Month: December 2022

PM Orbán: Abolish the European Parliament

In place of the current parliament, the Hungarian prime minister envisioned a delegate-based model that would return power over the EU to its member states.

Catholic Officialdom in Australia: A Woke, Broke Joke

Lay Australian Catholics are dramatically limited in what we can achieve. But we have endless power to thwart our home-grown counterpart to the Patriotic Chinese Church. This power we must wield.

Zelensky Visits the United States

The Ukrainian president will address Congress amid its debate over an additional $45 billion in aid for his country in addition to the $65 billion already approved.

First German LNG Terminal Opened

Politicians laud the construction as an important step towards independence from Russian gas, but the rushed construction comes at a high financial and environmental price.

Swedish Report Highlights Immigrant Racism

Swedish Report Highlights Immigrant Racism

Arabs “simply refused to cook in the same kitchen” as African migrants. To cope with the situation, the shelter furnished the migrants with two kitchens, divided by ethnicity.

December 22, 2022
Berlin: World’s Largest Cylindrical Aquarium Exploded

Berlin: World’s Largest Cylindrical Aquarium Exploded

The bursting of the aquarium left two people injured and more than 1,000 tropical fish dead. With investigations ongoing, some speculate that temperature differences may have caused cracks to form.

December 22, 2022
Top German Manufacturer Says Germany at Risk for Deindustrialization

Top German Manufacturer Says Germany at Risk for Deindustrialization

Nikolas Stihl lamented that Germany is becoming increasingly unappealing as a location for entrepreneurs, businesses, and industrial manufacturing, so much so that could ultimately lead to the deindustrialization of the country.

December 22, 2022
Falsehoods, Persecution, and Forgiveness

Falsehoods, Persecution, and Forgiveness

Pell’s Prison Journal provides an inspiring example of how to endure attacks while loving our persecutors. Perhaps his serene approach can show our post-Christian civilization the beauty of Christian love and forgiveness.

December 22, 2022
International Trade Union Chief Resigns over Qatargate

International Trade Union Chief Resigns over Qatargate

In the run-up to the World Cup, Visentini described host nation Qatar as a “success story,” despite having at his disposal years’ worth of alarming reports about its labor conditions.

December 21, 2022
A Manifesto of Architectural Hope

A Manifesto of Architectural Hope

Alain de Botton’s book tells us that we can and should regain hope about the future of our homes and cities. Architecture has been in a sad state in the West for many decades, but there are also glimmers of promise.

December 21, 2022
British Strikes Force Government to Requisition Troops

British Strikes Force Government to Requisition Troops

The prime minister is currently reluctant to agree to a pay rise—especially a double-digit one as demanded by the strikers—because he believes it would only reinforce the inflationary spiral.

December 21, 2022
Mining the Future: In Conversation with <strong>Anthony Scaramucci</strong> 

Mining the Future: In Conversation with <strong>Anthony Scaramucci</strong> 

Anthony Scaramucci believes there is a strong moral case for crypto. Whereas the Federal Reserve can inflate away our money today, crypto remains impervious to such measures.

December 21, 2022
EU Widens Carbon Market

EU Widens Carbon Market

The political agreement sets the goal of reducing carbon pollution by 62%, one percent over the Commission’s original proposal.

December 21, 2022
Sweden Refuses Handover of Anti-Regime Journalist to Turkey

Sweden Refuses Handover of Anti-Regime Journalist to Turkey

While gratified by the decision, Bülent Kenes added that being regarded as a terrorist never came as a shock to him, since “[Turkish President Erdoğan] is a despot and I am a journalist.”

December 21, 2022
German Self-Assertion and a New Consensus

German Self-Assertion and a New Consensus

The most important distinction now runs between globalists and protectionists. The continuing reference to the old Left to Right coordinate system hinders us in our search for a middle ground between the local and the global.

December 21, 2022
When Middle Earth Came to Vienna

When Middle Earth Came to Vienna

The renewed obsession with the minutiae of Tolkien’s work gives me an excuse to revisit my favorite bit of Tolkien trivia: that the Polish king’s great victory was the inspiration for Tolkien’s Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

December 20, 2022