Category: COMMENTARY

The Risible Case For Reparations

The irony of non-slaves seeking to profit from ancestral slavery via those who were never slave owners is difficult to ignore.

Stand Up for Capitalism!

If capitalism were to fall, and if the socialists got to replace it with a system of their choosing, everything else that is dear to conservatives would fall as well.

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.

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

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.

Abortion in the French Constitution: A Political Trap?

Abortion in the French Constitution: A Political Trap?

While there is now a general consensus among French politicians to maintain the right to abortion, there is no guarantee that it will be enshrined in the Constitution.

June 29, 2022
The French Right: Still Alive!

The French Right: Still Alive!

Never before has the national Right achieved such a result in France, to the point of surpassing the governmental Right. New perspectives are opening up for the party founded by Jean-Marie Le Pen.

June 28, 2022
Roe v. Wade and the Sacred Heart

Roe v. Wade and the Sacred Heart

Conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic should draw enormous encouragement from this decision, with the take-home lesson being that history need not be just a sequence of victories by the increasingly noxious Left.

June 28, 2022
The Balkan War on Conservatism

The Balkan War on Conservatism

Funded in part by the U.S. government, a coalition of seemingly respectable organizations has vowed to keep Orbán’s national conservatism from inspiring followers in the Western Balkans.

June 26, 2022
The Bible as Hate Speech

The Bible as Hate Speech

To understand this case, it is helpful to read this passage carefully. It shows how counter-cultural the Bible can be for 21st century Westerners.

June 23, 2022
Keepers of the Script

Keepers of the Script

The ‘keepers of the script’ are the journalists who seek to use media as a weapon to destroy Western heritage and to promote an abstract, utopian idea of how the world should be structured.

June 22, 2022
Perfect Storm: Debt Crisis and the Liquidity Trap

Perfect Storm: Debt Crisis and the Liquidity Trap

In the face of a new debt crisis, the Bank of England, the Federal Reserve and the ECB cannot return to buying large amounts of sovereign debt. The central banks saved indebted governments a decade ago. They can’t do it again. But there are other means at their disposal.

June 20, 2022
Conservatism: From Theory to Practice

Conservatism: From Theory to Practice

Now is the time for us to connect government incursions into our spiritual lives with its incursions into our economic lives.

June 19, 2022
The Impending Death(s) of Vladimir Putin

The Impending Death(s) of Vladimir Putin

A recent U.S. intelligence report claims that Vladimir Putin is “definitely sick,” received cancer treatment in April, and survived an assassination attempt in March. But this isn’t the first time such rumors have been voiced.

June 18, 2022
Finally: Europe’s Economic Recovery

Finally: Europe’s Economic Recovery

Compared to the American economy, Europe is slow to get through the post-pandemic recovery, but these GDP numbers show that it is actually happening—almost everywhere, that is. The paltry numbers out of Germany, Italy, and Spain, three of the largest economies in Europe, tell us that these three countries have become a drag on the European economy.

June 17, 2022
National Conservatism: A Statement of Principles

National Conservatism: A Statement of Principles

We see the tradition of independent, self-governed nations as the foundation for restoring a proper public orientation toward patriotism and courage, honor and loyalty, religion and wisdom, congregation and family, man and woman, the sabbath and the sacred, and reason and justice.

Minimum Wages: Mandatory Socialism

Minimum Wages: Mandatory Socialism

Although this new minimum-wage agreement is not legally binding, it will in all likelihood be treated as such by the EU institutions. We can expect the price floor on labor to be frequently updated and rise regardless of whether businesses can afford it or not.

June 15, 2022