Month: March 2022

German Hospitals Sued for Fraud Over Reduction of Intensive Care Beds

For the past 1½ years, critics have claimed that German hospitals have been reducing the number of intensive care beds in order to be eligible for an allowance. While often dismissed by fact-checkers as a conspiracy theory, a group of lawyers has now sued two German hospitals for fraud worth millions of euros.

Strong Men Build a Strong Civilization

Since the dawn of mankind, men have provided the raw material for human civilization and have ordered an often hostile and fallen world for human habitation. When this impulse is suppressed, the consequences can be grave.

Destination: Kyiv Reporting from the Ukrainian Capital

Kyiv has been hardly affected by major destruction yet, but there are checkpoints on every corner, and air raid sirens vail every thirty minutes, reminding everyone that a war is going on, right here, right now. A report from the war zone.

EU Adopts Resolution to Withhold Funds from Poland and Hungary

The EU defends the sanctions as a means toward protecting the rule of law, judicial independence, and transparency; Warsaw and Budapest, however, read the ruling as a political tool used to punish governments that the EU disapproves of.

Wokish Cyrano de Bergerac Banned from France

Beware of those who would betray the proud Gascon. Obviously, Joe Wright, the American director who embarked on the highly questionable adventure of adapting Cyrano to the wokish style, must not have been aware of the risks involved.

German Researchers Suggest Car Toll of 5.4 Cents Per Kilometer

The German Agora Institute proposed the introduction of a new car toll to compensate for the loss of tax revenue that will follow the transition from gas to electric vehicles. It is the latest proposal of an institute with strong ties to Germany’s Green lobby.

War of Identities: the Roots of Ukrainian and Russian Self-Image

War of Identities: the Roots of Ukrainian and Russian Self-Image

“This tragedy has proven that Ukraine was right to fear what they foresaw as inevitable, sending the message to the world continuously since 2014: Russia will stop at nothing.”—Dr. Csilla Fedinec

March 10, 2022
Ibero-America, Russia, and a World in Flux: Reflections on the Madrid Forum

Ibero-America, Russia, and a World in Flux: Reflections on the Madrid Forum

Proponents of unity based on imperial and religious ties must remind their opponents of the tremendous pluralism that existed within that imperial administration under which much of their continent was once united.

Reason in Times of War

Reason in Times of War

There is not much good news in the unfolding tragedy that is Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but the resolve and

March 10, 2022
VOX’s Buxadé Blames Brussels Globalists for Economic Ruin  

VOX’s Buxadé Blames Brussels Globalists for Economic Ruin  

VOX MEP Jorge Buxadé earlier this week accused globalist parliamentarians in Brussels of enacting anti-working class economic policies that have been catastrophic for the Spanish economy.

March 10, 2022
Election 2022: Zemmour Campaign Enlists Le Pen’s Niece Marion Maréchal 

Election 2022: Zemmour Campaign Enlists Le Pen’s Niece Marion Maréchal 

Marion Maréchal backs Zemmour’s campaign strategy which seeks to unite the ‘patriotic bourgeoisie’ and the working class.

March 10, 2022
Romanticising Rebellion

Romanticising Rebellion

Fictional rebellions invite us to side with the underdog. The story conveniently ends with their victory, but leaves no ruined lives and no unhealable scars—nothing to contradict the idea of a newly found paradise.

March 10, 2022
Bad Economics May Cause More Inflation

Bad Economics May Cause More Inflation

Any major monetary expansion causes inflation. This past year, a combination of domestic restrictions on economic activity, speculation in the headwind of uncertainty, and the overall nature of energy markets, created inflationary pressure where under normal economic circumstances none would have existed.

March 9, 2022
Spain’s Medical Future: An Interview with <b>Dr. Manuel Martínez-Sellés</b>

Spain’s Medical Future: An Interview with <b>Dr. Manuel Martínez-Sellés</b>

“Euthanasia is confused with palliative care, it is called ‘dignified death’ and it is assumed to be a medical act, when it is not. [This becomes] deception when the law requires that deaths by euthanasia be considered natural deaths from a legal point of view. Something that, in addition to not being true, makes it difficult to control.”—Manuel Martínez-Sellés

March 9, 2022
Defending the Unpopular

Defending the Unpopular

At the very moment when the Christian Gospel, with its life-giving and hopeful message of the triumph of life over death, and of light defeating darkness, so desperately needed to be heard, there seemed to be silence from those charged with preaching that Good News.

March 9, 2022
The Ukrainian Social Media War

The Ukrainian Social Media War

Facebook posts are just one of hundreds, if not thousands, of information war strikes Ukraine has made trying to reach the heart of Russia.

March 9, 2022
Eastern European Countries and Visegrad Group Favour Ukraine’s Inclusion in the EU

Eastern European Countries and Visegrad Group Favour Ukraine’s Inclusion in the EU

The European Union is not NATO, but Ukraine joining the Union, while undoubtedly symbolically effective, could further aggravate tensions between Russia and the rest of the European continent.

March 9, 2022
Swedish Health Agency Nixes Puberty Blockers

Swedish Health Agency Nixes Puberty Blockers

According to the Swedish health agency, there is insufficient data to explain why the diagnosis of “gender dysphoria” has increased in recent years and why there are more girls than boys among patients with the diagnosis. 

March 9, 2022