Camille Paglia persuasively argues that a sign of a dying civilisation is the elite openly embracing degeneracy. It’s difficult to escape the impression that that’s exactly where Western civilisation is teetering on the brink, right now. But there’s an even deeper malaise afflicting the West, one that
Helen Watt mercatornet.com It is almost with us: the US Supreme Court decision so long delayed and so tensely awaited. In all likelihood, as in the Court’s leaked draft opinion, abortion law will be thrown back on the states. The past weeks have seen turmoil across the country,
In a further blow to the already-shredded credibility of Bruce Pascoe, Australia’s wokest state has added a scholarly rebuttal of his pseudo-history, Dark Emu to school reading lists. Of course, Victoria being Victoria, they couldn’t just dump Pascoe’s work of imaginative fiction from school reading
We are running another yet fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of “Hoani’s Last Stand The Real Story of Rangiaowhia” by Piers Seed Summary: Using all the available accounts written by eye-witnesses, the author has written the most detailed account of the skirmish at
We are running another yet fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of “Hoani’s Last Stand The Real Story of Rangiaowhia” by Piers Seed Summary: Using all the available accounts written by eye-witnesses, the author has written the most detailed account of the skirmish at
Ronald Stein cfact.org Ron Stein is an engineer who, drawing upon 25 years of project management and business development experience, launched PTS Advance in 1995. He is an author, engineer and energy expert who writes frequently on issues of energy and economics. In 1904 Christian Bohr, a Danish biochemist,
It’s almost impossible today to comprehend the sheer scale of the horror of the Black Death. Even a relatively minor pandemic, after all, has been enough to send much of the Western world scurrying for the imaginary safety of lockdowns, masks and forever-boosters. As one mediaeval historian recently
The appointment of a radical to a position of such sensitivity as Director of He Whenua Taurikura – New Zealand’s National Centre of Research Excellence for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism – bothers me, as it should you. Given her lack of background in intelligence or extremism, except her own, our
familyfirst.org.nz Wokeism – The Marxist Cult That Aims To Destroy? Wokeism is everywhere, especially in the media, academia, politics, our education system and Big Tech. It’s become so pervasive and assertive that it seems cult-like. But where did ‘woke’ come from? Is it something new or simply
Warning Long read. 1378 words. I see Justin Trudeau as something of a ‘Big Brother’ figure to Jacinda in more ways than one. Not only is he older (50 years old, born 25 December 1971) than Jacinda (41 years old, born 26 July 1981) but he is also taller (1.
Helen M. Alvaré mercatornet.com Helen M. Alvaré Helen Alvaré is the Robert A. Levy Endowed Chair in Law and Liberty at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia, where she teaches and writes in the areas of family law, and law and religion. Today, nearly 50
Thomas Harrington brownstone.org Thomas Harrington, senior scholar at the Brownstone Institute, is an essayist and Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies at Trinity College in Hartford (USA) where he taught for 24 years. Warning Long read: 1566 words When most people hear the terms “shock and awe” and “full-spectrum
Cherish Watton University of Cambridge Cherish is a PhD candidate in Modern British History at Churchill College, Cambridge. She studies the history of scrapbooks in Britain during the 20th century, funded by the Wolfson Foundation. She also produces The Scrapbook History Podcast. In 1953, Margaret, an 11-year-old pupil
Traditional produce markets were an important part of every town and city down through the ages. Once upon a time cities, often because of their sea ports and produce markets, grew around vibrant commercial hubs that were significant sources of commerce and employment and the beating heart and being of
Michael Rectenwald mises.org Michael Rectenwald is the author of 11 books, including Thought Criminal (2020), Beyond Woke (2020), Google Archipelago (2019), Springtime for Snowflakes (2018), Nineteenth-Century British Secularism (2016), and others. As should be clear by now, Francis Fukuyama’s declaration in The End of History: The Last
