Month: November 2022

Light Above Politics

Politicians come and go, but the monarch provides continuity in the life of a nation that looks beyond the moment.

PiS Party Leader Speaks Out in Defense of Sexual Norms

Kaczyński urged Poles to take responsibility for the unique role they play in staving off the destructive ideologies of the West, warning them they “must be counter-revolutionaries” if they “do not want to be the West.”

Election Fraud in Brazil?

According to #BrazilWasStolen, in thousands of cases, older, non-auditable vote-counting machines registered 0 votes for Bolsonaro, even in districts where he got a majority due to votes counted by newer machines.

Germany to Pull Out of Energy Charter Treaty

Germany has announced its plan to pull out of the Energy Charter Treaty, which has been considered a roadblock of the energy transition by many Greens. While climate activists rejoice, critics warn this might scare away remaining investors.

Mearsheimer Deconstructs Globalists’ Russo-Ukraine War Narrative 

Mearsheimer warned of the dangers of escalation, saying: “If the West is successful and pushes the Russians back East, and if the sanctions begin to bite, the Russians will escalate—and there’s a good chance that they will use nuclear weapons.”

DeSantis Leads Trump in Poll

A recent YouGov poll found that 41% of Republicans want Ron DeSantis to be the party’s next presidential candidate, with 39% saying the same of Donald Trump.

When the Law Defines What It Means to Be Human

Today, it is all too common to prize self-sufficiency as a virtue—a virtue by nature inaccessible to the sick and to the disabled, to pregnant women and to the elderly, and to children of any age.

A Winter of Discontent: The Coming Cold Season May Trigger a Spring of Political Change in European Elections

A Winter of Discontent: The Coming Cold Season May Trigger a Spring of Political Change in European Elections

The troubles of this winter may cause Europeans to search for leadership alternatives focused more on national interests. The politics of Hungary and Italy may spread across the continent, with a rise of conservative victories.

November 16, 2022
Slovenia Elects Left-Liberal Female President 

Slovenia Elects Left-Liberal Female President 

Nataša Pirc Musar defeated conservative MP and former foreign minister Anže Logar, garnering some 54% of the national vote to his 46%

November 15, 2022
Meditations on Melancholia—or why sadness is part of ordinary life

Meditations on Melancholia—or why sadness is part of ordinary life

Whilst I’m reluctant to trivialise the many mental health illnesses and anxieties that modern people claim, I suspect that much of their emotional confusion is just what everyone normally feels. The difference being, however, that the young modern was told that such feelings had been—or would be with the next cultural revolution—banished by Progress.

November 15, 2022
Culture and Politics on a ‘Fortress Island’

Culture and Politics on a ‘Fortress Island’

A people do not become a nation—however tiny and insignificant a nation—until they possess a literature; just as a man becomes a man only when he reveals his personality through speech.

November 15, 2022
The Jay Report: 7 Years to Tell Us Nothing

The Jay Report: 7 Years to Tell Us Nothing

It is simply unacceptable to spend seven years examining the most virulent scourge of our society, and conclude that there are no pieces to connect.

November 14, 2022
What If It’s True?

What If It’s True?

The U.S. government currently appears to be engaged in a slow-paced disclosure program. It is time for the rest of us to entertain the possibility that UFOs are extraterrestrial.

November 14, 2022
Bomb in Istanbul Claims Six Lives; 46 Suspects Detained

Bomb in Istanbul Claims Six Lives; 46 Suspects Detained

Calling the attack “cowardly,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed that “the culprits will be unmasked” and “punished as they deserve.”

November 14, 2022
Netherlands: Right-Wing Populists 1st and 3rd Largest Parties, Poll Reveals 

Netherlands: Right-Wing Populists 1st and 3rd Largest Parties, Poll Reveals 

Meanwhile, the Netherlands’ liberal-globalist parties that make up the governing coalition have witnessed their seat estimates drop from 79 to 43.

November 14, 2022
Bulverism

Bulverism

Our age is defined not by conversationalists seeking truth together through meaningful debate and discussion. Rather, it is dominated by slurs, slogans, and political catchphrases.

November 13, 2022
Belgium: One Police Officer Dead After Stabbing by Suspected Islamist

Belgium: One Police Officer Dead After Stabbing by Suspected Islamist

The incident, along with its ripple effects, lays bare a double-failing of the Belgian system: its inadequacy to deal with potentially dangerous individuals and a demoralised law enforcement on the verge of rebellion.

November 13, 2022
No Extension in Sight for Black Sea Grain Deal

No Extension in Sight for Black Sea Grain Deal

A key consideration—and main reason for the hold-up—is Russia’s demand that restrictions on its exports of agricultural products be lifted; in the pursuit of that goal, Russia is using its participation as a bargaining chip.

November 13, 2022
Austrian City of Graz Facing Bankruptcy Under Communist Rule

Austrian City of Graz Facing Bankruptcy Under Communist Rule

Graz’s audit office director warns that the city council may be disempowered, leaving leadership in the hands of a government commissary. New elections may be pending for 2023.

November 13, 2022