Russia is not the threat she appears | Dominic Lawson
Ironically, this obsession with a deft Russian hand reaching into the heart of Western democracies only adds to Putin’s mystique and his carefully constructed image of power. Putin is an effective ruler but he is encumbered by large-scale geopolitical forces which point to a process of gradual and unforgiving Russian demise. Much of Russia’s actions in recent years, whether it be the annexation of Crimea, tampering in Western democracies, or the obliteration of Aleppo, actually stem from a position of weakness- not strength.
Duty’s spectacular decline in Western nations | Tom Colsy
It is no coincidence that at the height of America’s civilisational prowess, President John F. Kennedy instructed citizens not to ask what the country could do for him, but instead ponder what he could do for his country. We could relearn a thing or two from that 1961 inaugural speech. Or, at least, take heed of G.K. Chesterton’s words, that “men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her”.
Social counter-reform | Dan Mikhaylov
We are exposed to these consequences of socio-cultural implosion in the streets and at work, and cannot be ignorant or turn a blind eye to this process of internal disfigurement… Therefore, our action must also be explicit, and not implicit, to safeguard what remains of Britain’s social cohesion, to reverse the tide. At this stage, two options are available to traditionalists: intransigent insistence on the past, and pragmatic counter-reform.
The common good demands you wear a mask | Ojel L. Rodriguez Burgos
The debate on how to deal with the Coronavirus after the lockdown restrictions have been gradually lifted across the United Kingdom continues to be front and centre in the newsroom. One debate has been particularly spirited and recurrent; whether the government should force people to wear masks in public.
Rome burns, put down your fiddle | Sam Hall
We have an innate tendency towards creation. We are God’s chosen species, made in his image, and therefore at some level also have the capability to create. Not merely for function- to keep us sheltered from the elements, well-fed and watered- but to go beyond, to create a civilisation… This tendency for beauty and creation is all too often overridden by a desire to destroy.
France’s epidemic of church attacks | Tom Colsy
Only a week before the iconic staple building of the Île de la Cité in Paris was engulfed in flames in April 2019- with its fate uncertain for the duration of the blaze as fears of a total structural collapse were held- an article in the Times was published documenting the growing prevalence in spates of unprovoked desecration, vandalism and violence at France’s Catholic holy places.
Britain’s long campaign against slavery | Dominic Lawson
The murder of a man five thousand miles away has prompted anger. But elements within our own population have seized upon it for political purposes. This is intended to demoralise the British people into being ashamed of their history. One key aspect of this has been the role of the British empire in the African slave trade. Weaved into a grand narrative which, alongside empire, posits that the British people are uniquely contaminated with a form of secular original sin.
Compulsory masks - for the common good or an impractical policy? | Sam Hall
A very convincing argument can be made that we should instead be focusing on regular hand washing and proper social-distancing and not giving the police more excuses to infringe upon individual freedoms. Only time will tell if this will be effective, or draconian laziness from our legislators.
‘Defund the Police’? | Sam Hall
So let’s spell it out: poor people can’t afford private security like rich people can. Rich private security companies will profit where the police fall. Eventually, the left will demand private security for all. Otherwise known as the Police. In the meantime, it will be the poorest in society who suffer as social workers and psychologists are left to pick up the pieces. This is just another case of leftist intellectual elitism.