Duggan Flanakin Duggan Flanakin is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. A former Senior Fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mr. Flanakin authored definitive works on the creation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and on environmental education in Texas. cfact.org Elections
Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young adult pastor.
Joe Schaeffer libertynation.com There are two essential takeaways from the rioting in Ireland triggered by the stabbings of three children by an Algerian-born immigrant. First, the escalating violence that is a feature, not a bug, of rapid massive demographic upheaval in Western nations will be used as a pretext
Oh, boy. Here we go again. Hot on the heels of Javier Milei’s victory in Argentina, Geert Wilders is on track for a massive election boost in the Netherlands. We all know what that means: exactly what it meant when Giorgia Meloni and Viktor Orban won and when Marine
Mark Angelides libertynation.com Close advisers to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are reportedly suggesting that the end to war is on the horizon – but not necessarily in the way the nation’s leader might have hoped. When Russian forces invaded Ukraine almost two years ago, the world rallied to the
David Thunder David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer of political philosophy at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. mercatornet.com Last Wednesday, Thierry Breton, EU’s Internal Market Commissioner, proudly announced on Twitter/X that he had struck a deal with MEPs to create a European “digital identity
David Thunder David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Navarra’s Institute for Culture and Society in Pamplona, Spain, and a recipient of the prestigious Ramón y Cajal research grant (2017-2021, extended through 2023), awarded by the Spanish government to support outstanding research activities. brownstone.org
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com On 4 October 2023, eight Members of the European Parliament sent a letter to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) requesting immediate and resolute actions be taken in relation to the covid 19 vaccine marketing authorisations. The 15-page letter is written in
While BFD readers’ eyes have been almost certainly, and rightfully, focussed on the voting day on each side of the Tasman two weeks ago, a week later, another general election was held, in far-off Switzerland. While all politics is local, the Swiss elections also seemed to follow a trend sweeping
Call them “surrender monkeys” if you dare (in fact, they’re one of the most militarily successful nations of the last 150 years), but at least the French have had the boules to do what Australian governments neither dare nor even want to do. Where the NSW government cravenly allowed
Stavroula Pabst Stavroula Pabst is a writer, comedian, and media PhD student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Athens, Greece. Her writing has appeared in publications including Propaganda in Focus, Reductress, Unlimited Hangout and The Grayzone. brownstone.org As 2023 continues, the European Commission appears busy developing
Being the Current Thing is a precarious honour. To paraphrase Krusty the Clown, one day, you’re the most important thing there ever was; the next day, you’re some schmo begging for handouts and pissing everyone off. Of course, Ukraine has been begging for handouts all along, but for
Ever notice that, while visitors to Islamic countries are forced to abide by Muslim prescriptions, Muslims violently resist conforming to cultural expectations in other countries? Consider, for example, powerful, feminist female politicians dutifully donning hijab on state visits to Muslim countries – or even in their own countries, when it comes
Peter Imanuelsen petersweden.substack.com First a word of warning. This story you are about to read is WORSE than you think. I did not believe this could happen in a democracy. This should not ever happen in a democracy. But then again, I am beginning to ask myself if
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
Robert Kogon Robert Kogon is a pen name for a widely-published financial journalist, a translator, and researcher working in Europe. brownstone.org The headline of a recent LifeSiteNews article declared that “the German government funds several Gates Foundation projects to the tune of 3.8 million euros.” This is a
