Suppressing remarks or attitudes that could harm a “peaceful social climate” may be great for genteel Council of Europe meetings, university seminars, or dinner parties, even if it might make them a trifle dull. But it won’t work for any kind of effective 21st century politics.
FROM THE SUMMER 2023 PRINT EDITION: ‘John Doe conservatism,’ inspired by Frank Capra’s 1941 American film classic, Meet John Doe, refers to a political philosophy of simplicity, quotidian human decency, and humdrum heroism.
There is no question that free trade prospects in the UK are lagging, but there is more at stake than simply the arrest of British economic growth. A free economy gives rise to virtuous citizenry, promotes desirable social ends by means of employment, and reduces poverty—noble goals that were developed over the last two centuries.
The Democratic party is increasingly worried about Biden’s chances in 2024. To their rescue comes California Governor Gavin Newsom. But does he even have a chance?
While Hungary’s family laws at home may be trending in a conservative direction, the Hungarian government continues to align with the EU in social policy debates at the UN.
Over one million Europeans want farmers to stop using synthetic pesticides; farmers want policy coherence and consistency. Can a resolution be found?
Unlike imagination, fantasy permits one to depart from reality and take refuge in cheap consolations that cannot be found in this world and would destroy our world if they were here.
The tricouleur now seems to represent the empty promises of a failed experiment that has gone on for too long.
Our human links to the Holocaust are breaking, one by one, and there are now few left to share memories about the people they knew, loved, and lost.
A world without Chartres, without Mont Saint-Michel, without Pernand-Vergelesses, without Monet and Matisse, without the oysters of Brittany, the butter of Normandy, and the quenelles of Lyon, and without autumnal strolls through the Luxembourg Gardens, and a spring gallivant up the Boulevard Saint-Germain would be a world of acute poverty.
Throughout human history, hate was not viewed as generally abnormal or anti-social. It was just another emotion that, along with anger, despair or love, had a place in human relationships.
The Lexi character is becoming normal among the young raised in the comforts and choices of late capitalism. They cannot bear even the slightest glitch in the matrix of experience without going to pieces.
The Tories have made it as plain as they can: they will do nothing to stop the boats. And not one of them will entertain hosting an illegal migrant, but they’ll make sure you do.
Let’s rejoice: families can be useful—the government is finally saying so.
NATO has entirely subsidized the defense of Zelensky’s country, even to the point where the U.S. doesn’t have enough artillery shells to defend itself if attacked.
The overt betrayal of the white working-class on the grounds of innate privilege is a contemptible policy. It’s high-time that those in authority put a stop to it.
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America is three years away from her 250th birthday. A tarnished nation, sometimes stumbling and grasping for a handle, we still haven’t lost our focus on the future.
When English cricket was declared the latest bastion of ‘institutional racism,’ I found it hard to see this as anything other than a propaganda vehicle for the grievance industry.
It’s a safe bet that Archbishop Ulrich and his acolytes never asked themselves about the transmission of the faith and the salvation of souls when approving these supposedly aesthetic choices.
Last month, elites celebrated Pride across the West, but Trudeau’s commitment to the movement is second to none.
The death of Nahel Merzouk draws attention to the major dichotomy afflicting Western nations: the lie that diversity is our strength, rather than our downfall.
French enthusiasm for the fund launched to support the policeman who shot young Nahel is not a sign to be taken lightly.
It speaks well for the UK that it does not follow the EU’s very restrictive approach. Perhaps its recent modest successes will inspire the UK to focus more on the opportunities offered by Brexit.
In the context of phenomena like “drag queen story time” and public school curricula teaching sexual topics despite parental disapproval, the slogan seems to align with reality.
This new parent is hoping her Finnish counterparts start a global trend in dealing with cell phones.
In its last week before summer break, the U.S. Supreme Court gave conservatives three major victories. Has the Left been defeated now?
Brussels and Washington demand a large dose of liberalism in the liberal democracy equation, regardless of how well a given democracy functions.
Rioting in Lille has been a surprisingly multiracial affair as white ultra-left radicals capitalised on the chaos on the streets to pursue a vendetta against the Macronist state while nationalists sit in wait.
