Day: September 24, 2023

FreeCons, Capitalism, and Corporate Greed

American corporations have been accused of abhorrent child-labor practices. National Conservatives put good before greed. Where do Freedom Conservatives come down?

FreeCons, Capitalism, and Corporate Greed

FreeCons, Capitalism, and Corporate Greed

American corporations have been accused of abhorrent child-labor practices. National Conservatives put good before greed. Where do Freedom Conservatives come down?

September 24, 2023
Oxfam: EU Violates Aid Spending Rules to Curb Migration

Oxfam: EU Violates Aid Spending Rules to Curb Migration

Report found no record of which projects were financed by €80 billion EU aid fund

September 24, 2023
Restoring Churches: Macron’s New Priority?

Restoring Churches: Macron’s New Priority?

There is a real symbolic battle to be fought here, which few politicians dare tackle.

September 24, 2023
Brussels Playing a Hypocritical Game With Hungarian Students

Brussels Playing a Hypocritical Game With Hungarian Students

Hungarian government must “remedy the situation” by November for students not to be excluded from EU’s Erasmus programme

September 24, 2023
Scandinavian Starlight: Lise Davidsen in Recital at the Met Opera

Scandinavian Starlight: Lise Davidsen in Recital at the Met Opera

The recital left the overall impression of a solid and earnest singer with strong ambitions that may well be fulfilled in the march of time.

September 24, 2023
The Yin-Yang of Urbanism: Léon Krier and Architectural Complementarity 

The Yin-Yang of Urbanism: Léon Krier and Architectural Complementarity 

By highlighting how the size, type, and style of constructions can all fit, Krier shows us the way (post)modern architecture and urbanism are based on the perverse thrill of mismatch and contradiction.

September 24, 2023
Cyprus Wants New Syrian Safe Zones for Increased Deportations

Cyprus Wants New Syrian Safe Zones for Increased Deportations

Islands overwhelmed as migrant numbers surge in eastern Mediterranean

September 24, 2023
Catholic Priests Bless Same-Sex Couples at Cologne Cathedral

Catholic Priests Bless Same-Sex Couples at Cologne Cathedral

Event signals Synodal Path’s open defiance of the Vatican

September 24, 2023
<strong>Vivaldi & Others</strong>: Arcangelo Corelli—The Classicist Perfectionist

<strong>Vivaldi & Others</strong>: Arcangelo Corelli—The Classicist Perfectionist

If someone in the audience kept talking after Corelli had already started playing, he would immediately lower his violin until the room had become completely silent. If the talking continued, he would refuse to play at all.

September 24, 2023