Month: May 2022

The U.S. and EU Imagine No Borders—Except for Ukraine

A misinformed ideal of humanitarianism has American and European ruling parties recklessly pushing open borders without considering the costs or long-term consequences—not just for the host country but also for the mass influx of immigrants.

WHO Seeks New Far-Reaching Powers at World Health Assembly

The WHO is seeking to amend the International Health Regulations and impose a global pandemic treaty, both of which would grant the global health body new far-reaching powers that would allow it intervene in the affairs of nation-states in the event of a future pandemic.

The Witness of a Suffering Church

In 1989, with the fall of what Ronald Reagan rightly called the “evil empire,” this magnificent Church of martyrs emerged from the catacombs of communism, not liquidated, not re-educated, but forged like gold in the furnace of persecution.

EU Human Rights Court Could Free Jihadist in Spain

Oukabir is also now appealing his sentence based on the ‘Atristain Doctrine.’ As in the cases of the ETA members, information key to his conviction was obtained from him while ‘incommunicado.’

Biden’s Contradictory Statements on China and Taiwan

The U.S. president’s remarks could be interpreted as a change of strategy, and a clarification from the White House was needed. This is the third time in recent months that Biden has insisted on U.S. armed support for Taiwan, claims only to be denied by the White House.

Leading Union Boss: Rejected Asylum Seekers & Unemployed Germans Should Receive Equal Social Benefits

Leading Union Boss: Rejected Asylum Seekers & Unemployed Germans Should Receive Equal Social Benefits

The proposal—put forward the chair of the German Trade Union Federation—would place rejected asylum seekers on equal footing with unemployed German workers, allowing them to receive 449 euros from the state each month.

May 25, 2022
President Duda in Kyiv: Turning Point in Polish-Ukrainian Relations

President Duda in Kyiv: Turning Point in Polish-Ukrainian Relations

Polish President Andrzej Duda chose to pay a surprise visit to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, May 22nd.

EU Human Rights Court Could Free Jihadist in Spain

EU Human Rights Court Could Free Jihadist in Spain

Oukabir is also now appealing his sentence based on the ‘Atristain Doctrine.’ As in the cases of the ETA members, information key to his conviction was obtained from him while ‘incommunicado.’

May 25, 2022
Biden’s Contradictory Statements on China and Taiwan

Biden’s Contradictory Statements on China and Taiwan

The U.S. president’s remarks could be interpreted as a change of strategy, and a clarification from the White House was needed. This is the third time in recent months that Biden has insisted on U.S. armed support for Taiwan, claims only to be denied by the White House.

CPAC Hungary: Conservatives of the World, Unite!

CPAC Hungary: Conservatives of the World, Unite!

Gone is the bombast of economic progress as a good in itself. It seems much of the Right has finally recovered from the hangover of an era in which it was necessary to evidence the superiority of Western capitalism over eastern Bolshevism.

World Economic Forum: Friends and Allies Descend on Davos

World Economic Forum: Friends and Allies Descend on Davos

While some have internalized its company line as being a benevolent non-profit organization, to others it is little more than the playground for the managerial class.

Gay Festivals Linked to Monkeypox Outbreak

Gay Festivals Linked to Monkeypox Outbreak

The Belgian health minister, Frank Vandenbroucke, reported that the cases identified so far were “mostly among men who have sexual contact with other men.”

May 25, 2022
The Last Steeplejack

The Last Steeplejack

Fred Dibnah, MBE, the late and great, was a steeplejack. He was also a self-taught engineer, a documentarian, and a daredevil who brought down exactly ninety disused industrial chimneys using—with rare exceptions—nothing but a hammer and chisel.

May 25, 2022
Redeeming Our Asymmetric Culture War

Redeeming Our Asymmetric Culture War

Today, the cultural warfare is nothing if not asymmetric. History and culture are important enough to merit a lively debate, but the one-sided onslaught on everything from Western art to our national heroes, thunders Murray, should not be indulged for a moment longer.

May 24, 2022
Nordic NATO Expansion Delayed for Weeks

Nordic NATO Expansion Delayed for Weeks

Turkey vowed to block NATO accession for Sweden and Finland as soon as the two countries handed in their applications.

May 24, 2022
Warsaw Accuses Berlin of Breaking its Word on Tank ‘Ring Exchange’

Warsaw Accuses Berlin of Breaking its Word on Tank ‘Ring Exchange’

The ring exchange agreement—which was never binding between the two parties—failed to materialize after Germany stated that could not fulfill Morawiecki’s government’s demands for the latest version of the Leopard tank.

May 24, 2022
Spain Looks to EU for Help with Squatters

Spain Looks to EU for Help with Squatters

The squatting phenomenon is not fuelled by desperate people seeking shelter, but by gangs that often intentionally usurp lived-in homes.

May 24, 2022