POLITICS, SOCIETY & CULTURE
LBJ Library Photo by Jay Godwin (297/1170)Since When Is Joe Biden a ‘Moderate’?
by Paul Gottfried In an exultant commentary on Joe Biden’s victory on Super Tuesday, New York Post-syndicated columnist Salena Zito tells us: “The Dems’ silent majority, which doesn’t tweet, is finally crying out for moderation from the party.” Zito also quotes Dave Saunders, “a legendary Democratic strategist in Virginia,” who “finds it ‘ironic’ that southern voters […]
Image by Gerd Altmann - PixabayThe Politics of the Coronavirus
by Paul Gottfried A friend in Germany just wrote about how political correctness has persisted in his country despite the Corona Pandemic. Although Chancellor Angel Merkel spent years responding to critics of her generous welcoming policy toward Muslim migrants by insisting that borders are fluid, she has now sealed those very borders. Apparently German borders […]
Conservative Misconceptions about Marriage, and Why It Matters
The pivotal importance of Fatherhood needs to become increasingly evident, not only for a better understanding of some serious social problems, but also for an adequate knowledge of the real purposes of marriage, which is under attack in West’s political and cultural spheres. This was one of the main statements of Dr. Stephen Baskerville in […]
(CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty ImagesBolsonaro and the presidential election in Brazil: an interview with Olavo de Carvalho
Olavo de Carvalho is one of the primary voices of Brazil’s conservative revival. He is a writer, teacher, and critic of the political left in Brazil. (Editor’s note: Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil 4 days after the publication of this interview in The Epoch Times, with more than 55% of the valid votes.) […]
Thomas Samson/AFPOpposing the Transgender Movement
by Amy Contrada The transgender movement is one of the hammers the tyrannical elite is employing to condition us to keep silent in the face of outrageous assaults on our thoughts, speech, bodily integrity, and physical safety. The transgender war on cultural norms is not just about restrooms and pronouns. It’s about denying biological fact […]
Jeffrey Nyquist’s New Book Published in Brazil
The Brazilian publishing house Vide Editorial has just released a Portuguese translation of The Fool and Its Enemy by Jeffrey Nyquist, President of the Inter-American Institute and Distinguished Senior Fellow in Political Science. The book is a masterful analysis of the crisis of the Western liberal democracies and its refusal to defend itself against its […]
Important Clarification Note About Panel Discussion With Congressman Bolsonaro
Brazilian media has been wrongfully reporting that the Inter-American Institute is organizing event with Congressman Bolsonaro in NYC On August 25, 2017, the Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo published an article reporting a trip of Brazilian Congressman Jair Bolsonaro to the United States and claiming that the congressman had been invited to participate in […]
Documentary Movie About Philosopher Olavo de Carvalho to be Screened at VCU
Movie tells the story of homonymous book by Brazilian philosopher and fellow of IAI On March 23, 2017, the documentary movie “The Garden of Afflictions” will be screened at the Virginia Commonwealth University at 7 PM, in the building of the Academic Learning Commons, at 1000 Floyd Avenue, Richmond, VA. The documentary is about the […]
Jeff Nyquist and Robin Eubanks talks about education and the new administration’s policy.
Jeffrey Nyquist interviewed the ever fascinating Robin Eubanks of www.invisibleserfscollar.com to talk about our Sovietized education system.
How Free Is Your State? Cato Institute Releases Results of New Research.
Scoring all 50 states on over 200 policies encompassing fiscal policy, regulatory policy, and personal freedom, CATO INSTITUTE releases research weighing public policies according to the estimated costs that government restrictions on freedom impose on citizens.
