Day: September 25, 2022

The Simple Secret of Top Gun: Maverick’s Success

The movie is about aviators flying jets, success and failure, personal struggle in the face of obstacles, facing ghosts of the past, family, and ultimately about pushing oneself to the limits. Period.

The Deep Things Which Inhabit the Native Soul

If nationalism engenders a sense of loyalty and devotion as it did in the case of John Paul II, it might be worth asking, to whom (or what) are those who have no sense of loyalty or devotion to their nation devoted?

Italian Conservatism: Europe, Identity, Freedom

With a program that includes keynote speeches and ten different panels exploring different challenges facing Italy and other European countries, the conference seeks to bring together Italians, who are primed and ready for a new government resulting from the snap election, with other European leaders who have forged cultural and political center-Right alliances in their own countries.

China and Vatican to Renew Their Agreement

Some people think things have only gotten worse since the 2018 agreement was signed. Vatican diplomacy defends it as a way to protect the Church’s presence in China, even if unsatisfactory.

The Simple Secret of Top Gun: Maverick’s Success

The Simple Secret of Top Gun: Maverick’s Success

The movie is about aviators flying jets, success and failure, personal struggle in the face of obstacles, facing ghosts of the past, family, and ultimately about pushing oneself to the limits. Period.

September 25, 2022
The Deep Things Which Inhabit the Native Soul

The Deep Things Which Inhabit the Native Soul

If nationalism engenders a sense of loyalty and devotion as it did in the case of John Paul II, it might be worth asking, to whom (or what) are those who have no sense of loyalty or devotion to their nation devoted?

September 25, 2022
Italian Conservatism: Europe, Identity, Freedom

Italian Conservatism: Europe, Identity, Freedom

With a program that includes keynote speeches and ten different panels exploring different challenges facing Italy and other European countries, the conference seeks to bring together Italians, who are primed and ready for a new government resulting from the snap election, with other European leaders who have forged cultural and political center-Right alliances in their own countries.

September 25, 2022
Showdown over Russia-Ukraine War at the UN Security Council

Showdown over Russia-Ukraine War at the UN Security Council

Ukraine’s foreign minster, Dmytro Kuleba, slammed Lavrov’s statement, reiterating that Ukraine “never wanted this war and never chose it.”

September 25, 2022
China and Vatican to Renew Their Agreement

China and Vatican to Renew Their Agreement

Some people think things have only gotten worse since the 2018 agreement was signed. Vatican diplomacy defends it as a way to protect the Church’s presence in China, even if unsatisfactory.

September 25, 2022
Russian Deserters Face Multiple Obstacles at Home and Abroad

Russian Deserters Face Multiple Obstacles at Home and Abroad

Germany has made the reception of Russian deserters a political battle, while Baltic states remain cautious.

September 25, 2022
Van Eyck’s “Just Judges”:<br>Ghent’s Great Unsolved Art Theft

Van Eyck’s “Just Judges”:<br>Ghent’s Great Unsolved Art Theft

The theft of the “Just Judges” panel of the Ghent Altarpiece is still unsolved. In the first of a series of essays, the story begins.

September 25, 2022
Berlin Senate Bans Police from Mentioning Suspects’ Migration Backgrounds

Berlin Senate Bans Police from Mentioning Suspects’ Migration Backgrounds

The Senate’s decree comes two years after official crime figures revealed that nearly two women in Germany are gang raped per day, with foreigners, despite making up 19% of the population, accounting for nearly half of all rape suspects.

September 25, 2022
Austria: Support for Ruling Coalition Sinks While Conservative FPÖ Soars, Poll Reveals 

Austria: Support for Ruling Coalition Sinks While Conservative FPÖ Soars, Poll Reveals 

If the FPÖ manages to win over voters from the anti-lockdown, vaccine-critical MFG Österreich party, it could potentially see them surge past the leftist-globalist SPÖ as the country’s most popular party.

September 25, 2022