Taxi Cab Reflections

Mayor Anne Hidalgois currently engaged on a campaign to save the planet by making the streets of Paris hideous and increasingly unbearable.

July 7, 2021
Millennial Miserabilism and ‘Cottage Core’

Millennial Miserabilism and ‘Cottage Core’

The human heart will ever desire a family life, a life of meaning within a community, and a life in consonance with nature, ultimately ordered to the Divine.

July 7, 2021
The Centenary of Northern Ireland

The Centenary of Northern Ireland

The northern Irish state was born in 1921 as a political compromise. The circumstances of its birth bear certain similarities to the issues and conundrums thrown up by Brexit 100 years on.

July 7, 2021
The Bleak Promise of a Borderless World

The Bleak Promise of a Borderless World

Emotional decisions are rarely prudent. A statesman who allows himself to be swayed by momentary feelings, risks forgetting the interests of the country he represents.

July 7, 2021
Born on the 4th of July? Thoughts on American & European Identity

Born on the 4th of July? Thoughts on American & European Identity

How are we to think about the relationship between the United States and Europe?

On Religious Freedom: An Interview with <b>Augusto Del Noce</b>

On Religious Freedom: An Interview with <b>Augusto Del Noce</b>

Augusto Del Noce was a distinguished Italian philosopher and political thinker.

July 1, 2021