Category: COMMENTARY

Danish Political Pragmatism Challenged by Rising Polarization

Danish Political Pragmatism Challenged by Rising Polarization

In pre-election polling, disgruntled voters penalize major parties whose ideological positions appear blurred or inconsistent.

March 19, 2026
Switzerland’s Cash Enshrinement in the Constitution Is a Win for Liberty

Switzerland’s Cash Enshrinement in the Constitution Is a Win for Liberty

Remove cash from the system, and every economic interaction becomes visible to some authority somewhere, whether in one’s own country or somewhere else.

March 18, 2026
Sánchez’s Communist Turn Is Devouring the Entire Far Left

Sánchez’s Communist Turn Is Devouring the Entire Far Left

The Spanish PM’s shift to the left could foreshadow the path that socialism—or the social-democratic Left—across the West will follow, or is already following.

March 17, 2026
Jürgen Habermas: A Lecture for Europe’s Conservatives

Jürgen Habermas: A Lecture for Europe’s Conservatives

Habermas does not teach conservatives how to shout down the Left. He teaches them how to make the Left answer.

March 17, 2026
First Genocide Trial Against ISIS Terrorist Opens In France

First Genocide Trial Against ISIS Terrorist Opens In France

The existence of ISIS sleeper cells and other jihadist groups remains a major national security threat that European governments must no longer ignore.

March 16, 2026
Pope Leo, Lampedusa, and <em>The Camp of the Saints</em>

Pope Leo, Lampedusa, and <em>The Camp of the Saints</em>

If Europe is to resemble something worthy of its name, things certainly will have to change.

March 15, 2026
Feminism and Idiocracy: Iceland as the Canary in the Coal Mine

Feminism and Idiocracy: Iceland as the Canary in the Coal Mine

Vilifying masculinity and traditional masculine qualities leaves a vacuum that women are physically and mentally incapable of filling.

March 14, 2026
War, Pacifism, and the Failure of German Political Leadership

War, Pacifism, and the Failure of German Political Leadership

Over decades, Germany’s political elites have systematically undermined the very values that might inspire citizens to feel a stake in their country’s defence.

March 13, 2026
Zelensky’s New Ally: When Bucharest Joins the Pressure on Hungary

Zelensky’s New Ally: When Bucharest Joins the Pressure on Hungary

A statement by the Romanian president reveals how Ukraine’s political pressure on Hungary is finding allies inside the European Union.

March 13, 2026
The UK’s Regime Is Not Anarcho-Tyranny; It’s Worse than That

The UK’s Regime Is Not Anarcho-Tyranny; It’s Worse than That

The more chaotic and corrupting and violent society becomes due to the government’s refusal to govern, the more justified the government deems itself in intensifying its totalitarian regulation of society.

March 13, 2026
Farewell, Winston; Welcome Badger: The Tale of the New British Banknotes

Farewell, Winston; Welcome Badger: The Tale of the New British Banknotes

The real irony: the designers wanting to celebrate native wildlife are guided by the same bureaucracy that, next door, is dismantling rural England—banning hunting and taxing family farms.

March 12, 2026
Out Go the Hereditary Peers—In Comes the Political Class

Out Go the Hereditary Peers—In Comes the Political Class

Removing hereditary peers may make Britain’s constitution look more “modern.” But it also leaves the House of Lords increasingly shaped by political patronage.

March 12, 2026