Day: November 5, 2022

EU China Critics Make Taiwan Visit

To dissuade Beijing, the U.S. has struck a deal with Australia to host more of its B-52 bombers, which can carry nuclear as well as conventional weapons.

EU Commission Proposes Major Clean-up of Air and Water

The commission estimates that by 2040, 27% of the €3.8 billion annual cost of managing urban wastewater would be covered by industrial polluters, principally pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies.

Escaping the Tyranny of Relevance

Intellectual adventure is not available to bees, who simply do as they do in obedience to their limited nature. The hive may be a place of cohesion, but it contains no libraries, paintings, or statues to heroic bees of the past. Human life without the humanities would be much the same: cut off from our roots, deprived of meditation, and locked in an eternal now. The cult of relevance makes prisoners of us all.

EU China Critics Make Taiwan Visit

EU China Critics Make Taiwan Visit

To dissuade Beijing, the U.S. has struck a deal with Australia to host more of its B-52 bombers, which can carry nuclear as well as conventional weapons.

November 5, 2022
Reaction to Attempted Ban on Spanish from Catalan Classrooms

Reaction to Attempted Ban on Spanish from Catalan Classrooms

The creation of a monolingual Catalonia is central to the separatist project, albeit thoroughly out of step with the region’s history.

November 5, 2022
EU Commission Proposes Major Clean-up of Air and Water

EU Commission Proposes Major Clean-up of Air and Water

The commission estimates that by 2040, 27% of the €3.8 billion annual cost of managing urban wastewater would be covered by industrial polluters, principally pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies.

November 5, 2022
U.S. Men Seek Sterilisation After Abortion Restrictions

U.S. Men Seek Sterilisation After Abortion Restrictions

The rise in vasectomies in light of abortion restrictions betrays the lie that women were never pressured by men, even subtly, to have abortions.

November 5, 2022
YouTube Competitor Pulls Plug on France Over Government Demands

YouTube Competitor Pulls Plug on France Over Government Demands

A tweet from Rumble’s own Twitter account noted that acceding to the French government’s demand would go against Rumble’s mission to “restore a free and open internet.”

November 5, 2022
Escaping the Tyranny of Relevance

Escaping the Tyranny of Relevance

Intellectual adventure is not available to bees, who simply do as they do in obedience to their limited nature. The hive may be a place of cohesion, but it contains no libraries, paintings, or statues to heroic bees of the past. Human life without the humanities would be much the same: cut off from our roots, deprived of meditation, and locked in an eternal now. The cult of relevance makes prisoners of us all.

November 5, 2022