The Cato Institute has, in cooperation with the Canadian Fraser Institute and the German “Friedrich-Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit,” assembled a comprehensive 396-page report on human freedom in the world. Overall, governments worldwide have reduced the level of freedom in recent years.
Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, the niece of the French National Front leader Marine Le Pen, spoke at CPAC last week. The mere fact that she was invited displays a sharp ideological turn of American conservatism, but it also showed how little Americans really know about the European far-right.
I was invited on the MilLiberty podcast with Caleb Frantz: we talked European politics, Le Pen’s invitation to CPAC, and Switzerland.
Early Facebook investor Roger McNamee has called for social media companies to be regulated in the same way as tobacco and alcohol. The justification for such action, he argues, is the risk of addiction and their influence on public discourse and democracy.
Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler? There is a general rule when it comes to jokes: they are an expression of risk-taking. The less you know your audience, the less you can be assured of the fact if they’ll find your joke funny. This risk is particularly high when you joke about […]
I was invited on The Federalist Radio Hour, hosted by Ben Domenech. We talked European and EU politics, as well as Marion Le Pen’s recent invitation to CPAC.
I was interviewed by Monique El-Faizy from France24 English, about my recent writings about Marion Le Pen’s speech at CPAC.
During the 2016 election, Donald Trump repeatedly voiced criticism towards defense spending in Europe. As president, Trump’s administration initially seemed to follow through on this promise: Defense Secretary Mattis gave alliance members one year to ramp up their military budgets to pay their fair share in defense spending. Now that this deadline is about to […]
I was mentioned in an article in Newsmax published on February 25, regarding my recent op-ed in The American Conservative about Marion Le Pen’s invite to CPAC.
Last month saw the beginning of a vicious drought in South Africa, which has seen millions of people affected in Cape Town and has seen government rationing the supply of water to 50 litres per person per day. A report by Channel 4 News seems to blame climate change and the population increase for the drought, and […]
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