Month: April 2022

No NATO Referendum in Sweden

It looks increasingly unlikely that the Swedish people will get to voice their opinion on the question of NATO membership.

The Lure of National Dependence

In Western Europe, meanwhile, our globalized, post-national era of peace and prosperity has wrought decadence and complacency. It has erased from the national consciousness the blood and tears needed to get independence and to keep it.

The Workers, United, Will Never be Inconvenienced

Is it any wonder that union membership is in terminal decline, when those in charge stay silent on the stated will of the majority of members—or, in the case of major issues such as Brexit or free speech, directly oppose that majority?

Parliament to Investigate Boris Johnson

The prospect of an internal parliamentary probe could be more damaging to the prime minister’s survival than the ongoing police investigation.

The Workers, United, Will Never be Inconvenienced

The Workers, United, Will Never be Inconvenienced

Is it any wonder that union membership is in terminal decline, when those in charge stay silent on the stated will of the majority of members—or, in the case of major issues such as Brexit or free speech, directly oppose that majority?

April 26, 2022
Parliament to Investigate Boris Johnson

Parliament to Investigate Boris Johnson

The prospect of an internal parliamentary probe could be more damaging to the prime minister’s survival than the ongoing police investigation.

April 26, 2022
EU Parliament Labels Basque Terrorism a ‘Crime Against Humanity’

EU Parliament Labels Basque Terrorism a ‘Crime Against Humanity’

The Spanish government’s political shielding of ETA was evident in the parliamentary committee’s vote on the report.

April 26, 2022
France: Priest and Nun Injured in Sunday Mass Knife Attack

France: Priest and Nun Injured in Sunday Mass Knife Attack

Despite paying lip service to the problem when it inevitably rears its ugly head, Macron and his administration offered little in the way of policy to truly address the issue.

April 26, 2022
Communist Necrocracies

Communist Necrocracies

It is an irony that the regimes of godless Communists and imperial thugs must preserve the corpses of their revolutionary leaders, made incorruptible by enormous amounts of money, for their subjects to worship.

April 26, 2022
Liberalism and the Utopian Temptation

Liberalism and the Utopian Temptation

Liberals like to claim that their political worldview is not even ideological, but simply what happens when kindness and common sense are allowed to prevail over dogmatism, tyranny, and impractical forms of political romance. But is liberalism, the ruling philosophy of our modern world, really so immune from the utopian temptation?

April 26, 2022
French Presidential Elections: Emmanuel Macron Reelected

French Presidential Elections: Emmanuel Macron Reelected

Emmanuel Macron wins the election, but his victory, despite the triumphalist declarations of some members of the government, is an ambiguous one.

April 25, 2022
Sweden: Free Speech in Peril after Muslim Riots

Sweden: Free Speech in Peril after Muslim Riots

The assertiveness and coordination of the riots convey a simple yet brutal message: the Islamist movement in Sweden is not going to tolerate the country’s free-speech laws anymore, and it will use whatever means necessary to achieve its goal.

April 25, 2022
War Memorials in Germany Defaced With Nazi Symbols and Pro-Ukrainian Messages

War Memorials in Germany Defaced With Nazi Symbols and Pro-Ukrainian Messages

In Eastern Germany, a soviet memorial for victims of the war and a memorial for victims of a concentration camp have been defaced. Besides Swastikas, pro-Ukrainian messages have been spray painted in blue and yellow.

April 25, 2022
Spain’s Judges Criticize Proposed Transgender Law

Spain’s Judges Criticize Proposed Transgender Law

The proposed law would allow anyone to change their civilly recognized sex by an administrative process in the Civil Registry—no medical report or other measures required—including for those as young as 12 years old.

April 25, 2022
Scruton and Heidegger on Dwelling

Scruton and Heidegger on Dwelling

The concept of ‘dwelling’ serves as a source for our pre-political loyalties and these loyalties allow a sense of the

Acknowledging Inevitable Subjectivity: Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon (1950)

Acknowledging Inevitable Subjectivity: Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon (1950)

70 years ago Akira Kurosawa won the Oscar for his film Rashomon. In our world, that demands us to constantly pick sides, the tale of four different versions of a story, that questions our perceptions of reality and our inevitable subjectivity, is as current as ever.

April 24, 2022