Category: COMMENTARY

Bright Horizons: Taking a Dim View of Girls

Bright Horizons sparked outrage with a pamphlet which offers advice on raising “children who identify as female.” It encouraged parents to stop using ‘gender-influenced’ terms like princess and tomboy.

The Case of Katalin Cseh: the Power of Mediocrity

Katalin Cseh’s behaviour is the paradigmatic example of the mediocrity of “clickbait politicians.” Overrepresented in the EP, they seem to forget that statesmanship is much more than likes and retweets.

The New Enclosure: Rise of the Jail-Cell City

The 15-minute city limits access to what was hitherto experienced as common property, not subject to legislative abrogation. In this sense, we face a second enclosure, a violation of the commons.

MCC Brussels: A World of Conflict Awaits

“Europeans, you’ll have to change your sneakers to military boots in the coming decades,” a senior security expert said at the conference aimed to decipher the geopolitical shift of the coming decades.

January 6th: In the End, Trump Wins

The January 6th committee suppressed 41,000 hours of video footage that showed there was no insurrection. Now the truth is out, and the consequences will be formidable.

The Desecration of Dahl

Sterilising works of art and meddling with genius you couldn’t begin to replicate is like replacing Monet with Damian Hirst and then claiming what you lose in beauty, you gain in less discriminatory ink splats.

Britain Isn’t Working

Many organisations in the UK no longer function, or no longer function in the way originally intended, because they are stuck in a ‘woke’ iron grip.

A Campaign Without Debates

A Campaign Without Debates

It may be that Macron is playing a dangerous game. The suspicion of a confiscated campaign is becoming more and more intense in French opinion.

March 21, 2022
World Down Syndrome Day: France in the Dock over Down Syndrome Censorship

World Down Syndrome Day: France in the Dock over Down Syndrome Censorship

France finds itself in the ‘dock’ of Europe’s top human rights court over its censorial approach to an infomercial featuring joyful people with Down Syndrome.

March 21, 2022
Barbarism and the Rise of Childhood Mental Health Disorders

Barbarism and the Rise of Childhood Mental Health Disorders

The most terrible thing about a culture that treats children as if they are the most important people is that the children are not only unlikeable, but they are unhappy.

March 18, 2022
A Warning: The Euro Scots are Coming!

A Warning: The Euro Scots are Coming!

The SNP displays little gratitude to the other regions of the UK without which Scotland’s very survival would be in question. Remarkably, however, it seems wedded to the idea of being part of the EU and members were furious when the UK voted to leave.

March 18, 2022
The Story of a Macroeconomic Massacre

The Story of a Macroeconomic Massacre

Now that the Greek Parliament is eager to beef up the nation’s defense, it faces a serious problem: the economy is so weak it can barely keep its population at a standard of living from 20 years ago.

March 17, 2022
VOX and the Strange Death of Europe

VOX and the Strange Death of Europe

Europe is immersed in an exercise of self-denial that will become self-destruction if a new course is not found.

Facebook’s ‘Two Minutes Hate’

Facebook’s ‘Two Minutes Hate’

Facebook gives itself the luxury of offering its “two minutes of hate” to its subscribers, telling them, in its great wisdom, which enemies are allowed.

March 16, 2022
A Battle Between Narratives: Ukrainian Biolabs Controversy Divides UN

A Battle Between Narratives: Ukrainian Biolabs Controversy Divides UN

The WHO said it had advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in the country’s public health laboratories to prevent “any potential spills” and worried that continued fighting raised the risk of damage to those facilities. It would not say when it had made the recommendation, nor did it specify what kinds of pathogens or toxins were housed there.

March 16, 2022
Golden Parachute: The Rise and Soft Landing of Sebastian Kurz

Golden Parachute: The Rise and Soft Landing of Sebastian Kurz

After a series of scandals, former conservative shooting-star Sebastian Kurz has fallen from grace. But instead of showing personal accountability, he became the latest example of an ex-politician landing softly in advisory boards of multinational companies and NGOs.

March 16, 2022
Humanist Weddings: a Solution to the Crisis of Traditional Marriage in Europe?

Humanist Weddings: a Solution to the Crisis of Traditional Marriage in Europe?

Far from what the label suggests, humanist weddings do not free spouses to live in accordance with truth. The reconquest of freedom is at the heart of Christian marriage, which for centuries has been one of the original features and strengths of Western civilisation.

March 15, 2022
The Russian Aggression Against Ukraine: A Time for Choosing

The Russian Aggression Against Ukraine: A Time for Choosing

Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers’ speech in the European Parliament on Putin and Ukraine: “Forcing millions to flee and tearing families apart is incompatible with ‘family values.'”

March 15, 2022
Five Lessons for Europe from the Ukraine Crisis

Five Lessons for Europe from the Ukraine Crisis

The outbreak of war in Ukraine has caused an identity crisis in Europe. Yesterday’s pacifism turned into today’s belligerence in a heartbeat, all the while avoiding the geopolitical elephant in the room in favor of moral indignation. This should be a wake-up call.

March 14, 2022