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.
France’s Growing Hostility Toward Children
As no-kid spaces spread, France’s rights watchdog warns they normalize age discrimination and reflect a deeper cultural rejection …
Volkswagen's Streamlining Plan Fails to Convince Markets
Europe's largest automaker announced plans on Thursday evening to drastically reduce its extensive model lineup, but Volkswagen sh…
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 …
Traditional to a Fault: SSPX Suffers the Consequences of its Convictions
The Society of Saint Pius X has long occupied an uncomfortable place at the periphery of the Church as a result of its willingness…
How US Diplomacy Became a Family Business
Trump's shamelessness exposes a core truth: in liberal democracy, the public interest often advances only when it aligns with priv…
How Germany's Communist Past Shapes Today's Politics
Germany remembers one dictatorship obsessively and the other only faintly. While warnings of a “new 1933” dominate public life, th…