Month: November 2022

Can Trump Win Again?

Whichever candidates Trump will face in the 2024 presidential primary elections, they will be tough contenders. Running for president is not for the faint of heart.

Africa: No Continent for Utopian Ideas

Africa is the ultimate ‘red pill.’ Fundamental facts and basic truths lying just under a thin surface of dusty terrain are easily laid bare because they are not hidden under thick concrete layers of distortions and lies repeated over and over.

End of Inflation in Sight

Some forecasters believe that inflation will persist for an extended period of time. I disagree, and if the signs of an inflation peak are as strong as I believe they are, then Europe could be out of this inflation episode before next summer.

Struggling Disney Fires CEO

Chapek vowed to donate $5 million of the company’s money to a campaign that promotes gender transition for children.

Shelling Observed Near Nuclear Plant of Zaporizhzhya

Shelling Observed Near Nuclear Plant of Zaporizhzhya

The International Atomic Energy Agency strongly condemned the bombings, but without holding anyone responsible.

November 22, 2022
A <em>Lady Macbeth</em> To Die For Conquers New York

A <em>Lady Macbeth</em> To Die For Conquers New York

Conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson’s deft, efficient gestures captured the performance with balance between its driving sonic eccentricities and subtler and more contemplative passages.

November 22, 2022
Climate Goals Remain Elusive as Egypt Summit Wraps Up

Climate Goals Remain Elusive as Egypt Summit Wraps Up

Developing countries are pleased with the passing of the ‘Loss and Damage’ fund. Rich(er) countries, with their more developed industries, are to pay for ‘climate damage,’ thereby correcting what their beneficiaries perceive as an injustice.

November 21, 2022
The Ugly Face of Immigration 

The Ugly Face of Immigration 

The real question we should be asking in terms of illegal immigration is (Suella Braverman aside) whether incompetence is genuinely sufficient to explain Tory feebleness in the face of this problem?

November 21, 2022
Frontex: Western Balkan Route Most Active Since Peak of 2015 Migrant Crisis

Frontex: Western Balkan Route Most Active Since Peak of 2015 Migrant Crisis

Hungary, due to its location on the Schengen Area’s southeastern flank, has had to bear the brunt of the increased migratory pressure.

November 21, 2022
Interview with <strong>Iván Vélez</strong> on Hernan Cortes

Interview with <strong>Iván Vélez</strong> on Hernan Cortes

Both Alexander the Great and Cortés oversaw processes of vast imperial expansion. Even in his lifetime, Cortés’ stature could only really be compared with that of Julius Caesar, Hannibal, or Alexander himself.

November 21, 2022
UK to Help Protect Ukrainian Skies with £50m Air Defense Package

UK to Help Protect Ukrainian Skies with £50m Air Defense Package

For weeks now, Russian air assaults have been wreaking havoc on Ukrainian infrastructure. According to Kyiv, these have now destroyed nearly 50% of the country’s energy infrastructure, leaving 10 million Ukrainians without power.

November 21, 2022
Protests Erupt After Migrant Men Stealthily Bussed Into Dublin Working-Class Area

Protests Erupt After Migrant Men Stealthily Bussed Into Dublin Working-Class Area

Local protesters were most angered by the government’s failure to consult the community before bringing the large group of single-adult migrant men into the area.

November 21, 2022
To Those Who Gave Their All: A Reflection on the Importance of the Battlefield

To Those Who Gave Their All: A Reflection on the Importance of the Battlefield

Opening our hearts to contemplating the battlefield’s significance causes us to consider what we owe our people and our nation—generations dead, living, and unborn—and particularly to those whose remains now build up the very soil we stand on.

November 21, 2022
Les Républicains: Tempted to Play to the Right?

Les Républicains: Tempted to Play to the Right?

Les Républicains are caught in a dangerous trap, between Macronism and the Rassemblement National, which has established itself as the leading parliamentary group on the Right.

November 20, 2022
Major Defeat for U.S. Conservatives: Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Bill Advances with Bipartisan Support

Major Defeat for U.S. Conservatives: Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Bill Advances with Bipartisan Support

The ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ advanced with the support from twelve U.S. Senate Republicans would require all 50 states to recognize the validity of same-sex marriage.

November 20, 2022
Pax Mongolica, Part II: Beyond Profit and Punishment

Pax Mongolica, Part II: Beyond Profit and Punishment

The fruits of conquest—even when sown by a vicious desire for profit or punishment—can, in time, be conquered by the conquered, turned to the advantage of a besieged people. The debt of European modernity to Mongolian expansion illustrates this.

November 20, 2022