Category: COMMENTARY

Four Questions for Jewish Americans

Jews in American academia seem to have been surprised by the recent wave of antisemitism. I would like to ask them and other American Jews four questions.

Cameron Returns: The Tory Pretence Is Over

The Tories are as liberal as they ever were. With Cameron back, some voters might actually stop falling for the party’s ‘conservative’ con.

Sánchez’s Betrayal of Spain

If Pedro Sánchez needed the help of the devil himself in order to be in power, he would accept it without hesitation.

Cruelty Cloaked in Compassion

It is cruel to demand that women accept their own demotion and dehumanization to avoid offending the cross-dressers in charge.

Tucker Carlson the Augustinian

Tucker Carlson the Augustinian

Tucker Carlson, like Burke, Maistre, and Donoso, sees the political struggle as, at root, a religious struggle. And, like St. Augustine, he sees that this struggle is one of good and evil.

Decoupling is Happening, So Europe Must Avoid Alienating Allies

Decoupling is Happening, So Europe Must Avoid Alienating Allies

Tensions between Southeast Asia and the European Union seem to be on the rise.

May 4, 2023
Nationalism and Freedom: Thirty Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Nationalism and Freedom: Thirty Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall

“Who are we, what holds us together, and how do we stay together so as to bear our burdens as a community? For conservatism is about national identity.”
— Sir Roger Scruton

Centrist Bill To Abolish Pension Reform?

Centrist Bill To Abolish Pension Reform?

The LIOT group announced its intention to propose a new bill to repeal the pension reform. They will focus specifically on the repeal of Article 7—the one that pushes back the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years.

The Portuguese Right Unites Against Lula’s Visit

The Portuguese Right Unites Against Lula’s Visit

Chega managed to host the largest demonstration ever against a foreign head of state—and, in another first, secured unity among disparate factions of the Portuguese Right, which usually compete rather than cooperate.

Ten Years of Gay Marriage: How the French Right Gave Up the Fight

Ten Years of Gay Marriage: How the French Right Gave Up the Fight

The abandonment of the fight against gay marriage by the political class on the Right tells us a lot about one of the favourite weapons of progressivism: creating the appearance of an ineluctable process.

Centrist Bill To Abolish Pension Reform?

Centrist Bill To Abolish Pension Reform?

The LIOT group announced its intention to propose a new bill to repeal the pension reform. They will focus specifically on the repeal of Article 7—the one that pushes back the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years.

Shining Cities and Sovereign Nations

Shining Cities and Sovereign Nations

This year’s CPAC Hungary will showcase the country’s promise as a testing ground of conservative policies.

No, Minister

No, Minister

To echo Raab’s sentiments: a dangerous precedent has been set here. How are ministers expected to effect change when the slightest criticism could see them hounded out of office? 

May 1, 2023
The America Report: Child Trafficking, Beer Boycotts, and UFOs

The America Report: Child Trafficking, Beer Boycotts, and UFOs

While a U.S. whistleblower reveals that her government is acting as a middleman in child trafficking, at least one European paper is more interested in the disclosure of the U.S. government’s involvement in reverse-engineering UFOs.

April 30, 2023
The UK Lacks the Will, Not the Law

The UK Lacks the Will, Not the Law

If the law is broken or ambiguous, fix it. But no law will be effective without the political will to enforce it.

April 30, 2023
Solar Utopias and Heavy Metal

Solar Utopias and Heavy Metal

From Tommasso Campanella’s City of the Sun, to modern ‘solarpunk,’ the sun has historically been linked to utopian thought-experiments in fiction.