Category: COMMENTARY

Cancel Culture: The Illusion of Justice

It is not activists’ sincere belief in the harm caused by ‘wrong words’ that is the problem, but their ill-founded hubris—their self-assumed role of holy avengers bringing the world to the ‘right side of history.’

Gig Worker Labour Movement Usurped by Spain’s Social Transition

Those working for online delivery platforms such as Uber Eats, Amazon Flex, or Deliveroo have seen their income drop dramatically without substantially improving their working conditions since Spain’s Rider Law went into effect in September 2021.

The Glory of the Cross

The transformative and hope-filled message of Good Friday is that our hate can be “turned to pity, and our pity to love.”

 Europe’s China Dilemma

Last week, von der Leyen said of China: “The story of our relationship is not yet written, and it need not be defensive.” Her visit to China begins today.

Let Us Pray

The right to freedom of religion and belief, enshrined in international law, includes the right to manifest one’s belief both in private and public. It is not for politicians or the government to dictate what words we direct toward God or to interpret religious scripture.

‘European Values’ Threaten European Security

The problem with legal unification in Europe is that it follows an agenda marketed as the protection of ‘European values.’ The question is: what are these values and who decides them?

Beware the ‘Furor Teutonicus’: Hiding Germany’s Failed Energy Policies Behind War

Beware the ‘Furor Teutonicus’: Hiding Germany’s Failed Energy Policies Behind War

Germany has started to beat the drums of war, fueled by a desire to redeem its ancestral sins, and embracing the Russian scapegoat as a distraction from its failed energy politics.

March 22, 2022
In Defense of Free Speech

In Defense of Free Speech

Are rights provided to us by government, or is government simply a protector of rights that we have by virtue of being humans?

March 21, 2022
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