Trump’s appearance at the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral symbolized the return of American leadership being respected by world leaders. (READ MORE: Trump and the Advent of Pax Americana) In this episode of The Spectacle Podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott…
Militant Islam and Feeble Europe The trauma of the two world wars on European soil left the continent of Enlightenment foundering for direction and balance. Decolonization in Africa, withdrawal from the Middle East, and the rise of Asian powers, contributed…
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s return to power in December 2023 was hailed by liberal onlookers as a step forward for the nation. After what New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg called an “eight-year slide toward authoritarianism” under the Law…
In her political ads in the leadup to last week’s EU parliamentary elections, European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen bizarrely walks and jogs through a forest in her native Germany as she explains why she’s running. That she would retreat…
European elites were shocked earlier this week when the so-called “far-right” made massive wins in European Union elections. On today’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, host Melissa Mackenzie talks about Nate Hochman’s column this week and the rise of the…
In last week’s European Parliamentary elections, citizens in country after country rejected left-wing policies. Predictably, left-leaning major media outlets across the globe — the Associated Press, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Vox, Politico, the Guardian — decried…
You’ve almost surely seen the famous photograph taken from space of the Koreas at night. North Korea is almost totally dark, South Korea is bright with lights. In one image, it conveys the dramatic difference between communism and capitalism. Perhaps…
The politician is an animal that believes that voters deposit the envelope in the ballot box with the evolution of the national gross domestic product in mind. They don’t. First of all, most voters vote with their bellies, not their…
As yesterday’s European election results came in, media coverage began to take on a distinct sense of dread. “A far right surge upends national politics,” blared one CNN headline. “Far right gains deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s…
