Month: May 2024

Christendom Standing Still

Smartphones and modern architecture enable and embody an endless supply of ersatz worlds with which to distract ourselves. We must resist the urge to flee from God into a multiverse of distractions, and learn to stand still in the presence of God.

Only a Sith Deals in Absolutes

There is a parallel between half-baked Jedi philosophy and the theory underpinning liberalism, as pointed out by Charles Taylor.

Germany To Crack Down on Violence Against Politicians

Germany To Crack Down on Violence Against Politicians

The proposed harsher punishment for threatening and assaulting officials is meant to be a symbolic stand against the AfD, even though the nationalist politicians are statistically the most likely to be attacked on the streets.

May 8, 2024
Police Raid German MEP’s Brussels Office in Chinese Espionage Case

Police Raid German MEP’s Brussels Office in Chinese Espionage Case

Alternative für Deutchland’s Maximilian Krah called the raid “unsurprising”

May 8, 2024
Cancelling Joan of Arc?

Cancelling Joan of Arc?

In the 2024 French Republic, is it reasonable to celebrate a woman who fought for her God and her King?

Poland Busts Migrant Smugglers Suspected of Funding Armed Groups

Poland Busts Migrant Smugglers Suspected of Funding Armed Groups

The smugglers are accused of financing Hezbollah and Palestinian jihadists.

May 8, 2024
The President of Decarbonistan

The President of Decarbonistan

Emmanuel Macron’s energy policy will accelerate the organized destruction of EU competitiveness that is already underway.

May 8, 2024
The Dutch Christian Confronting the International Left

The Dutch Christian Confronting the International Left

“The UN is teeming with leftist organizations. I thought: Someone has to do something. Why shouldn’t I try it?”

Kyiv Foils Assassination Attempt on Zelensky From the Inside

Kyiv Foils Assassination Attempt on Zelensky From the Inside

Two Ukrainian counterintelligence officers were allegedly recruited by Moscow to kidnap and kill President Zelensky as a “gift” to Putin ahead of his inauguration.

May 7, 2024
Euros & Dollars: Will Interest Rates Come Down or Not?

Euros & Dollars: Will Interest Rates Come Down or Not?

The ones who get to enjoy lower rates are the ones who live on the right side of the euro-zone border. But not in the way we usually think of the euro zone.

May 7, 2024
German Politicians and Media Blame ‘Far-Right’ for Political Violence

German Politicians and Media Blame ‘Far-Right’ for Political Violence

Alternative für Deutschland’s Alice Weidel called attempts to make political capital from the recent attack on Social Democrat MEP “vile and irresponsible.”

May 7, 2024
French Government Opposes Muslim Brotherhood (Finally)

French Government Opposes Muslim Brotherhood (Finally)

France’s interior minister calls for an institutional battle to prevent French society from falling into the “Islamic matrix.”

Michelin and the ‘Living Wage’: The Legacy of Catholic Entrepreneurship

Michelin and the ‘Living Wage’: The Legacy of Catholic Entrepreneurship

Founders saw social progress as the result of economic progress—something the state could not be expected to provide.

UK: LGBT Lobby Group Falls Further From Grace Following Trans Report

UK: LGBT Lobby Group Falls Further From Grace Following Trans Report

Campaigners ‘relieved’ that Stonewall is losing public funding.

May 7, 2024