Category: COMMENTARY

Recusant Conservatism

It seems we have the bland leading the bland, but recusant conservatives can use this time to decide what is worth fighting for, and it is most certainly not more of the same. 

What Are Western Values Anyway?

Conservatives find themselves between anti-Western immigrants on the one hand and Westerners flying the ‘Pride’ flag on the other.

In Defense of Neo-Traditionalist Zoomers

In Defense of Neo-Traditionalist Zoomers

All trads are a little ‘fake.’ The truth is, all traditionalism in our wretched age is—given what the previous generations have taken from us.

February 14, 2024
22nd Anniversary of a Journalist’s Beheading

22nd Anniversary of a Journalist’s Beheading

At gunpoint, Daniel Pearl’s last words included, “My father is Jewish, my mother is Jewish, I am Jewish.”

February 13, 2024
Oxfam’s Disinformation Agenda

Oxfam’s Disinformation Agenda

Oxfam complains about growing inequality. There is just one problem: the figures don’t add up.

February 13, 2024
UK Tories in State of Desperation Ahead of Electoral Wipeout

UK Tories in State of Desperation Ahead of Electoral Wipeout

Liz Truss’s new ‘Popular Conservatism’ group is a rehash of others that launched before it, and is just as likely to fail as badly as they have.

February 12, 2024
Hungary Is a Victim of the EU’s Arbitrariness

Hungary Is a Victim of the EU’s Arbitrariness

If other member states try to resist, the same fate awaits them.

February 12, 2024
Wellingborough: Can Reform UK Replace the Tories?

Wellingborough: Can Reform UK Replace the Tories?

The surge in support for Reform UK might make Labour’s celebrations premature in this bellwether by-election.

February 12, 2024
Freedom, America, and Robert Nozick

Freedom, America, and Robert Nozick

It has been 50 years since Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia was published. This is a good year for both libertarians and conservatives to re-read it.

February 10, 2024
The Parisian Participatory Dictatorship

The Parisian Participatory Dictatorship

Parisians know full well that Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s local ‘consultations’ are above all communication operations—the decisions have already been taken by city hall teams, no matter the outcome of the vote.

February 10, 2024
The Age of Authoritarian Liberalism

The Age of Authoritarian Liberalism

Western liberal regimes mask the processes of societal manipulation by which their power is maintained.

February 10, 2024
The ‘View’ From Vladimir Putin’s Seat

The ‘View’ From Vladimir Putin’s Seat

No blockbusters in Carlson interview, but still a teaching moment

February 9, 2024
The Trans Movement Conquers Irish Dancing

The Trans Movement Conquers Irish Dancing

If you agree that a teen boy is a ‘transgender girl,’ it is difficult to argue that he shouldn’t compete against the girls.

February 9, 2024