Month: February 2024

Ireland Is Burning

Ireland’s deeply dissatisfied electorate increasingly looks like a disenfranchised one as well.

Euros & Dollars: What Is Monetary Seigniorage?

Euros & Dollars: What Is Monetary Seigniorage?

Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, talks about making ‘seigniorage’ illegal. But does he really know what the term means?

February 28, 2024
EU and NATO Leaders Scramble To Distance Themselves from Macron’s War Cries

EU and NATO Leaders Scramble To Distance Themselves from Macron’s War Cries

With the damage done, France’s foreign minister tried to walk back the president’s statement.

February 28, 2024
EU Commissioner Calls Pro-Peace Conservatives Russian ‘Proxies’

EU Commissioner Calls Pro-Peace Conservatives Russian ‘Proxies’

Transparency chief on “democracy tour” to fight the ‘undemocratic’ beliefs of a majority of Europeans.

February 28, 2024
Centre-Right Caves As MEPs Pass Nature Restoration Law

Centre-Right Caves As MEPs Pass Nature Restoration Law

Ignoring the concerns of farmers, EU member states will now have to make swathes of their territory unfarmable by 2030.

February 28, 2024
Ireland Is Burning

Ireland Is Burning

Ireland’s deeply dissatisfied electorate increasingly looks like a disenfranchised one as well.

February 28, 2024
German Disinfo Outlet Gets Federal Funding to Fight ‘Fake News’

German Disinfo Outlet Gets Federal Funding to Fight ‘Fake News’

A court recently ruled Correctiv was spreading false claims—exactly what the outlet is supposed to guard against with its AI-based ‘fact-checking’ project.

February 28, 2024
V4 States Vow to Work Together Despite Differences

V4 States Vow to Work Together Despite Differences

Prior to Tuesday’s summit, the Czech and the Polish PMs had hinted at the possibility of dissolving the Central European grouping.

February 28, 2024
Leftist MEP’s Twitter Hacking Ordeal Drags On in Brussels Court

Leftist MEP’s Twitter Hacking Ordeal Drags On in Brussels Court

A parliamentary aide faces a year in prison for using his boss’s Twitter account to search for nude photos.

February 28, 2024
Fact-Checking Meta’s Fact-Checkers

Fact-Checking Meta’s Fact-Checkers

A look at the 29 organizations tasked with policing political content on social media ahead of EU elections

February 28, 2024
<strong>Vivaldi & Others</strong>: <br>Interlude—The Case of ‘Albinoni’s Adagio’

<strong>Vivaldi & Others</strong>: <br>Interlude—The Case of ‘Albinoni’s Adagio’

The Adagio gives a totally distorted picture of Albinoni and his music.

February 28, 2024
Islam, Not ‘Islamism,’ Is Running Britain

Islam, Not ‘Islamism,’ Is Running Britain

Perhaps we should coin the term ‘Christianist’ to explain all those suicide bombings committed to the cries of ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’?

February 28, 2024