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Laughing at Power
In my piece for The Times of Malta (30.XI.2022), I take a cue from an essay by Oriana Fallaci and argue that we must also laugh at some...
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The EU’s ‘class of 2004’
The so-called Big Bang Enlargement came of age on May 1, 2022. Eighteen years ago, 10 new countries joined the European Union. In my...
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“Not made to live like a brute”
2021 marked the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri. In my essay for The European Conservative, I look at his life and...