Month: July 2022

Conservative Success in Two Charts

We conservatives often identify ourselves by a set of principles and values: we honor family, faith, country, and tradition. The emphasis varies, with nationalism being

Boris Johnson Resigns

Prime Minister Boris Johnson plainly calculated that it would be more dignified to quit than carry on an unwinnable fight.

Spain’s New Law of Historical Memory

Rejecting the Franco-era state to this degree, however, implies rejecting the political reform that led to the current democratic constitution. Indeed, some analysts suspect this is partly the law’s intent.

VOX is Afraid, and so is the Electorate:
Reflections on the Andalusian Election

In Andalusia, VOX was not really working to expand its electorate. It simply reinforced its existing messaging, retained its basic brand, and preserved its core voter base. In this way, it hoped to secure a coalition with the PP and avoid “stealing” too many votes, which might have divided the Right in parliament.

Italy Facing Multiple Crises Due to Drought

Italy Facing Multiple Crises Due to Drought

The Po River, once feared for being prone to spring floods, may become the source of fresh horror as multiple crises in Italy play out due to the absence of water.

July 4, 2022
Methanol Hybrid Tanker Built by China Reduces Emissions by 75%

Methanol Hybrid Tanker Built by China Reduces Emissions by 75%

While the struggle to gain independence of Russian gas is causing European environmentalists to compromise their transformation process to renewable energies, China just launched its first dual-fuel hybrid tanker.

July 4, 2022
Lives for Sale: The Hidden Horrors of Ukraine’s Surrogacy Industry

Lives for Sale: The Hidden Horrors of Ukraine’s Surrogacy Industry

Why are we allowing corporations to profit both from the desperation of people struggling with infertility and women in poverty?

EU Strikes Out Against ‘Fast Fashion’

EU Strikes Out Against ‘Fast Fashion’

In a fact sheet, the commission summed up its goal: by 2030 “all textile products placed on the EU market are durable, repairable, and recyclable, to a great extent made of recycled fibres, free of hazardous substances, produced respecting social rights.”

July 4, 2022
Towards A New Fusionism:<br>Postliberals, Claremonsters, and American Conservative Consensus

Towards A New Fusionism:<br>Postliberals, Claremonsters, and American Conservative Consensus

Can the lived conservatism of the Postliberals find common ground—and common political cause—with the universalist notions of natural right, justice and equality espoused by the Claremont School? On this question, I believe, hinges the fate of a new conservative fusionism updated to meet the challenges of our time.

July 3, 2022
London and Strasbourg: Destined for Divorce?

London and Strasbourg: Destined for Divorce?

Signatories to the Convention must “abide by the final judgement of the court in any case to which they are parties.” Plans for an updated Bill of Rights offer no way around the fact that final rulings from Strasbourg have binding force in UK law.

July 3, 2022
Pro-Lifers Show the Incoherence of Abortion on Spanish Streets

Pro-Lifers Show the Incoherence of Abortion on Spanish Streets

“This is the only [moment] in which you can kill him legally,” reads the text, next to an arrow pointing to the belly of Miguel’s pregnant mother.

July 3, 2022
Iran: Nuclear Deal Talks Stall as Country Applies for BRICS Membership

Iran: Nuclear Deal Talks Stall as Country Applies for BRICS Membership

A U.S. State Department official expressed disappointment, saying that “Iran has, yet again, failed to respond positively to the EU’s initiative and … no progress was made.”

End of the Historic Trial for Paris Terrorist Attacks

End of the Historic Trial for Paris Terrorist Attacks

The trial opened with a striking statement by the ‘mastermind’ Salah Abdeslam. “First of all, I would like to say that there is no God but Allah and Mohamed is his servant.” By explicitly declaring the religious dimension of his act, he embarrassed the judges and the media who, despite the horror of the attacks, still struggle to accept the notion of Islamist terrorism.

Antisemitic Scandal at <em>documenta 15</em> Sends Shockwaves Through German Art World

Antisemitic Scandal at <em>documenta 15</em> Sends Shockwaves Through German Art World

The installation of an almost 100m² painting with anti-semitic motifs at the world art show documenta 15 has caused outrage in Germany.

July 3, 2022
Rewilding and the Future of Humankind

Rewilding and the Future of Humankind

Restoring our proper relationship with the natural world, it must be asserted, does not entail a retreat from nature, but a renewed immersion in its mystery and a humble submission to its laws.

July 2, 2022
First Step: China Starts Dollar Takedown

First Step: China Starts Dollar Takedown

Introducing the Renminbi Liquidity Arrangement (RLA), which is aimed squarely at supplanting the dollar.

July 2, 2022