Category: COMMENTARY

Rainbow Flags for Thee, Rioters for Me

Amidst talk of a victory for Muslims in general, vulgar ethnic resentment against Europeans on the part of rioters can pretend to stem from a principled opposition to secular, liberal postmodernity.

The Problem of the Conservative Party Membership

The real problem facing us: if we are not allowing members to vote for their leader, we have to concede that there must be a different reason for those members to feel valued. Yet, there is no easy fix here.

Hussey Under the Bus

I have repeatedly defended the monarchy against fellow conservatives who feel that it is rapidly becoming another celebrity clique, jumping on the popular ‘woke’ bandwagons. Now, the royals have once again appeared to prove their most cynical detractors right.

Schengen: The EU Has an Integrity Problem

When political corruption fills the void left behind by the demised freedom-minded policies of the early union, the EU gradually becomes a burden on the shoulders of the member states, not a platform under their feet. 

Neocons Are Not Conservatives

Neoconservatism is an ideology that consists of two things: a Scandinavian-style welfare state for domestic policy, and a Pax Americana doctrine for foreign policy. 

Les Républicains: First Round for the President

The game is not completely played in advance. Ciotti and Retailleau have in common that they both assume a conservative right-wing discourse, but each in their own way.

The New Blasphemies

For there to be blasphemy there needs to be religion and, in this case, I am referring to the religions of identity politics and climate-change activism. These are not merely religions, however; they are the religions of fanatics.

It’s Time to Meet in Budapest

The stakes are thermonuclear. Military ‘experts’ and strategists are becoming far too comfortable with tweets, podcasts, and TV studio soundbites about tactical nuclear bomb yield, fallout, and downwind projections.

Anti-Trump Republicans Ready to Part with Conservatives

Neoconservative ideology is on a collision course with traditional conservatism. Where the former wants a more centralized government, the latter seeks solutions that strengthen local communities and give people as much power over their own lives as possible.

Albania’s Authoritarian Slide and the EU-Western Balkans Summit

It is easy to distinguish and denounce a full-blown dictatorship, one that haunts, censures, and kills thousands. It is less straightforward to spot a soft dictatorship in an EU candidate country.

Ukrainian Patriotism: Between Two Civilizations

Ukrainian Patriotism: Between Two Civilizations

It seems obvious that Russia, as it is now, cannot be an ally of the West. Perhaps in the future the Ukrainian government will be able to rebuild proper relations with Russia while protecting its boundaries. But this currently seems doubtful.

August 8, 2021
The Moral Hypocrisy of the Corona Hysteria

The Moral Hypocrisy of the Corona Hysteria

Fear of nature will rule every meaningful decision regarding life and death. Viruses and climate change will justify continued social isolation and an increasingly totalitarian government.

August 4, 2021
The Unexpected Alliance of Conservatives and Hippies

The Unexpected Alliance of Conservatives and Hippies

Conservatives and hippies would do well to recognise and foster the relationship that already exists between them. Strength in numbers and all that.

August 2, 2021
More Than Life and Death

More Than Life and Death

No amount of flag-wagging by uncouth or brutish xenophobes will reverse, or even oppose, the wilful undoing of an entire culture.

July 29, 2021
Saving Syria

Saving Syria

After ten years of war, with hundreds of thousands of deaths and the mass displacement of millions of civilians, the Syrian people are desperate for peace and stability.

July 27, 2021
Reflections on Pope Francis’s Motu Proprio <i>Traditionis Custodes</i>

Reflections on Pope Francis’s Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes

In a conservative analysis, employed to detect the presence of revolution, one must distinguish the revolutionaries from all others. Revolutions always mark the overthrowing of an established order in favour of a new system.

July 21, 2021
This Our Purpose

This Our Purpose

Today is a historic day, for it marks the re-launch of this website. It also marks the commencement of expanded

July 20, 2021
Is Critical Theory Anti-Liberal?

Is Critical Theory Anti-Liberal?

A tactical alliance between conservatives and unorthodox figures of the left makes sense.

July 8, 2021
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