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Issue 23, Summer 2022
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Essay

The Weak Giant

For the first time in many decades, German politicians must learn to think, rather than feel— and to assert Germany’s vital national interests.

Dieter Stein —

Commentary

Wokish Cyrano de Bergerac Banned from France

Beware of those who would betray the proud Gascon. Obviously, Joe Wright, the American director who embarked on the highly questionable adventure of adapting Cyrano to the wokish style, must not have been aware of the risks involved.

Hélène de Lauzun —

Essay

Wokesters and Whigs: A Tale of Two Supremacies

The problem with complacent ruling elites is that, to justify their dominance, they are forced to resuscitate old terrors and to make up new ones. They rely on phantom enemies against which they can pose as our protectors.

Harrison Pitt —

Essay

Woke Global Governance: The UN, the New Human Rights, and Money

Given these facts, today’s wokeist global governance project turns out to be anything but a benign program to improve humanity’s lot around the globe. Instead, it is an unlimited power grab to define truth and justice, under the banner of ‘universal human rights.’

Todd Huizinga —

Essay

Alain Finkielkraut, Unwoke Maverick

Standing athwart the emergence of a ‘literal society’ which no longer appreciates irony, nuance, or sarcasm, the intellectual Alain Finkielkraut’s embrace of high culture makes him a reactionary in today’s France.

Jorge González-Gallarza —