Month: December 2023

Germany Struggles To Fund Green Agenda

An audit court warned on Monday that the supplementary budget for 2023 is “extremely problematic under constitutional law,” because it retroactively invokes an emergency for a budget year that is almost over.

Russell Kirk’s Book of Love

Russell Kirk’s Book of Love

Kirk’s conservatism was the conservatism of loss—not of rout or retreat, and certainly not despair, but one that treasures what is gone as well as what we have. 

December 3, 2023
Sclerotic America

Sclerotic America

America must return to the idea of American Exceptionalism, or it will fail.

December 2, 2023
A Warning Sign for the West

A Warning Sign for the West

“Antisemitism is the best warning sign that we can have of a threat to liberal civilization.”—Lord Sacks

December 2, 2023
EU Doubles Down on ‘Green’ Energy Transition at UN Climate Summit

EU Doubles Down on ‘Green’ Energy Transition at UN Climate Summit

The EU continues to push a fossil fuels phaseout, despite serious disagreements among the summit’s key players.

December 2, 2023
British Pupils Using AI To Cheat on Schoolwork

British Pupils Using AI To Cheat on Schoolwork

Despite pushback by educators, the Tory government finds AI’s growing influence to be “heartening.”

December 2, 2023
La Manif Pour Tous: A European Model

La Manif Pour Tous: A European Model

The French organisation’s tactics have shaped the European fight against same-sex marriage.

December 2, 2023
French Mayor Threatened With Beheading for Telling the Truth

French Mayor Threatened With Beheading for Telling the Truth

The mayor of Romans-sur-Isère has received death threats for speaking openly about crime in her city.

December 2, 2023
The State’s Duty to Protect Human Life

The State’s Duty to Protect Human Life

A so-called right to die quickly morphs into a perceived duty to die. 

December 2, 2023
Preserving Culture from <em>The Golden Legend</em> to <em>Ben-Hur</em>

Preserving Culture from <em>The Golden Legend</em> to <em>Ben-Hur</em>

Conservative artists should keep the great achievements of Western culture alive.

December 2, 2023
German Police Foil Christmas Market Terror Attacks

German Police Foil Christmas Market Terror Attacks

Jihadist attacks in Hanover and North Rhine-Westphalia were at an advanced stage of planning.

December 1, 2023
Money or Policy: Who Wins the White House?

Money or Policy: Who Wins the White House?

Nikki Haley just picked up a major endorsement that will bring in big money. But who likes her the most—policy-interested voters or money-loaded donors?

December 1, 2023
Double Standards on Hate Speech Follow Dublin Riots

Double Standards on Hate Speech Follow Dublin Riots

Unlike MMA superstar Conor McGregor, a politician calling for murdering rioters faces no apparent criminal investigation.

December 1, 2023