Day: June 3, 2023

Conferencing With ‘Stop Brexit’ Bray and Co.

Their arguments on Brexit are, after more than half a decade, tired; but I would struggle to argue that some of the points being repeated over and over inside the conference were any less spent.

Metsola Answers Accusations About Bullying Probe

Metsola has been pushing for a reform of Parliament’s anti-harassment guidelines. Meanwhile, media reports allege that she has stalled a harassment probe into a Spanish MEP.

EU: Abraham Accords Initiative Launched in Parliament

EU: Abraham Accords Initiative Launched in Parliament

The Abraham Accords Network was launched with little fanfare by Roberta Metsola and urges the EU to support the landmark normalisation agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbours.

June 3, 2023
Metaphysics of Architecture: A Look at Gottfried Semper’s <em>Urkunst</em>

Metaphysics of Architecture: A Look at Gottfried Semper’s <em>Urkunst</em>

By locating the essence of traditional architecture in the primacy of character over concrete—the pattern we see over the material we don’t—Semper championed particularity over uniformity.

Conferencing With ‘Stop Brexit’ Bray and Co.

Conferencing With ‘Stop Brexit’ Bray and Co.

Their arguments on Brexit are, after more than half a decade, tired; but I would struggle to argue that some of the points being repeated over and over inside the conference were any less spent.

June 3, 2023
Metsola Answers Accusations About Bullying Probe

Metsola Answers Accusations About Bullying Probe

Metsola has been pushing for a reform of Parliament’s anti-harassment guidelines. Meanwhile, media reports allege that she has stalled a harassment probe into a Spanish MEP.

June 3, 2023
Macron Seeks Eastern Europe Support For Ukraine Plan

Macron Seeks Eastern Europe Support For Ukraine Plan

GLOBSEC delegates responded with “hearty” applause, though some wanted more details regarding the president’s support for Ukraine.

June 3, 2023
Spain Calls for Total EU Ban on Encrypted Messaging

Spain Calls for Total EU Ban on Encrypted Messaging

Fifteen member states are in favor of extending the EU’s upcoming surveillance law to end-to-end encryption, while Spain would outright ban it in the entire EU.

June 3, 2023
The 9th Art: Catholicism and Cultural Interplay in the Works of Gene Luen Yang

The 9th Art: Catholicism and Cultural Interplay in the Works of Gene Luen Yang

Much discussion of Yang’s work has focused on the ways that he expertly depicts the interplay (and clash) between East and West within the context of deeply human stories. However, far less ink has been spilled over the role that Christianity has in this interplay.