Month: May 2023

Lost Worlds and Lost Causes

Both the novel and the memoir touch on themes that are sadly out of fashion today: the brotherhood of arms crossing ethnic and cultural divides, individual bravery in battle, and the manly quest to build empires.

Russian Federation Strikes Back 

Russia went on a retaliatory spree, announcing entry bans for U.S. officials and opening criminal cases against ICC officials, while forcing Greenpeace into shuttering its Russian branch.

Insolvency Fears Haunt EU Parliament Pension Fund

Commission auditors warned against a public bailout for Parliament’s pension fund and expressed concern that financial ties to arms manufacturers could tarnish the EU’s image.

WHO: “Sexuality Education Starts From Birth.”

WHO: “Sexuality Education Starts From Birth.”

It is clear that not only are liberal administrations and activists foisting unnecessary early sexualisation on children, overarching levers of power, like the WHO, are also hell bent on doing so.

May 19, 2023
Conservative Majority to Edit Chile’s Constitution

Conservative Majority to Edit Chile’s Constitution

Conservatives and right-of-centre parties won 33 of the 51 seats in the election to the Constitutional Council that will decide on the future of the new proposed constitution.

May 19, 2023
Russia Confirms Two-Month Extension of Grain Deal

Russia Confirms Two-Month Extension of Grain Deal

Moscow demands concessions so that the West’s sanctions do not obstruct the free flow of its own agricultural exports.

Google Bard Block Fuels EU Digital Ghetto Fears

Google Bard Block Fuels EU Digital Ghetto Fears

Google and other tech Leviathans are playing a wait-and-see approach with the EU’s AI Act, whether or not AI technology will run afoul of EU privacy laws.

May 19, 2023
The Human Person is Endangered

The Human Person is Endangered

We haven’t diagnosed ‘woke’ properly. We should recognise it for what it is: an expression of a very deep and noble religious need, a need that has been neglected and mistreated in contemporary British society.

May 19, 2023
Fiscal Forecast Europe: Stop the Taxman!

Fiscal Forecast Europe: Stop the Taxman!

The overall trend in the European economy points in the wrong direction. Therefore, it is a very bad idea to raise any taxes in the EU. It does not matter that the taxes the EU has proposed will fail to generate the revenue that the MEP tax grabbers are hoping for.

May 18, 2023
Done Deal: EU Makes Crypto Traceable

Done Deal: EU Makes Crypto Traceable

No more tax evasion with crypto, as service providers now need licenses to operate and are required to collect and share data on all transactions with the relevant authorities.

May 18, 2023
Western Coalition To Lobby for Fighter Jets on Behalf of Ukraine

Western Coalition To Lobby for Fighter Jets on Behalf of Ukraine

The UK and the Netherlands have vowed to create an international “fighter jet coalition” to help Kyiv procure F-16s and other aircraft. France and Belgium have promised to train Ukrainian pilots, however, no aircraft has been pledged so far.

May 18, 2023
Finance and Green Expropriation

Finance and Green Expropriation

Jamie Dimon, the CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase, the U.S.’s largest bank, has suggested that in order to allow Green Energy to develop properly, the government may need to seize private property.

Meloni and Pope Francis Agree Birth Rate Must Grow

Meloni and Pope Francis Agree Birth Rate Must Grow

For Meloni, the problem is not only financial but ideological. This observation is shared by Pope Francis, who also denounced “a culture that is unfriendly, if not an enemy, of the family.”

EP ‘Fact-Finding’ Mission to Hungary: No Place for Bias

EP ‘Fact-Finding’ Mission to Hungary: No Place for Bias

EU funds must be disbursed without political bias, the delegation stressed, but as Minister Navracsics noted, the MEPs themselves were prone to partiality, inevitable since they hadn’t read the document’s contents.

May 18, 2023
The Plague of Inclusive Writing

The Plague of Inclusive Writing

Instead of adopting inclusive writing, we might consider learning a language without gendered grammar, like Hungarian—or Farsi—as options.