Month: January 2023

A Bug in the Plate

Why this obsession on the part of Brussels officials with making the citizens of old Europe eat insects? Not a concerted ideological plan, but proof of a rootless globalist way of thinking that takes on unexpected aspects: in the age of happy globalisation, if it’s done elsewhere, why not here?

Whitewashing Operation by Azerbaijani Media Exposed in Brussels

The spin operation was uncovered when it was revealed that an intermediary PR firm being paid by the Azeri government had coaxed an Australian academic to sign his name to a misleading piece about the blockade of the Lachin Corridor.

Australia Day: Protesting Ourselves into Oblivion

Predictably, this week’s Australia Day celebrations were mired by protest. There were calls, not just to change the date of ‘Invasion Day’ or ‘Survival Day’ as the rebrands have it, but to abolish the ‘Celebration of genocide’ altogether.

On Lying (and why it may not be what you think)

On Lying (and why it may not be what you think)

It is essential for the modern person—and tragically we are all modern people—to strive to overcome his rationalism by various therapeutic exercises.

January 29, 2023
Activist Vows to Burn Koran Every Week

Activist Vows to Burn Koran Every Week

The Turkish government called in the Danish ambassador to Ankara to discuss Mr. Paludan’s actions.

January 28, 2023
Australia Day: Protesting Ourselves into Oblivion

Australia Day: Protesting Ourselves into Oblivion

Predictably, this week’s Australia Day celebrations were mired by protest. There were calls, not just to change the date of ‘Invasion Day’ or ‘Survival Day’ as the rebrands have it, but to abolish the ‘Celebration of genocide’ altogether.

January 28, 2023
Sunni Muslim Leaders Call for Global Boycott of Swedish & Dutch Goods

Sunni Muslim Leaders Call for Global Boycott of Swedish & Dutch Goods

Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt called for “an appropriate response from the governments of these two countries” which it accused of “protecting barbaric crimes under the inhuman and immoral banner they call ‘freedom of expression.’”

January 28, 2023
Europe’s Medicine Shortages Problem Multifaceted

Europe’s Medicine Shortages Problem Multifaceted

Industry experts explain that the problem of medicine shortages stems from engrained practices, some of which are easier to change than others.

January 28, 2023
Ambassadors Expelled As Tensions Rise Between Baltic Nations and Russia

Ambassadors Expelled As Tensions Rise Between Baltic Nations and Russia

Diplomatic relations reach a new low, as Estonia sits on the frontline of confrontation with Russia.

January 28, 2023
Forgotten Classics: Shakespeare’s Best Play (About Sex and Law and Grace)

Forgotten Classics: Shakespeare’s Best Play (About Sex and Law and Grace)

Sin is a perennial reality that we cannot eradicate through political will. Instead, we are called to heal the world. One of the best dramatic considerations of this is Shakespeare’s hilarious, beautiful, and criminally overlooked play, Measure for Measure.

January 28, 2023
Traditionalism with a Capital ‘T’

Traditionalism with a Capital ‘T’

Bannon is attracted to a mystical form of Traditionalism, although his version of it is very unconventional. He is an American traditionalist who views the working class as the salt of the earth uncorrupted by liberal modernity.

January 27, 2023
EPP Prospects Alliance With ECR

EPP Prospects Alliance With ECR

With talk circulating about a right-wing political coalition, the pros and cons of such an alliance are more complex.

January 27, 2023
60th Anniversary of Élysée Treaty

60th Anniversary of Élysée Treaty

The German chancellor was in Paris on Sunday, January 22nd, to try to reinvigorate a pair that is supposed to be the driving force of the European Union, but whose disagreements have been particularly significant in recent months.

January 27, 2023
Shamima Begum: BBC’s First Jihadi Correspondent

Shamima Begum: BBC’s First Jihadi Correspondent

It is of course impossible to gauge what proportion of the BBC’s diversity quota is allocated for returning jihadis, but what is clear from Begum’s series is that the current thinking at Broadcasting House is that it’s “best to be ahead of the game.”

January 27, 2023
EU Commission: Migrant Repatriations Must Increase  

EU Commission: Migrant Repatriations Must Increase  

“Those who do not have the right to reside in the European Union must be sent back to their country of origin,” EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson told members of the press, marking a sharp shift in her tone on the issue compared to years past.

January 27, 2023