Month: February 2024

The End of the Straussian Moment?

A brief reconsideration of Peter Thiel’s justly famous essay may help us understand why, in politics, there is only the Straussian moment.

Italy Remembers the Foibe

Until the Day of Remembrance was instituted in 2004, the Italian victims of communist aggression were dismissed and forgotten.

The Biden Replacement Process Has Begun

The Biden Replacement Process Has Begun

The U.S. President has officially been declared to have “diminished faculties.” He is now dead as a candidate in November. How will the Democrats replace him, and with whom?

February 17, 2024
Reinventing the Individual

Reinventing the Individual

Falling in love with Christianity is unlikely to strengthen anyone’s faith in the ultimate value of our liberal heritage.

February 17, 2024
Peter Hitchens Reflects on 50 Years in Journalism

Peter Hitchens Reflects on 50 Years in Journalism

“When I went into journalism … it was revealed to me that I had a very poor understanding of what the world was really like.”

February 17, 2024
2024 Olympic Games, A Parisian Nightmare

2024 Olympic Games, A Parisian Nightmare

In high places, there is a subject that people dare not talk about, but which is on everyone’s mind: what if the whole thing ends in a gigantic fiasco?

February 17, 2024
On Not Looking Awful: The Three Sartorial Basics

On Not Looking Awful: The Three Sartorial Basics

In praise of a snobbery that strives to elevate others and rejoice in their aesthetic successes.

February 17, 2024
Spanish Public TV To Air Election Result Only if Left Wins

Spanish Public TV To Air Election Result Only if Left Wins

RTVE will switch to a movie on its main channel if the center-right PP is re-elected.

February 16, 2024
Power Struggles, Lawsuits, and Wars Plague EU Censorship Roll-Out

Power Struggles, Lawsuits, and Wars Plague EU Censorship Roll-Out

February 17th is D-Day for the censorious Digital Services Act, but insiders say that Brussels is ill-prepared to handle the caseload.

February 16, 2024
UK Tories Take Double By-Election Bashing

UK Tories Take Double By-Election Bashing

The party lost two previously safe seats while Reform Party surged.

February 16, 2024
Euros & Dollars: The Un-Economics of the Green Transition

Euros & Dollars: The Un-Economics of the Green Transition

With facts and logic speaking against the green transition, countries headed for an economic recession should urgently rethink their energy policies. 

February 16, 2024
Azerbaijan Threatens New Armenia Invasion; EU Ponders Military Response

Azerbaijan Threatens New Armenia Invasion; EU Ponders Military Response

While Azeri President Ilham Aliyev drums up support for another land grab, European aid to Armenia may come too late.

February 16, 2024
Dueling Mahler Symphonies Resound in New York

Dueling Mahler Symphonies Resound in New York

Programs centered on Mahler lead the successful offerings of Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic.

February 16, 2024
On Farmers, Food, and France: An Interview with <strong>MEP Patricia Chagnon</strong>

On Farmers, Food, and France: An Interview with <strong>MEP Patricia Chagnon</strong>

“The globalist Right and the ecological extremist Left have found a common enemy: European agriculture.”

February 16, 2024