Day: August 10, 2022

Teaching Helplessness: The Problem with Modern Education

Children must not be shielded from struggle. This is, perhaps unexpectedly, among the few advantages of educating children in schools rather than at home, for there they have the chance to experience struggle as a part of life and to learn how to do it with courage and kindness.

The FBI Raid Against Donald Trump

Trump is a credible presidential candidate in 2024. What does it say about President Biden when his Department of Justice orders a police raid on the home of his most likely opponent in the next election?

Bannon at CPAC: We Are at War

In the impassioned speech, Bannon called Biden an illegitimate president, characterized his backers as radical cultural Marxists who want to destroy the Republic, and insisted the Federal Reserve central bank be abolished.

Poland, EU Reach Rule-of-Law Impasse

While the Polish parliament has passed legislation to meet demands from Brussels, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen believes “those measures have not gone far enough.”

Israel Strikes a Truce with Palestinian Islamic Jihad

The death toll in Gaza rose to 44, including 15 children. Israeli authorities have reported that some of these deaths resulted from Jihadi missiles falling in the Palestinian territory. Hamas denies this.

U.S. Authorises $1bn Weapons Package for Ukraine

The package includes ammunition for the U.S.-supplied HIMARS, which has been termed a “gamechanger” by Western officials. With their 300 kilometres range, they have proved highly effective in hitting various strategic targets.

Teaching Helplessness: The Problem with Modern Education

Teaching Helplessness: The Problem with Modern Education

Children must not be shielded from struggle. This is, perhaps unexpectedly, among the few advantages of educating children in schools rather than at home, for there they have the chance to experience struggle as a part of life and to learn how to do it with courage and kindness.

August 10, 2022
The FBI Raid Against Donald Trump

The FBI Raid Against Donald Trump

Trump is a credible presidential candidate in 2024. What does it say about President Biden when his Department of Justice orders a police raid on the home of his most likely opponent in the next election?

August 10, 2022
Bannon at CPAC: We Are at War

Bannon at CPAC: We Are at War

In the impassioned speech, Bannon called Biden an illegitimate president, characterized his backers as radical cultural Marxists who want to destroy the Republic, and insisted the Federal Reserve central bank be abolished.

August 10, 2022
Podemos Co-Founder Investigated for Illegal Charges

Podemos Co-Founder Investigated for Illegal Charges

There are indications that these charges point to a larger architecture of illegal financing of Podemos by the Venezuelan government.

August 10, 2022
Poland, EU Reach Rule-of-Law Impasse

Poland, EU Reach Rule-of-Law Impasse

While the Polish parliament has passed legislation to meet demands from Brussels, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen believes “those measures have not gone far enough.”

August 10, 2022
Shelling of Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Raises International Alarm

Shelling of Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Raises International Alarm

“This time a nuclear catastrophe was miraculously avoided, but miracles cannot last forever,” Energoatom warned.

August 10, 2022
Israel Strikes a Truce with Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Israel Strikes a Truce with Palestinian Islamic Jihad

The death toll in Gaza rose to 44, including 15 children. Israeli authorities have reported that some of these deaths resulted from Jihadi missiles falling in the Palestinian territory. Hamas denies this.

August 10, 2022
U.S. Authorises $1bn Weapons Package for Ukraine

U.S. Authorises $1bn Weapons Package for Ukraine

The package includes ammunition for the U.S.-supplied HIMARS, which has been termed a “gamechanger” by Western officials. With their 300 kilometres range, they have proved highly effective in hitting various strategic targets.

August 10, 2022
Ahead of Elections, Italian Center-Left Coalition Splinters

Ahead of Elections, Italian Center-Left Coalition Splinters

Her confidence buoyed even more by the Left’s rupturing, Fratelli d’Italia’s Meloni mockingly referred to it as a “new twist in the soap opera.”

August 10, 2022