Day: January 24, 2022

Double Meanings

In politics, a term can have multiple meanings, to the point that, through rhetoric and semantic confusion, people can be convinced to assiduously pursue their own disempowerment.

Socialized Medicine: California Dreaming of Europe

A single-payer system is nothing more than a promise of health care. If and when you actually get health care is a different matter, yet its American proponents continue to ignore this problem in Europe, fantasizing that it will not come to America.

Russian Mercenaries in Mali, as Violence Escalates

The Malian government has brought in the Russian mercenaries to help fight the ongoing incursion of jihadist insurgents. Aid to the Church in Need reported in December that attacks on civilians by Islamic militants have increased, particularly targeting Christians and others who oppose them.

A Frenchman’s Passion for Seville

Ostensibly about bullfighting, it is actually the greatest book published by a foreigner about the city of Seville and one of the great books on Spain.

Protests Against COVID-19 Measures Erupt Across Europe

From Stockholm to Paris to Barcelona to Helsinki, EU governments braced themselves as citizens—singing anthems, waving national flags, and shouting slogans—gathered in the main squares and marched along the major thoroughfares to express their dissatisfaction with the current order.

We must protect free speech—Enough is enough!

Criminalizing the speech of half a billion people is a serious matter and those pushing for it must come up with something more convincing than ‘hate is hate.’ Enough is enough!

Double Meanings

Double Meanings

In politics, a term can have multiple meanings, to the point that, through rhetoric and semantic confusion, people can be convinced to assiduously pursue their own disempowerment.

January 24, 2022
Emmanuel Macron to Send French Troops to Romania

Emmanuel Macron to Send French Troops to Romania

On account of the Ukrainian crisis, Macron attempts to strengthen solidarity among NATO member countries in the face of Moscow.

January 24, 2022
Socialized Medicine: California Dreaming of Europe

Socialized Medicine: California Dreaming of Europe

A single-payer system is nothing more than a promise of health care. If and when you actually get health care is a different matter, yet its American proponents continue to ignore this problem in Europe, fantasizing that it will not come to America.

January 24, 2022
Russian Mercenaries in Mali, as Violence Escalates

Russian Mercenaries in Mali, as Violence Escalates

The Malian government has brought in the Russian mercenaries to help fight the ongoing incursion of jihadist insurgents. Aid to the Church in Need reported in December that attacks on civilians by Islamic militants have increased, particularly targeting Christians and others who oppose them.

January 24, 2022
A Frenchman’s Passion for Seville

A Frenchman’s Passion for Seville

Ostensibly about bullfighting, it is actually the greatest book published by a foreigner about the city of Seville and one of the great books on Spain.

January 24, 2022
Protests Against COVID-19 Measures Erupt Across Europe

Protests Against COVID-19 Measures Erupt Across Europe

From Stockholm to Paris to Barcelona to Helsinki, EU governments braced themselves as citizens—singing anthems, waving national flags, and shouting slogans—gathered in the main squares and marched along the major thoroughfares to express their dissatisfaction with the current order.

January 24, 2022
We must protect free speech—Enough is enough!

We must protect free speech—Enough is enough!

Criminalizing the speech of half a billion people is a serious matter and those pushing for it must come up with something more convincing than ‘hate is hate.’ Enough is enough!

January 24, 2022