
The Tale of Two Frances: Part II
Whilst Paris is surrendering to wokeism, a new generation of formidable defenders of tradition is arising in Lyon.

Whilst Paris is surrendering to wokeism, a new generation of formidable defenders of tradition is arising in Lyon.

Once the site of one of the most significant revolts against the French Revolution, today Lyon has become the centre of the right-wing reaction to wokeism.

Kirk’s conservatism was the conservatism of loss—not of rout or retreat, and certainly not despair, but one that treasures what is gone as well as what we have.

America must return to the idea of American Exceptionalism, or it will fail.

“Antisemitism is the best warning sign that we can have of a threat to liberal civilization.”—Lord Sacks

Conservative artists should keep the great achievements of Western culture alive.

Western countries have finally started taking action to limit the influence of Confucius Institutes—or offer alternatives.

Ancient customs will continue to make the European winter nights bright.

An isolationist stance would mean a diminished United States and a more dominant China.

Some conservatives may sniff and say that there is more to a country’s welfare than its growth rate. They are right. But without prosperity, life is to varying degrees unpleasant.
The circumstances in Slovakia demand steady leadership, ideally with support from the populace.
The focus on values over virtues has led to a relativistic and superficial understanding of human flourishing.
“I would never leave France, but I understand why people feel this way. Nobody wants to be robbed. Nobody wants to be raped.”
Today’s prototypical Westerner is unlikely to think of nationality when he thinks of Judaism. In many cases, one even encounters the denial of Judaism’s national character.
Balázs Orbán’s The Hungarian Way of Strategy is now published in French. What can it offer the French reader?
For those in denial, an immigrant is just a generic human unit who brings no cultural baggage with him.
By highlighting how the size, type, and style of constructions can all fit, Krier shows us the way (post)modern architecture and urbanism are based on the perverse thrill of mismatch and contradiction.
If someone in the audience kept talking after Corelli had already started playing, he would immediately lower his violin until the room had become completely silent. If the talking continued, he would refuse to play at all.
Rather than being opposed to the establishment, these activist foot soldiers provide the street muscle, fierce passion, and raised voices that bureaucrats dare not show.
In contrast to ESG-promoting stakeholder capitalism, coherent conservatism is simply the politics that emerges when control is not the priority; it is the politics that does not seek to break down community in order to use its parts.
Somehow, some way, stewardship of the forest and the rest of the natural environment must be snatched from the ranks of the stupid and insane.
In undermining our very human nature, and neglecting our unique ability to seek and come into union with truth, AI will leave us not only uninspired but undignified.