Teams’ Ethnic Makeup Fuels Identity Debate at World Cup
A former Spanish PM has stoked the flames of a debate rumbling throughout the 2026 football World Cup: the question of race and na…
How Brussels Undermined Europe’s Car Industry
The current critical problems facing Volkswagen, Europe's largest automaker, are just the tip of the iceberg.
The Baby Factory at the End of Human Freedom
Reproductive medicine promises emancipation while turning bodies, motherhood and children into components of a production process.…
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Pope Leo XIV has called the theory of just war outdated.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…
In Ireland, Another Brutal Murder Puts Judgment Itself in the Dock
Jamey Carney, a pro-Palestinian activist, took the cause into her home, literally. Now she lies dead, and her adopted homeland fac…
The British State: All-Powerful Against the Law-Abiding, Powerless Against the Wicked
The Pakistani ringleader of the Rochdale rape gang is set to be released after serving just 14 years of a 41-year sentence. He can…
Luxembourg Confirms: Democracy Saved, One Blogger at a Time
Bloggers who share content from expressly sanctioned Russian media risk as much as five years in prison, though under mitigating c…
The UK’s Transgender Lobby Is Weakened – but Still Advancing
The Cass Review and the Supreme Court restored biological reality to the center of Britain’s transgender debate. Yet the planned p…
EU Seeks to Guarantee Consumer Rights – Yet May Guarantee Stagnation
The EU’s new regulations governing call centers and enshrining the right to speak to a human for customers will be popular – but i…
The Fog of War Clouds Clear Thinking About Ukraine’s Future
Differing interpretations of shared history threaten to divide Warsaw and Kyiv. A nation hardened by war would do better to spare …
Ukraine Is Losing More Than Territory
If one were to judge the war based on much of the Western mainstream media's coverage, a Ukrainian victory would appear to be only…
Who Actually Pays the Tariff on Cheap Chinese Shipments?
Brussels condemns US tariffs as a tax on consumers, yet argues its own new duties on Temu and Shein shipments are different.
Thomas Paukner Changes the Rules of Czech Media Space
The information monopoly has fallen. You no longer need an editorial team to dictate public debate. The new weapons are open data …
FIFA Has Set a Shameful, Destructive Precedent to Appease Donald Trump
If FIFA can change the rules on a whim for an American player, just to appease Trump, why can’t it do so for others? That question…
Germany's Quiet War on Press Freedom
A growing web of measures, authorities, NGOs and laws is hindering the work of the free press in Germany. None of this amounts to …