Charles Krblich Chuck Krblich works in the insurance and reinsurance industries as a catastrophe manager. brownstone.org Six years ago, fate had me stumble across a YouTube video of Mischa Maisky playing the Sarabande from Bach’s first cello suite. I don’t know why, but I decided to rent
C J Hopkins C J Hopkins is an award-winning playwright, novelist, and political satirist. consentfactory.org So, the Germans are putting me on trial for my thoughtcrimes, and, apparently, I’ve already been found guilty and sentenced. Bear with me and I’ll try to explain. The Berlin District Court
James Fite Editor-at-Large. James is our wordsmith extraordinaire, a legislation hound and lover of all things self-reliant and free. An author of politics and fiction (often one and the same) he homesteads in the Arkansas wilderness. libertynation.com Donald J Trump is racking up the historic firsts. No other president
cfact.org Now they tell us: …big spending on renewables needed, says report Australia must find $1.5 trillion by the end of the decade to meet 2050 green targets in an effort experts say would need to mirror the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. By Nick Evans,
Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz National is not only winning the race towards the general election finish line, but is also miles
Harry Palmer If there is one thing an objective observer would remark on when visiting this world for the first time – the friendly Martian if you like – it would be on how interconnected the hierarchies of Western countries are – particularly the English-language speaking ones – despite their claims of being completely
Thomas Harrington Thomas Harrington, Senior Brownstone Scholar and 2023 Brownstone Fellow, is Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, where he taught for 24 years. His research is on Iberian movements of national identity and contemporary Catalan culture. brownstone.org How’s it going? It’s
Jacqui Turner David Stack University of Reading Leisure activities flourished in 19th-century Britain, as legislation was passed limiting the length of the working day and working week, giving people more free time. If you’re struggling to know how to spend your own free time this summer, take a leaf
William Stehmann William Stehmann studies Social Studies and English literature at a college in Denmark. fee.org Denmark has historically had some of Europe’s most lenient laws regarding freedom of speech. But following backlash from a number of Middle Eastern nations, the new Social Democrat-led government in Copenhagen is
Tyler Prochnow Texas A&M University theconversation.com Online gaming communities could be a vital lifeline for young men struggling silently with mental health issues, according to new research. My colleagues and I analyzed an all-male online football gaming community over the course of a year. We discovered that
familyfirst.org.nz As you prepare to vote in the upcoming 2023 New Zealand General Election, our Value Your Vote resource will help you vote for candidates and parties that share your values. Visit our Value Your Vote website to see the voting record of all MPs on values-based issues.
righttolife.org.uk James Roberts developed a folding incubator at Loughborough University when he was just 22. His invention is being used in the Ukraine to save the lives of premature babies born during the war. Final year university project saves lives Inspired by a documentary about Syria, James Roberts
Mary Neal University of Strathclyde theconversation.com The news that the first successful UK womb transplant has been performed at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford has been greeted as the “dawn of a new era” in reproductive medicine. The recipient is a 34-year-old woman born without a womb, and the
Debbie Lerman Debbie Lerman, 2023 Brownstone Fellow, has a degree in English from Harvard. She is a retired science writer and a practicing artist in Philadelphia, PA. brownstone.org It’s too late to propose questions to Tucker Carlson for his interview with Donald Trump, scheduled to air on Wednesday,
Robert G. Patman University of Otago Strategy, as the great military thinker Carl von Clausewitz once observed, is the process of effectively applying means to achieve clearly defined ends. But good strategy in global politics has proved easier said than done. The post-Cold War era is replete with examples of
Ben Terangi Ben Terangi is a freelance journalist writing from Milwaukee. mercatornet.com Over 111 lives have been lost in the tragic Maui fires that wiped the historic township of Lahaina off the map and have left authorities searching for another possible 1,000 victims. Like clockwork, corporate newsrooms have
