Category: COMMENTARY

The Lost Boy

Germany cannot complain about skills shortages, weak productivity, democratic alienation, and social fragmentation while ignoring the boys who are slowly leaving the educational pipeline.

God or No God in Our Constitution?

Rather than lifting us out of our current political trench warfare, the dispute over a reference to God in the Saarland constitutional preamble merely illuminates it.

Secular Europe’s Failure: Why Only Christ Can Stop Islamization

The urgent question for Europe is why are Muslims converting to Christianity in places where the faith is banned, persecuted, or heavily restricted—yet in open, tolerant Europe, with welcoming churches on every corner, many grow firmer in Islam and some even become radicalized?

Le Canon Français: Banqueting, the New Face of the Far Right

Le Canon Français: Banqueting, the New Face of the Far Right

Enthusiasts of locally produced foods enjoyed in good company to the tune of 15th-century drinking songs cannot indulge in their pastime without the Left suspecting them of singing the Horst-Wessel-Lied between bites of sauerkraut.

April 29, 2026
What I Saw on O’Connell Street

What I Saw on O’Connell Street

Young farmers, quiet resilience, and a protest Ireland chose not to hear.

April 29, 2026
The Horrors of Cuba’s Prisons

The Horrors of Cuba’s Prisons

The president denies Cuba has political prisoners—yet an increasing number of dissidents are being jailed under brutal conditions.

April 28, 2026
Reading for Permanence: Books Worth Inheriting

Reading for Permanence: Books Worth Inheriting

Europe suffers from amnesia: she has forgotten the texts that helped her understand fate, order, transcendence, and herself.

April 27, 2026
Pilgrimage at the Spanish Steps

Pilgrimage at the Spanish Steps

The legendary steps serve as a reminder that in a world consumed by short-term thinking, we’ve lost sight of the kinds of wealth that don’t show up on a balance sheet.

April 26, 2026
A Good Fence Makes Good Sense

A Good Fence Makes Good Sense

The fool tears down the wall for want of wit to find the gate.

April 25, 2026
The Merz Affair and Germany’s War on Free Speech

The Merz Affair and Germany’s War on Free Speech

In a democracy, citizens must have the right to express their frustration with those who govern them.

April 24, 2026
A Catholic Leader Takes the Reins at Strasbourg’s Women’s Rights Forum

A Catholic Leader Takes the Reins at Strasbourg’s Women’s Rights Forum

Teresa Gerns, the Council of Europe advocacy director for the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe, will lead a committee examining the barriers women face when trying to balance paid work and motherhood.

April 23, 2026
Happy “St. George Wasn’t Even English” Day!

Happy “St. George Wasn’t Even English” Day!

Every April 23rd, as sure as night follows day, the UK commentariat loves to sneer at ordinary English people.

April 23, 2026
The Pope, ‘Chrislam,’ and the Selective Courage Toward Power

The Pope, ‘Chrislam,’ and the Selective Courage Toward Power

When peace among nations becomes the ultimate end of religion, religions are reduced to geopolitical instruments.

April 22, 2026
The Hypocrisy of Progressive Europe

The Hypocrisy of Progressive Europe

For progressives, ‘liberalism’ now means ‘the compelled acceptance and legal implementation of LGBT ideology.’ To oppose it, conversely, is thus ‘illiberalism.’

April 22, 2026
The Empty Mantra of the ‘Another Inquiry’

The Empty Mantra of the ‘Another Inquiry’

Britain doesn’t need to learn any more lessons—it needs the will to act.

April 21, 2026