Category: COMMENTARY

Nottingham: Stick to the Script

In Nottingham, the police have just been granted an extra 36 hours to question the suspect—that should give us all the chance to start singing “Don’t look back in anger,” before any anger has the bad taste to show itself.

Trump is Abandoning Social Conservatives

In recent months, Trump has blamed social conservatives for Republicans’ weak performance in the 2022 midterm elections. Why should they continue to support him?

Britain Poised to Unite the Right?

Farage has officially gone public with his intention to re-enter the fray. Whatever else might be said about him, his track record of leading insurgencies is second to none.

DEMOCRACY WATCH
The EU’s War on Democracy in Europe

It might seem a stretch for the EU to claim to be defending democracy by denying the right of sovereign nations to decide their own policies. But in Brussels doublespeak, ‘democracy’ can now mean its opposite.

Renewing Foundations

Those of us who believe that England was built on Christian foundations must look at the current situation with a ruthless honesty. With faith and hope, yes, but certainly not with optimism.

The America Report: Biden, Ukraine, and Diversion Politics

There is a practice in the affairs of government as old as government itself: diversion politics. When a political leader is under scrutiny for missteps or failed leadership, it is a good time to create a distraction.

Yale Russia Report Gets an F

Yale Russia Report Gets an F

I wanted to read irrefutable evidence that the Russian economy had suffered deeply and perhaps irreversibly from the war. As I kept reading the report, my hopes fell flat. This is nothing more than an academic propaganda pamphlet.

August 7, 2022
Pakistan: Paying the Price for Our Indulgences

Pakistan: Paying the Price for Our Indulgences

With Pakistan close to economic collapse, fears of a situation similar to Sri Lanka are growing. But due to the ‘butterfly effect,’ European energy politics have contributed greatly to this chaos.

August 6, 2022
The Economics of Budget Deficits

The Economics of Budget Deficits

Government officials have carefully ignored the need for more fiscal conservatism. Looking at the threat of a new debt crisis, investors and taxpayers alike expect nothing more spectacular from their current leaders than a new round of put-out-the-fire austerity packages.

August 5, 2022
A Conservative Fix for Future Debt Crises

A Conservative Fix for Future Debt Crises

The socialist welfare state is inherently unaffordable. It destroys its own tax base and leads to economic stagnation.

August 3, 2022
Race, Culture, and Western Self-Hatred: the Fake Controversy Over Orbán’s Speech

Race, Culture, and Western Self-Hatred: the Fake Controversy Over Orbán’s Speech

Please forgive me if I roll my eyes when I hear the diversity pharisees playing the colour-blind champions against their favourite scapegoat because he referred to the concept they have turned into a lucrative business.

August 1, 2022
When Democracy Gets in the Way

When Democracy Gets in the Way

Government officials, elected and unelected, increasingly see democracy as an inconvenience, even an obstacle. How far down the current path does Europe have to go before the Italian example from a century ago becomes a case of retroactive clairvoyance?

August 1, 2022
Reflections on Google’s LaMDA: “It was a monster, but with human skin”

Reflections on Google’s LaMDA: “It was a monster, but with human skin”

How are human communities to avoid being integrated into the international division of labor defined by the fourth industrial revolution, with its reliance on A.I.?

What’s in a Tie? Ask France’s National Assembly

What’s in a Tie? Ask France’s National Assembly

By refusing to put on the costume of their job, the far-Left deputies are only embodying the most mediocre individualism, which triumphs everywhere else and against which they claim to fight.

July 30, 2022
Giorgia Meloni: ‘Far-Right’ or Just Right?

Giorgia Meloni: ‘Far-Right’ or Just Right?

Just as British conservatives have given up on being conservative, the right-wing press has surrendered any attempt to be right-wing. Given that their popularity is in freefall, and Meloni’s is approaching escape velocity, they would do well to consider their unthinking assaults.

July 29, 2022
A Motu Proprio Designed to Weaken Opus Dei

A Motu Proprio Designed to Weaken Opus Dei

The reform implemented by Ad charisma tuendum is part of a larger trend to hamper institutions and practices that could be classified as rooted in tradition.

July 28, 2022
The Islamic Tail Wagging the Western Dog

The Islamic Tail Wagging the Western Dog

It is not their judgement of the film that is in question; it is their methods and the reasons why they were permitted to behave with impunity in a society where free speech predominates.

July 28, 2022
Joe Biden’s Pick for Hungary: Ambassador or Antagonist?

Joe Biden’s Pick for Hungary: Ambassador or Antagonist?

The U.S. administration should not have begun an ambassador’s new relationship with a foreign ally using the sort of condemnation and condescension reserved for recently vanquished mortal enemies.