Why Gen Z Needs to Catch Up on Manners
Gen Z is not rejecting manners. It was never taught them. A growing gap in social skills is emerging as family structures shift, c…
A Village Without Smartphones: Parenting, Not Censorship
As concerns grow over the impact of smartphones on children, one Irish village is taking a different path, with parents choosing c…
Timmy – A German Drama
A whale is dying off Germany’s North Sea coast. What began as concern over a stranded animal has become a near-hysterical media sp…
Is the Law of War Only a Paper Tiger?
Wars are increasingly framed as struggles between good and evil. In that climate the traditional law of war risks losing its restr…
The End of Social Democracy
Germany’s SPD, once a pillar of the labour movement, is losing support. Workers are drifting to the AfD, younger voters to the Gre…
Battle over Hormuz: Europe wants the benefits, not the burden
European NATO states are unwilling to take part in securing the Strait of Hormuz. Yet they depend more heavily on the trade route …
Paul R. Ehrlich – architect of demographic doom
Paul Ehrlich, the influential and controversial population theorist, has died at 93. His fears of an overpopulated world led gover…
Antisemitism is (again) a part of Germany
For years it was the ultimate taboo in Germany but mass migration from the Islamic world and the far-left mean that hostility and …
The liberal dilemma in German politics
Friedrich Merz says Germany’s liberal FDP is losing relevance after a humiliating defeat at the federal level. In a political land…
The End of the Liberal Illusion
The American liberal order is collapsing. If the West is to endure, it must seek not salvation in utopia but a sober revision of i…
No Firewall to the Left – Merz’s CDU Drifts Towards the Abyss
The CDU wants to work exclusively with left-wing partners whom it declares to belong to the ‘centre’. Recent scandals show that th…
The artificial intelligence imperative: humanity must adapt
While parts of the media portray AI as an unstoppable force destined to overwhelm society, financial markets tell a different stor…
CDU: A Party Trapped in Its Own Strategy
The CDU still presents itself as Germany’s natural party of government. Yet at its gathering in Stuttgart it revealed how narrow i…
The German Climate Dictatorship
When Germans act, they do so thoroughly. At present, they have committed themselves to a hysterical environmental policy without a…
Children against children – violence and sexual assaults in nurseries quadruple
Violence and sexual assaults are rising not only among young people, but also among children in nurseries. Politicians point to ex…