Category: COMMENTARY

The Subjugation of Democracy, Part II

Individual citizens cannot be trusted to understand ideologies. They must be guided, Ebeling explains, by “collective epistemic agents.” But what knowledge are these agents supposed to help citizens gain?

“Hitlering Along” to the World Cup

Even Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) displayed the armband—a first for a German minister since 1945. It remains unclear whether this exercise in solidarity will prompt Qatari leadership to rework Sharia law to accommodate German sensibilities.

The Madness of Quotas

The spurious clamour for quotas is usually matched only by the hypocrisy of those pushing them—and this case is no exception.

Can Trump Win Again?

Whichever candidates Trump will face in the 2024 presidential primary elections, they will be tough contenders. Running for president is not for the faint of heart.

End of Inflation in Sight

Some forecasters believe that inflation will persist for an extended period of time. I disagree, and if the signs of an inflation peak are as strong as I believe they are, then Europe could be out of this inflation episode before next summer.

The Ugly Face of Immigration 

The real question we should be asking in terms of illegal immigration is (Suella Braverman aside) whether incompetence is genuinely sufficient to explain Tory feebleness in the face of this problem?

Frozen Bank Accounts, Again: The Arrival of a New Tyranny

We have become, it appears, a people who simply accept arbitrary power as a satisfactory substitute for due process and the rule of law. If that is the case, then the looming tyranny under which we shall soon be toiling is one we entirely deserve.

A Pro-Choice Atheist Economist Appointed to the Pontifical Academy

According to the Catholic faith, humanity is only fully realised in God—whatever humanity Professor Mazzucato brings to the Academy while being an atheist can only be a truncated and wounded humanity. Why then honour it as an example or trust it as a compass?

The Problem with a European Islam

The Problem with a European Islam

A major dilemma in Europe has become more acute with the substantial increase of Muslim asylum seekers from impoverished or devastated countries.

The Malignity of Bad Taste

The Malignity of Bad Taste

The Western artistic tradition is exhausted, modernism being both a symptom and a cause of that exhaustion.

July 8, 2021
Taxi Cab Reflections

Taxi Cab Reflections

Mayor Anne Hidalgois currently engaged on a campaign to save the planet by making the streets of Paris hideous and increasingly unbearable.

July 7, 2021
The Bleak Promise of a Borderless World

The Bleak Promise of a Borderless World

Emotional decisions are rarely prudent. A statesman who allows himself to be swayed by momentary feelings, risks forgetting the interests of the country he represents.

July 7, 2021