Niall Ferguson on the Current State of Global Affairs
June 24, 2025In a recent interview Noema magazine, historian and columnist Niall Ferguson gives his thoughts on current global affairs and where the United States fits into this picture.
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The Double Standard of UN Leaders
June 25, 2025
Recent comments made by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres exemplified the anti-US bias of United Nations leaders, as he criticized US strikes against Iran, but continues to fail to call out the aggressive actions of the Chinese government.
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UN Commissioner for Human Rights Advocates for "Nature Rights"
June 11, 2025
In a recent speech at Oxford University, the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights has claimed that recognizing the "rights" of nature is a human rights issue.
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State Department Overhaul Intended to Focus on "Western Values"
May 30, 2025
The Trump Administration is planning a major overhaul of the State Department, which will include a "refocus" of the human rights bureau on "Western values."
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The Political Nature of ESG
June 24, 2025
Andrew Stuttaford in his recent National Review article shows how Environmental Social Governance ("ESG") has never been neutral, but has always had political underpinnings.
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SEC Abandons Defense of Climate Disclosure Rules
June 18, 2025
The United States Securites and Exchange Commission ("SEC") is withdrawing proposed rules that would require "disclosures by investment managers marketing ESG-focused funds aimed at providing consistent information to investors and to avoid greenwashing risk."
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BlackRock No Longer on Texas Boycott List
June 06, 2025
Following its exit from several climate-focused investment groups, BlackRock has officially been removed from a Texas boycott list.
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European Commission Dismisses Anti-Greenwashing Regulations
June 24, 2025
The European Commission plans to withdraw the Green Claims Directive, a move supported by the European People's Party due to the Directive's "overly burdensome and complex" rules.
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EU Advocate General Claims Hungary's LGBTQ+ Content Law Violates Human Rights
June 09, 2025
The European Union's advocate general has issued a non-binding opinion that Hungary's 2021 "childprotection law", which regulates LGBTQ+ content in educational material and TV programming, violates "basic human rights and freedom of expression."
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Withdrawal of Dutch Anti-Immigration Party Should be a Warning to European Elite
June 06, 2025
The "open borders" policies of European elites are out of touch with "ordinary people," according to Mark Almond of The Telegraph.
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Niall Ferguson on the Current State of Global Affairs
June 24, 2025
In a recent interview Noema magazine, historian and columnist Niall Ferguson gives his thoughts on current global affairs and where the United States fits into this picture.
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United States Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Transgender Procedures for Minors
June 24, 2025
In a landmark decision regarding the issue of parental rights, the Supreme Court has declared Tennessee's ban on "irreversible transgender procedures for minors" to be constitutional, paving the way for similar bans to be upheld in more than 20 other states.
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Federal Judge Upholds Power of Executive in Recent Decision
June 18, 2025
U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil has dismissed a case by teachers unions in New York protesting the Trump Administration's cancellation of federal grants to Columbia University, a move that emphasizes the proper balance of power between the judicial and executive branches.
