Privatised water combats supply problems

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 […]

Post-Brexit budget talks: have we learned nothing?

Brexit will tear a hole in the European Union’s budget, but Brussels seems determined to go ahead as if nothing happened. If the European Union wants to actually improve the life of its citizens, it’s not by increasing spending that it will do so.

[REPORTAGE] Viviane Reding: “D’Europäesch Union brauch hiren eegene Revenue”

Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass den 22. Februar ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. [Radio USO]: Duerch de Brexit faalen dem Budget vun der Europäescher Union ongeféier 13 Milliarden Euro ewech. D’Diskussioune laafen elo zu Bréissel fir eraus ze fannen wéi déi sollen ausgeglach ginn. Eng […]

CPAC organiser asked me to do my research on Marion Le Pen, so I did

The lineup for this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is out, and Marine Le Pen’s niece Marion Le Pen is speaking right after Vice President Mike Pence. Following backlash from conservatives online, American Conservative Union Chair Matt Schlapp defended the invite on Twitter by saying that CPAC is all about hearing people out and Le Pen […]

[Yes You Can] Die Online-Hühnchen

Dieser Artikel wurde für die luxemburgische Tageszeitung “Lëtzebuerger Journal” geschrieben. In der “Yes You Can”-Rubrik werden luxemburgische Unternehmer interviewed, die Start-Ups betreiben. (Text in veränderter Form im Print) Tom Jungblut ist ein junger Landwirt auf dem “Heederhaff” in Kontern, der sich vor vier Jahren dazu entschied selbstständig zu werden. Nachdem er seinen eigenen Laden auf […]

Don’t ask about the law, but about its enforcement

In the fight for the ideas of individual liberty and limited government, we often, and rightfully, argue about legislation. But while we go back and forth on the initiation or the repeal of laws and the regulations that surround them, we tend to forget to think about their enforcement. You could, arguably, have the most […]

We are drunk on anti-alcohol policy

Policies intended to crack down on alcohol usage have aggressively multiplied over the past decade. Public-health lobbyists continuously tell us we are simply not doing enough to reduce drinking across the board. As a consequence, politicians have been doing exactly that: they tax and regulate our favourite drinks, with little interest for the unintended consequences.

Emmanuel Macron Legitimized the Violent Far-Left in France

Recently, Emmanuel Macron’s government decided to can an infrastructure project for the construction of an airport. In 2008, the government approved the construction of this airport, which was supposed to hold 9 million passengers by 2050, located close to the northwestern city of Nantes. For almost ten years, environmentalist radicals and violent far-left activists have squatted on […]