Month: March 2022

SWIFT Sanctions Finally Hit Russia

Banning Russia from SWIFT may be one of the quickest ways to cripple Russia financially, but some European countries hesitated to enact such a sanction because it makes commerce with the country nearly impossible.

Russian Media Banned from the EU

Since the beginning of the conflict, the treatment of news on Russia Today television network has differed significantly from other media. Several European countries have already taken measures against the channel.

Is Science Having an Existential Crisis?

The real problem is that something is wrong with the state of science itself. More accurately, something is wrong with the state of academia, in which the system of academic promotion is overly focused on the superficial outcomes of science rather than on the actual meaning and contribution of the findings.

Change a Surname, Lose a Legacy

The patronymic is primarily a symbol of continuity and transmission. With this new law, the idea of transmission of a symbolic heritage, that of the name, leaves the realm of designation to become the object of a choice subject to personal convenience.

Carnival Gothic: A Look at the Ominous Figures of Europe’s Winter Masquerades

Today we are far from understanding carnival, precisely because we live in a continuous carnival, a constant inversion of norms. But if revolution is a parody of carnival, the totalitarian control that follows is a parody of Lent—and we can already see those austere masts on the horizon.

German Import Prices Skyrocket; Electricity up by 200%

Even before the completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, German energy prices have gone through the roof due to the uncompromising switch to renewable energies. Combined with the looming threat of inflation, prices for energy imports have increased at a rate unseen since the 1970s.

Woke Global Governance: The UN, the New Human Rights, and Money

Given these facts, today’s wokeist global governance project turns out to be anything but a benign program to improve humanity’s lot around the globe. Instead, it is an unlimited power grab to define truth and justice, under the banner of ‘universal human rights.’