Month: January 2024

Euros & Dollars: Fiscal Muscles for Brussels, Part II

The EU hints that it wants to get involved in health care funding. If it does, it could disrupt national health care models and grow government at the expense of other ways to pay for medical services.

“Punto e basta!”

“Punto e basta!”

The European political class is so afraid of speaking honestly about the challenges of immigration that they are willing to gaslight their own citizens.

January 8, 2024
Foreign Aid: Reparations in All but Name 

Foreign Aid: Reparations in All but Name 

If I were the average Brit this Christmas, I might be calling for the suspension of all foreign aid until the economy can afford it.

January 7, 2024
It’s Not OK To Be Claudine Gay: Harvard’s President Resigns

It’s Not OK To Be Claudine Gay: Harvard’s President Resigns

To much popular outrage, Harvard announced that Gay will remain employed as a professor, apparently in good standing and at a salary of about $900,000 per year.

January 7, 2024
Europe 2024: New Year, New War Zone 

Europe 2024: New Year, New War Zone 

In response to the carnage, our leaders appear to agree on one thing: it’s best to lie.

January 7, 2024
<strong>Vivaldi & Others</strong>: Francesco Bartolomeo Conti—The Greatest Musical Rediscovery of Recent Decades

<strong>Vivaldi & Others</strong>: Francesco Bartolomeo Conti—The Greatest Musical Rediscovery of Recent Decades

Conti possessed an amazing sense of melody and a deep understanding of humanity’s dark aspects.

January 7, 2024
Politics for Profit

Politics for Profit

Small town mayors, city councilmen, secretaries of state, governors … they are all in the same business: politics for profit.

January 6, 2024
The Aragorn Option

The Aragorn Option

Aragorn, for so long the wandering heir, wins at last and begins the restoration of a world wrecked by evil.

January 6, 2024
French Report: Illegal Immigration Costs €1.8 Billion Annually

French Report: Illegal Immigration Costs €1.8 Billion Annually

The release of the damning report was intentionally delayed by officials until after the crucial vote on migration in France.

January 6, 2024
<em>Asterix and the White Iris</em> Brings Back a Bit of Bite

<em>Asterix and the White Iris</em> Brings Back a Bit of Bite

The new Asterix is not disappointing, but it nonetheless fails by being too conventional.

January 6, 2024
Dry January: A Secular Lent

Dry January: A Secular Lent

Dry January joins the cohort of practices recommended by the progressive virtue leagues working relentlessly to establish a safe, green world as sad as a rainy day.

January 6, 2024
Is Bill Gates the Most Dangerous Man in the World?

Is Bill Gates the Most Dangerous Man in the World?

Even after giving away billions of dollars, Gates seems to have become no less poor. How does he do it?

January 5, 2024
Britain: Land of Anarchy and Tyranny

Britain: Land of Anarchy and Tyranny

If you invite the world, you inherit the world’s conflicts.

January 5, 2024