Day: February 14, 2023

CDU Takes Berlin in Rerun Elections

While the Right failed to take the majority, the swing of Berlin’s vote raises questions about Germany’s future direction.

Bypassing Political Bias in AI: The Rise (and Fall?) of DAN

There must be a golden path between politics hijacking the freedom of information and rogue programs running amok on the internet. The outcome of this watershed moment in humanity’s history depends on our ability to find it.

Words, Not Deeds: The New Measure of Virtue

Virtue-signalling is not new. But it has enjoyed a special burgeoning in recent decades, not least because modern culture sooner rewards noisy displays of passion than less visible acts of virtue.

Germany to Examine Processing Asylum Applicants in North Africa

Germany to Examine Processing Asylum Applicants in North Africa

Germany received 244,000 asylum applicants in 2022, with officials now looking at plans to incentivise legal migration through schemes and transfer more of the burden to North Africa.

February 14, 2023
Former Foreign Minister Becomes New President of Cyprus

Former Foreign Minister Becomes New President of Cyprus

An independent of a conservative bent, Nikos Christodoulides had the backing not only of the outgoing president but that of centrist and right-of-center parties as well.

February 14, 2023
CDU Takes Berlin in Rerun Elections

CDU Takes Berlin in Rerun Elections

While the Right failed to take the majority, the swing of Berlin’s vote raises questions about Germany’s future direction.

February 14, 2023
Bypassing Political Bias in AI: The Rise (and Fall?) of DAN

Bypassing Political Bias in AI: The Rise (and Fall?) of DAN

There must be a golden path between politics hijacking the freedom of information and rogue programs running amok on the internet. The outcome of this watershed moment in humanity’s history depends on our ability to find it.

February 14, 2023
Silvio Berlusconi: Zelensky To Blame For War in Ukraine

Silvio Berlusconi: Zelensky To Blame For War in Ukraine

It remains uncertain how Berlusconi’s controversial statements will affect the unity of Italy’s center-right governing coalition.

February 14, 2023
Learn To Love the High Interest Rates

Learn To Love the High Interest Rates

Either we live with high-interest rates today, or we put our very prosperity in stagflation-driven jeopardy.

February 14, 2023
Anti-Judicial Reform Protests Pick Up Steam in Israel

Anti-Judicial Reform Protests Pick Up Steam in Israel

Demonstrators protest a planned judicial reform that they believe will render Israel’s system of checks and balances if not compromised, practically non-existent.

February 14, 2023
Meloni: Migrant Redistribution Never Worked

Meloni: Migrant Redistribution Never Worked

Italy favors external border solutions over redistribution schemes, said PM Giorgia Meloni after the EU summit.

February 14, 2023
Sudanese Military Approves Russian Naval Base on the Red Sea

Sudanese Military Approves Russian Naval Base on the Red Sea

The planned naval base situated in strategic Port Sudan on the Red Sea is set to host some 300 Russian soldiers and four naval vessels, including nuclear-powered ones.

February 14, 2023
Words, Not Deeds: The New Measure of Virtue

Words, Not Deeds: The New Measure of Virtue

Virtue-signalling is not new. But it has enjoyed a special burgeoning in recent decades, not least because modern culture sooner rewards noisy displays of passion than less visible acts of virtue.

February 14, 2023