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The effort to shut down a mainstream conservative conference in Brussels last week shows partisan censorship is a serious and mounting problem in the West. Although the attempted cancellation failed—thanks to a legal challenge supported by…

European farmers are reshaping the political landscape across the Atlantic about two months before 27 member states of the European Union (EU) vote on new leadership in their parliamentary elections. Between June 6 and June 9, residents in…

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman says “the anxiety driving MAGA isn’t driven by reality” but “dystopian visions unrelated to real experience.” As proof, he points to Kristi Noem, the Republican governor of South Dakota, “a MAGA hard-liner” (who…

Image CreditADF International / released Two prominent Christians prosecuted for quoting the Bible will be defending themselves to Finland’s Supreme Court after an appeal Friday from a Helsinki prosecutor. “This court case is…

With the Christmas season ending and radio stations returning to their regular selection of music, one song I most certainly will not miss is that painful British tune “Do They Know It’s Christmas.” Written nearly 40 years ago by a group of…

Today a Helsinki appeals court acquitted two Christians of “hate crimes” charges with potential prison sentences for tweeting Bible verses and publishing a Christian booklet about sexual ethics. This unprecedented application of Finnish law…

A Swiss court’s decision to sentence a commentator with 60 days in prison plus thousands in Swiss francs previews the danger that criminalizing “hate speech” poses to free speech. On Monday, the French-Swiss writer Alain Bonnet, also known…

The California attorney general is launching an all-out assault on parents and families with a new lawsuit asserting state control over schoolchildren. On Monday, state Attorney General Rob Bonta sued to stop a new policy in a southern…

It’s always an awkward experience for modern conservatives to understand traditionalist conservatives. On one hand, traditionalists espouse a belief in faith, family, and objective virtue, and oppose the encroachments of leftist ideology.…

A recent book by journalist Bill Keller asks, “What’s Prison For?” The author never answers the question, but, as the book is almost entirely about rehabilitation, the implication is that prisoner reform is, or at least should be, the main…