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Pope Leo XIV has called the theory of just war outdated.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…
Should Men Look After Small Children?
A kindergarten in Germany quietly let a staff member go after he was accused of inappropriate conduct with children, rather than r…
ARC and the Battle for Beauty
Art can reveal to human beings the true, the good and the beautiful. A culture of ugliness, by contrast, darkens all three. In tim…
Holding Out Till the Lights Go Out: Germany’s Grand Energy Delusion
Even former supporters of the nuclear phase-out now regard the decision as a mistake of historic proportions. Yet the government r…
Which Way the Flag Blows
Germany embraces black, red and gold whenever football makes patriotism safe. Beyond the stadium, however, the national flag still…
The Perfect Story That Never Happened
A viral post by a supposedly French AI researcher turned out to be fiction. The episode highlights a growing challenge of the AI e…
An Islamic “Pride Guide” Shocks Liberals into Dropping Diversity
The left-wing liberal alliance with political Islam in the West was always a harebrained scheme that harmed the countries in which…
Suicidal Empathy Is Real – But Its Opposite Has Its Own Risks
Gad Saad’s new book takes aim at modern progressivism’s defining characteristic. But the right should be wary of turning the argum…
Learning From Gramsci Means Learning How to Win
Culture war is not inherently negative. It is nothing other than the intellectual contest of ideas. Whoever controls the pre-polit…
Fascism as a Political Smear
The left’s habit of branding populists as fascists does not expose a new totalitarian threat. It distorts history, deepens politic…
Trump’s Meme War Anoints the Unsayable
Official accounts in Washington are no longer trying to sound diplomatic. By turning once-taboo language into government messaging…
Do It Like Hamas: Rape, Humiliation and Torture as a Strategy of War
Hamas terrorists murdered more than 1,200 people and abducted over 250 hostages on 7 October 2023. An independent investigation in…