Category: COMMENTARY

Pope Leo, an Icon of Fashion?

It seems a fashion magazine can be sensitive to the Papacy’s ‘pomp and circumstance.’

Flag Wars in Twee Town

The raising of national flags in a quiet English village shows just how serious things are.

Begum Back in Business?

While the ECHR’s founding mission was undoubtedly well-intentioned, it has since morphed into a tool for undermining democracy.

Merz’s Fantasy of Leading Europe

Eight months into his time in office, Germany’s chancellor has ceded strategy, leverage, and initiative to others.

The EU’s Censorship Regime Is Coming for X—Again

The EU’s Censorship Regime Is Coming for X—Again

How does Brussels still delude itself into believing there is no free-speech crisis in Europe?

December 8, 2025
Owens vs. Macron: The French Side of an American War

Owens vs. Macron: The French Side of an American War

In France, as in the United States, the anger of the ‘conspiracy theorists’ shows us the way.

December 8, 2025
The Pope Praises Turkey as a ‘Model of Coexistence’

The Pope Praises Turkey as a ‘Model of Coexistence’

Meanwhile, the Christian population has fallen from roughly 20% in 1915 to less than 0.3% today as a result of violence and state policies aimed at creating a homogenous Sunni Turkish-Muslim nation.

December 7, 2025
Hungary: Scapegoat for Western European Failure

Hungary: Scapegoat for Western European Failure

When ‘liberal democracy’ becomes a suicide pact for one’s nation, you should not be surprised when people living in that nation prefer something different.

December 7, 2025
Keir Starmer: Dead Man Walking

Keir Starmer: Dead Man Walking

If it’s true that the ‘grown-ups are back in charge,’ then they’re the same kind we always seem to get: self-serving, corrupt, lying bar stewards.

December 6, 2025
Virtue and Defiance Can Stir Even the Darkest Ideologues

Virtue and Defiance Can Stir Even the Darkest Ideologues

The martyred young risked and ultimately accepted death to defend a culture that they believed was worth the sacrifice.

December 6, 2025
The Anti-Israel Tantrum Threatening To Break Eurovision

The Anti-Israel Tantrum Threatening To Break Eurovision

Four nations have declared they will boycott next year’s song contest over the inclusion of the Jewish State. Good riddance.

December 5, 2025
Silent Leader, Stagnant Nation: Romania’s Lethargy Laid Bare

Silent Leader, Stagnant Nation: Romania’s Lethargy Laid Bare

President Nicușor Dan’s speech was not scandalous, not provocative, not offensive. It was something far worse: forgettable.

December 5, 2025
Why Does the BBC Platform a Crank? Because He’s Their Crank

Why Does the BBC Platform a Crank? Because He’s Their Crank

The leftist media has no problem providing airtime for a fringe shock merchant—as long as he shares their disdain for their political opponents.

December 5, 2025
How Brussels Unwittingly Bankrolls Hamas

How Brussels Unwittingly Bankrolls Hamas

New documents reveal that EU-funded NGOs have been infiltrated by the Islamist terror group.

December 4, 2025
It’s Official: ‘Anti-Fascism’ Has Become Authoritarianism

It’s Official: ‘Anti-Fascism’ Has Become Authoritarianism

Saturday’s actions, involving about 25,000 people, were not a demonstration but an attempt to shut down the event through blockades and threats of violence.

December 4, 2025
Against Muzzling the Right

Against Muzzling the Right

What the conservative establishment and its elites must finally grasp is that the rise of these dissident, polemical voices is an indictment—of themselves, first of all.

December 4, 2025