8 May AD 2024

FRIDAY EDITION

Western Civ Defender

Geopolitical News and Punditry:
Does Putin Want to End the War? We Should Test Him – Responsible Statecraft
Portugal’s Socialists Highlight the Rot within the European Left – Thomas Gallagher
The Kurds: Nationless and Oppressed – Antonio Graceffo at Mercator
Latin America Is A House Of Cards – Federalist Radio Hour

Anglosphere Political News and Punditry:
Pentagon Commander Says Number of Drones in US Airspace at Mexico Border ‘Alarming’ – JTN
The Rise of the Woke Bureaucracy – Laurie Wastell at Spiked

International Political News and Punditry:
Aramean Christians Train to Fight for Israel – R. Sugar and M. Freund at Wall Street Journal
Germany: “Restricting Freedoms” May Be Necessary To Fight Climate Change – TEC News

Cultural News and Punditry:
Vulgarity as Virtue: The Decline of Edinburgh – Theodore Dalrymple at City Journal

World History:
Ides of March: The Dead Republic – Donald R. McClarey, Esq., at The American Catholic
How the West Won the Money Race – Paul McDonnold at AIER
What is the ‘Ides of March’ – Fr. Z’s Blog
How Two 19th-Century Books Paved the Way for Modernism – Lydia Wilson/New Lines Magazine

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