Category: Analysis

National Conservatism and the Welfare State, Part I

Freedom conservatives continue to attack us national conservatives. The latest example is U.S. economist Steve Moore, who ignores the poor and doesn’t like pro-family tax policy.

Who To Watch in the Knife-Edge Dutch Elections

With Mark Rutte quitting after 13 years as PM, and the rise of new parties, the question on everyone’s lips is what the Netherlands will look like after November 22nd.

Macron’s Dangerous Game on Israel

The French president quickly had to call his Israeli counterpart, President Herzog, in an attempt to put out the diplomatic fire he had started.

Fiscal Authoritarianism

When government centralizes control over social benefits, it can easily cross the line from democracy to authoritarianism. These three examples, from Russia, Europe, and America, have too much in common for our own comfort.

Moody’s Opens Path to U.S. Fiscal Crisis

The latest report on the U.S. government’s credit worthiness is nothing short of fiscal and political dynamite. It should put Congress and President Biden on full alert.

China’s Mediterranean Exploits Deserve Far More Attention

China’s Mediterranean Exploits Deserve Far More Attention

What is going on in the Mediterranean must be viewed through a much broader lens. Around the world, from southern Africa to South America, China is gaining control of an increasing number of ports.

March 27, 2023
Return of the Old Left: A Look at the Spanish Worker’s Front

Return of the Old Left: A Look at the Spanish Worker’s Front

Economic precariousness and a general assault on identity, from gender to nation, clear the way for the rise of a patriotic, pre-woke, pro-work Left.

Vox’s Assault on the Political Center

Vox’s Assault on the Political Center

The speech professor Tamames gave before Spain’s vote of no confidence presents VOX as the repository of Spain’s post-Franco, democratic general consensus.

Banking Crisis: Déjà-Vu All Over Again?

Banking Crisis: Déjà-Vu All Over Again?

Several news sources have raised the volume about a possible systemwide banking crisis. I am not going to contribute to that. In fact, we should all be careful about determining whether or not such a crisis is at hand.

March 22, 2023
Another Mediocre Idea From the Left

Another Mediocre Idea From the Left

Some MEPs want the EU to enforce an “adequate minimum income” across the union. They clearly have not considered the serious economic and moral price tag for their idea.

March 21, 2023
Pension Reform Adopted, Sets France on Fire

Pension Reform Adopted, Sets France on Fire

The government’s announcement to use article 49.3 of the Constitution has put the country in a state of fever. Now, the government runs the risk of being overthrown.

March 17, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank: Fed Starts Printing Money Again

Silicon Valley Bank: Fed Starts Printing Money Again

The Federal Reserve, eager to not let a good crisis go to waste, is using the SVB crisis to quietly turn on the money supply faucet again.

March 14, 2023
How Egoism Causes More Inflation

How Egoism Causes More Inflation

A sensational statement by the Federal Reserve reveals how we are setting ourselves up for another destructive inflation episode.

March 13, 2023
How the Council of Europe Rewrites the Past

How the Council of Europe Rewrites the Past

“Asking the Council of Europe to institute reform and correct direction is really like asking the proverbial fox to guard the hen house,” Dr. Joanna Williams, the author of the report argued.

March 11, 2023
El Salvador vs. MS-13

El Salvador vs. MS-13

El Salvador’s iconoclastic purge of MS-13’s occult symbols reminds us that these gangs transcend crime: they are upstart tribes looking to swallow nations.

Poll: U.S. Remains Divided on Who the Enemy Is

Poll: U.S. Remains Divided on Who the Enemy Is

Democrats see Russia as the devil, Republicans don’t, indicating how ‘America First’ transformed into a modern anti-war movement.

March 10, 2023
Mobilisation Against Pension Reform at a Turning Point

Mobilisation Against Pension Reform at a Turning Point

The bill is progressing in the Senate but is more unpopular than ever in public opinion. It crystallises a certain number of resentments plied against the president and his government.

March 10, 2023