Democracy is not paradise, ideology, or a blank canvas for every political desire. It is a set of rules that demand restraint—and the humble recognition that we can be wrong.
A scathing U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee report backs a probable laboratory origin for COVID-19, finds no quantitative basis for the six-foot rule, and argues that officials overstated the vaccines’ ability to prevent infection and transmission.
Prioritising lower-risk alternative products over prohibitions would reduce both cigarette consumption and associated crime more than any number of snowballing product regulations in Brussels.
The two-year examination period before uranium enrichment technology is actually transferred to the KSA may be long enough to realize that the deal is not good for anyone.
More defense spending, more climate redistribution—the EU spins the biggest wealth transfer machine yet.
Has Europe gradually become so committed to institutional uniformity that it has unintentionally reduced one of the principal engines of its own historical success: competition among jurisdictions?
Persistent exploitation of legal loopholes in an EU outermost region erodes Europe’s sovereignty claims and creates opportunities for criminal and state-adjacent networks.
Anti-fascism in Germany has changed from a militant fringe concern into the moral common sense of its educated middle classes. One consequence of this is that the label ‘fascist’ now makes violence less objectionable.
Marine Le Pen launches a high-stakes 2027 presidential bid, turning her legal battle into the defining gamble of the campaign.
Brussels frames the digital euro, age verification, and Chat Control as separate solutions to real issues, but together they highlight who controls the digital infrastructure shaping everyday life in Europe.
The largest Catholic traditionalist society has been excommunicated from the Church. What now for the Latin Mass and doctrinally conservative Catholics?
Sovereignty in the 21st century is no longer measured solely by territory, military capability, or political institutions. It increasingly depends on who controls the infrastructure that enables economies to function.
