Wagner’s Ring Turns 150: The Revolution Behind the Myth
Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle premiered 150 years ago. Beneath its gods, dwarfs, dragons and magic gold lies a strikingly modern sto…
One Man, One Vote: Except in Germany
Germany's 5% threshold clause is back in the spotlight, and the millions of votes it discards at each election suggest the issue i…
How the Randall Case Exposed the Limits of Religious Freedom in Britain
The Rev Dr Bernard Randall preached a sermon on Christian teaching. Britain's counter-terrorism authorities called it "religious e…
Romance of the Other: Cultural Blindness and the Murder of Maren Sømme
Norway has been rocked this week by the murder of 30-year-old Maren Sømme, allegedly at the hands of a 34-year-old Afghan asylum s…
The Bizarre College Rape Case That Shames the Irish Media
Earlier this year, a tale of a college rape ruining a young woman's dreams of life as a doctor became a massive story in the Irish…
Progressivism’s Neo-Marxist War on the West
Progressivism has recast the Marxist conflict between classes as a struggle over race, sex, language and the family. Its vocabular…
The Baby Factory at the End of Human Freedom
Reproductive medicine promises emancipation while turning bodies, motherhood and children into components of a production process.…
Just War as an Alibi for Great Powers
Pope Leo XIV has called the theory of just war outdated. His new encyclical, however, is not so much a rejection of self-defense a…
CS Lewis Warned Us About the World We Now Live In
“European values” are not what they used to be. CS Lewis foresaw the consequences of this shift more than 80 years ago. Once roote…
The Shocking Truth About America
America is full of absurdities, but stories of its awfulness have been greatly exaggerated as the country marks the 250th annivers…
Germany’s Strange Fear of Air Conditioning
For all its talk of climate adaptation, Germany still treats air conditioning as moral weakness. That aversion is not merely eccen…
UK Moves to Criminalize Opposition to Trans Treatment
Conversion practice bans are becoming increasingly common across Europe, casting sweeping nets that threaten fundamental rights. T…
Donald Trump: The Limits of a Christian Alliance
Many Catholics welcomed Trump’s victories on abortion and religious freedom. But his record also forces harder questions about mig…
Donald Trump: A Touchstone for American Christianity
By the time Donald Trump marked his 80th birthday on 14 June 2026, he was no longer simply an American politician. He had become a…
ARC and the Art of Forgetting
Bad ideas must be cast aside if the good is to flourish again. At the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference, the age of …