Month: August 2021

EU Deeply Worried About Afghan Women

“We are deeply worried about Afghan women and girls, their rights to education, work and freedom of movement,” read the statement.

Merkel Joins CDU Campaign For Laschet

Angela Merkel will step in to help conservative Armin Laschet in his bid to succeed her as German chancellor as he sinks in the polls.

The Virtue Contest

The manipulations of the Left are easy to avoid if one does not try to prove one’s virtue using social media.

EU Foreign Ministers Discuss Afghanistan Crisis

EU Foreign Ministers Discuss Afghanistan Crisis

EU foreign ministers hold emergency talks via videolink Tuesday on the situation in Afghanistan.

August 17, 2021
Immigration and Women’s Rights: An Interview with <b>Ayaan Hirsi Ali</b>

Immigration and Women’s Rights: An Interview with <b>Ayaan Hirsi Ali</b>

In some ways, “Prey” is the most inflammatory of Hirsi Ali’s books. Her thesis is a straightforward one: the mass migration of men from misogynist Muslim cultures is a threat to the hard-won rights of women in Europe.

August 16, 2021
Poland’s Restitution Law Criticised by Israel and Washington

Poland’s Restitution Law Criticised by Israel and Washington

The new Polish law would make it much harder to get back confiscated property.

August 16, 2021
EU Countries Evacuate from Afghanistan

EU Countries Evacuate from Afghanistan

After the sudden collapse of the Afghan government, Western countries try to evacuate their people from the country.

August 16, 2021
Merkel Joins CDU Campaign For Laschet

Merkel Joins CDU Campaign For Laschet

Angela Merkel will step in to help conservative Armin Laschet in his bid to succeed her as German chancellor as he sinks in the polls.

August 13, 2021
The Virtue Contest

The Virtue Contest

The manipulations of the Left are easy to avoid if one does not try to prove one’s virtue using social media.

August 13, 2021
Polish Ruling Coalition Collapsed

Polish Ruling Coalition Collapsed

Poland’s ruling conservative coalition collapsed Tuesday after Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki fired the leader of a smaller partner party over disagreements on tax and media policy.

August 12, 2021
Latvia Started Pushing Back Migrants

Latvia Started Pushing Back Migrants

Latvian border guards turned back dozens of migrants into Belarus overnight.

August 12, 2021
From F Scale to Phobias

From F Scale to Phobias

The idea of an “authoritarian personality” is not a myth. It just so happens to exist primarily in those who wish to diagnose it in others.

Much Ado About Hungary

Much Ado About Hungary

There is no indication that David French has ever visited Hungary, but the idea that leading figures of an American political movement in which he no longer possesses even a crumb of influence or credibility feels affinity for that country clearly angers and frightens him.

August 11, 2021
Catholic Priest Murdered in Western France

Catholic Priest Murdered in Western France

France's interior minister reported that a priest was murdered in a small town in western France on Monday, August 9th.

August 10, 2021
Ukrainian Patriotism: Between Two Civilizations

Ukrainian Patriotism: Between Two Civilizations

It seems obvious that Russia, as it is now, cannot be an ally of the West. Perhaps in the future the Ukrainian government will be able to rebuild proper relations with Russia while protecting its boundaries. But this currently seems doubtful.

August 8, 2021