Category: COMMENTARY

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.

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.

Is YouTube Worse than TikTok?

Is YouTube Worse than TikTok?

YouTube is owned by Google, a company that removed the “don’t be evil” clause from its code of conduct—which helps explain its current algorithmic setup, best described as evil.

August 31, 2023
The Hollow Refrain

The Hollow Refrain

“Never again” is the hollow refrain that echoes from the mouths of politicians and pundits every time a genocide occurs—until it happens again.

August 29, 2023
Cardinal Burke Denounces the Risk of Schism in the Synod

Cardinal Burke Denounces the Risk of Schism in the Synod

Observers agree that, since the death of Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis’ work has accelerated, with the aim of making his decisions as irreversible as possible.

August 27, 2023
Irrational Numbers: The Calculating Scam of ‘Ethnomathematics’

Irrational Numbers: The Calculating Scam of ‘Ethnomathematics’

The attempt to ‘deconstruct and delegitimize’ maths as a deviously encoded form of white Western colonial supremacism is yet another attempt to do the same to the entirety of Western society itself.

August 27, 2023
Republican Debate: The Neocons Are Back in Town

Republican Debate: The Neocons Are Back in Town

The battle for control over the GOP is in full swing. The old establishment are dead set on taking back the party from the MAGA Trumpers.

August 25, 2023
Donald Trump Wins the First Republican Debate

Donald Trump Wins the First Republican Debate

The candidates looked more like contestants on Trump’s business reality television program The Apprentice than serious alternative contenders for the highest office in the land.

August 24, 2023
The EU’s Orwellian Internet Censorship Regime

The EU’s Orwellian Internet Censorship Regime

The technocratic crusade against so-called disinformation is in fact nakedly political and anti-democratic.

August 24, 2023
Chess: Checkmate for the Egalitarians

Chess: Checkmate for the Egalitarians

Men competing against women in chess would seem to be eminently sensible if the egalitarians truly believed their hype.

August 22, 2023
The Poverty Ravaging Our Streets

The Poverty Ravaging Our Streets

The deluded ranks who jump to the defence of thugs fail to understand that they are guilty of the most damaging class condescension.

August 21, 2023
How Much Ruin Is Left in Britain?

How Much Ruin Is Left in Britain?

Adam Smith once told a friend reassuringly, “There is a great deal of ruin in a nation.” He meant that nations have deep reserves that may not be visible in a crisis moment. But just how much ruin is there left in contemporary Britain?

August 20, 2023
Firearms and Freedom

Firearms and Freedom

Rather than trying to restrict the ownership of firearms, we should encourage it.

August 20, 2023
Javier Milei and the Paradox of Freedom

Javier Milei and the Paradox of Freedom

To evolve from libertarian icon to statesman, the Argentinian candidate needs to think beyond the material.