Month: February 2023

When Israel Is Too Real

Could Fauda prove the clearest testament yet to the Palestinian question’s irreducible unsolvability?

New U.S. Intelligence Supports Coronavirus Lab-Leak Theory

New U.S. Intelligence Supports Coronavirus Lab-Leak Theory

The U.S. Energy Department has joined the FBI in concluding that COVID-19 was likely accidentally released from a Chinese lab.

February 28, 2023
Tesla Slashes German Production, Lured by U.S. Subsidies

Tesla Slashes German Production, Lured by U.S. Subsidies

Volkswagen and Hyundai announced plans to shift production to the U.S.; now Audi CEO Markus Duesmann also projects moving operations to America.

February 28, 2023
Deal Brokered by EU Between Kosovo and Serbia

Deal Brokered by EU Between Kosovo and Serbia

The leaders’ endorsement of the deal represents a major breakthrough for their countries’ deadlocked relations.

February 28, 2023
France: Unrepresentative Citizen Convention Supports Euthanasia

France: Unrepresentative Citizen Convention Supports Euthanasia

Everything has been done by the French government to prevent a balanced debate on the end of life, and to ensure a pro-euthanasia outcome.

February 28, 2023
Nearly 1 Million Asylum Seekers to EU Registered in 2022 

Nearly 1 Million Asylum Seekers to EU Registered in 2022 

The Commission’s new repatriation plan comes as support for national-conservative parties increases—a trend that, for the moment, shows no sign of abating.

February 28, 2023
After Dahl, Ian Fleming’s Bond in Crosshairs of ‘Sensitivity Readers’

After Dahl, Ian Fleming’s Bond in Crosshairs of ‘Sensitivity Readers’

Ian Fleming’s biographer has stated that “that what an author commits to paper is sacrosanct and shouldn’t be altered.”

February 28, 2023
Italian Police Seize €170,000 From Lega MEP Over Parliamentary Fraud Probe

Italian Police Seize €170,000 From Lega MEP Over Parliamentary Fraud Probe

The prosecutor’s office confirmed that the seizures had nothing to do with the separate Qatargate scandal.

February 28, 2023
Muslim Politician With Extremist Ties Set To Become Leader of Scotland

Muslim Politician With Extremist Ties Set To Become Leader of Scotland

Progressive Islamist? Humza Yousaf is, “at the very least, Islamist adjacent,” reveals FWI’s latest report detailing the top Scottish candidate’s uncomfortable connections to extremism.

February 28, 2023
When Israel Is Too Real

When Israel Is Too Real

Could Fauda prove the clearest testament yet to the Palestinian question’s irreducible unsolvability?

February 28, 2023
Estonia: Nationalist Party Polls Second, May Form Government

Estonia: Nationalist Party Polls Second, May Form Government

The rise of the Right in the small Baltic country may be part of a bigger regional trend toward conservative governments.

February 27, 2023
Anti-Meloni Takes Charge of Italian Opposition

Anti-Meloni Takes Charge of Italian Opposition

Woke, bisexual, socialist: Elly Schlein is the polar opposite of Meloni and is set to radically reform the failing Democratic Party.

February 27, 2023
Conservative Policy: Retirement Reform

Conservative Policy: Retirement Reform

Conservatism is built on strong theory, but we need more conservative policy practice. It is difficult, but it can be done. Retirement reform is a good example.

February 27, 2023