Month: April 2022

Pandemic Economics: Spain the Only EU Country Still Limping from COVID

The Spanish will be, along with the Japanese, the only citizens of a large, developed economy who will end 2022 poorer than in 2019. Although Spain’s economic growth rate for 2022 is higher than both the global and Eurozone average, growing more than anyone is not enough, after having fallen further than everyone else.

Rehabilitating Death

Terminal care no longer encourages us to balance the pursuit of treatment with emotional and spiritual support. Rather, the conversation turns continually back to, “What do we do next?” as though the body were a computer with a glitch in the programming. No heed is paid to the reality–that the time will come when we do nothing. 

The Sorbonne Ransacked by Students Challenging the Vote

The youth are mobilising against both Macron and Le Pen. They want to show that democracy is not only played out in the ballot box but also in the street, and that they contest the result of the elections in advance.

Anacyclosis and the Limits of Liberal Democracy

Liberal democracy is centered around the idea that a majority vote in parliament should have unrestricted jurisdiction to change society as the majority sees fit. By contrast, Hungary and America have constitutions that protect the country against runaway majorities.

Suppression of Free Speech—“Human Rights” in the 21st Century

The first generation of human rights promulgation after World War II sought to guarantee freedoms to the individual against the state. Now, we are in a situation where we are suppressing other rights, such as the right to freedom of expression, in the name of the “right to a safe environment.” 

Negative Returns for Spanish COVID-19 App

Actual usage of the app for reporting and tracking cases was extremely low. Throughout the two years of the pandemic, just over 1% percent of the 11.6 million cases officially diagnosed in Spain were then reported on the application.

Between the Deer and the Idea: On Woodland Philosophy

The life of the mind is fundamentally dangerous when divorced from the world. Indeed, intellectuals have a moral duty to seek out ways of encountering reality—the thing out there—if they are to avoid becoming a tremendous nuisance to others, a trait so common among their kind.

U.S. University Reaches Settlement With Professor Who Refused to Use Transgender Pronouns

After four years of legal battles, Shawnee University in Ohio has reached a $400,000 settlement with one of its professors, who sued the university after being reprimanded in 2018 for not addressing a transgender student by his preferred pronouns. The teacher, Nicholas Meriwether, had referred to a biologically male student as ‘sir,’ to which the […]

Éric Zemmour’s Jewish Paradox

Éric Zemmour’s Jewish Paradox

His underwhelming flop among the general electorate notwithstanding, the right-wing candidate has exposed a deep fracture within France’s Jewish community that may reappear in future races.

The Centennial That Wasn’t—Yet!

The Centennial That Wasn’t—Yet!

While Charles’ Centennial did not feature ritual obeisances by the successors of those who so cruelly wronged him and all whom he loved, one may hope for something different from the quasqui- or sesquicentennials. It may be that young people living today, by taking to heart the lessons he taught by his life and sacrifice, shall live in a world where this injustice is at last put to rest.

April 22, 2022
Habsburg Happy Hour

Habsburg Happy Hour

Pilgrims came because Blessed Karl of Austria lived those virtues and qualities contemporary society longs to see in its leaders, in Church and State. He was a man of integrity, a ‘whole’ man; his inner and private life was the same as his public life. He believed in the virtue of duty: to be dutiful, even to the point of losing his country, his Empire, his worldly goods and ultimately his life, makes him a man worthy of admiration and imitation.

April 22, 2022
Chega Leader André Ventura against Corruption and Conflicts of Interest

Chega Leader André Ventura against Corruption and Conflicts of Interest

André Ventura wants to make the fight against corruption one of the major axes of his policy.

April 22, 2022
Winning a Debate, or Winning the Election? The Stakes of the Second Round Duel

Winning a Debate, or Winning the Election? The Stakes of the Second Round Duel

Marine Le Pen was playing a very long game in the debate, and immense pressure must have weighed on her shoulders. Not only did she have to wash away the affront from 2017, but she also had to remain focused on the one and only goal worth mentioning: to win the second round on Sunday, April 24th.

April 22, 2022
Mammals in Revolt: The Metaphysics of Femininity against Gender Politics

Mammals in Revolt: The Metaphysics of Femininity against Gender Politics

One of Christian theology’s most radical moments came early in its history. It happened through the person of St. Gregory

Looking East: Hungary’s Lessons for Britain

Looking East: Hungary’s Lessons for Britain

Particularly in Britain, the New Culture Forum’s film is likely to evoke plaintive sentiments, if not downright fury. Indeed, the UK Conservative government has altogether less to show for itself than the Hungarians do after an equivalent period of now twelve years in Downing Street.

April 21, 2022
A Disappointing <em>Don Carlos</em>

A Disappointing <em>Don Carlos</em>

Set against the production’s dismal sets, the action unfolded as a five-hour dirge of funereal hopelessness before ejecting spectators into equally gray Manhattan surroundings where after-theater conviviality is long dead.

April 21, 2022
Bishop Kukah Warns of Widening Ethnic and Religious Rift in Nigeria

Bishop Kukah Warns of Widening Ethnic and Religious Rift in Nigeria

The bishop has again raised the alarm concerning ethno-religious division and the persecution of Christians in his country, reprimanding the Nigerian government for its complicity.

The Chancellor, His Family, and His Bodyguards: “Abuse Of Office” and “Undesirable Close Relations”

The Chancellor, His Family, and His Bodyguards: “Abuse Of Office” and “Undesirable Close Relations”

After a car accident involving two drunken bodyguards of the Austrian chancellor, suspicions of structural abuse of bodyguards by high-ranking politicians harden. An anonymous letter reveals abusive structures, the opposition inquires.

April 21, 2022
No Rate Hike from ECB Despite Market Pressure

No Rate Hike from ECB Despite Market Pressure

Despite higher inflation and upward pressure on treasury yields, the European Central Bank (ECB) maintains that this is not the time to raise interest rates. In an April 14th press release, the ECB reaffirmed its commitment to both unchanged rates and its tapering of the Asset Purchasing Program. The Bank explained that APP-related purchases of […]

April 21, 2022
War in Europe: The Need for a Moral Rearmament

War in Europe: The Need for a Moral Rearmament

It is not possible for Europe to continue its transition into nothingness and decadence. We will not be able to meet the challenges—which are already violent today—if it remains ensconced in comfort, lies, a war on effort and excellence, gender madness, and the culture of death.

April 21, 2022