November 20, 2021

The New York Times discovers liberal hypocrisy

Last week, a bastion of progressivism in America, The New York Times, had a sort of Christopher Columbus–type discovery.  Its finding was that liberal politicians and voters don't fully practice what they preach.  T...

September 4, 2021

The Latin American Grievance Narrative

In the last two centuries, two things have been constant throughout Latin America: the U.S. intervening in political, social, and military situations of Latin American countries, and Latin American leaders blaming all the ills of their nation on...

July 10, 2021

Is America still a Great Power?

The question of whether America is still a great power will strike many as foolish. Undeniably, there is no doubt the United States of America is still the preeminent power in the world. America has the world’s largest economy in term...

May 2, 2021

Joe Biden: The Fake Messiah

In the Abrahamic religions, the figure of the messiah is of importance. The the messiah is the one who brings salvation and liberation to a group of people. Listening to President Joe Biden’s speech marking 100 days in office, one wonders ...

January 22, 2021

Beware of President Biden’s Call for a Return to America’s Role in the World Stage

This week saw the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, and the return of the Democrat party to the White House and full control of Congress. Inevitably, most of the coverage by the media has been positive about th...

September 3, 2020

America has benefited from Trump's conservative realism

The rapprochement between the State of Israel and the United Arab Emirates, only the third country in the Middle East to normalize relations with Israel, is another of the very visible and often underplayed foreign policy successes of the Trump admin...

July 12, 2018

Progressives' Disdain for Institutions Is Starting to Haunt Them

This week the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, fulfilled his constitutional duties and informed the Senate and the world of his choice for the Supreme Court. The president chose Judge Brett Kavanaugh from the DC Circuit Court of Appea...

June 5, 2018

Western Liberals and Religious Tests for High Office

“No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” In these few words included in Article VI, Section III of the Constitution of the United States of America, lay the found...

April 28, 2018

The West and the dignity of life

"I am praying for Alfie, for his family and for all who are involved" – these are the words of Pope Francis, which reflect how millions of people have been touched by the heartbreaking story of Alfie Evans, a toddler on life support w...

April 10, 2018

Should Congress Impose Direct Rule over Puerto Rico?

For the past few weeks, Puerto Rico has been subjected to a multitude of actions by our political class and the oversight board related to the handling of our current debt and fiscal crisis that would make left-wingers such as Nicolás Maduro p...

March 8, 2018

Giving Government and Criminals a Monopoly on Violence

For the last few weeks, America has been greatly saddened by the massacre of innocent schoolkids in Parkland, Florida by a lone gunman using an AR-15 rifle.  In reaction to this atrocity, there has been an outpouring of sadness around the l...

January 4, 2018

The Last Jedi and the New Atheism

  This last month premiered the latest chapter in one of the most successful movie franchises in history: Star Wars.  The movie titled Star Wars: The Last Jedi continues George Lucas's space fantasy, which has captivat...

September 14, 2017

The greatest threat facing the West

"The error of Western civilization is that it has divorced Christ from his Cross."  These words, probably theatrical in tone, integrate greatly the recent political news arising from our Anglosphere world.  Voiced on a rerun of th...