Have our minds dulled between Empire and the present? It is a common belief that each subsequent generation is losing more knowledge than the last.1Rather than a general decline in human knowledge over the past two hundred years, there has been an enormous increase in knowledge in all sciences and technical subjects. Then why do

Germany has called for a “coalition of the willing” to take in migrants rescued while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe. Heiko Maas, the German foreign minister, called for a core of EU countries to agree a scheme without waiting for approval from the rest of the bloc. “We need a coalition of the

This week in Rome five African migrants were arrested after they had turned a local church into the headquarters for their massive heroin trafficking operation. The five military-aged migrant men – four from Gambia and one from Mali – used the church in the Rome’s Torre Angela district on the Via delle Amazzoni as a

White smoke has risen from the chimney, the new leaders who will guide the European Union for the next 5 years have been, for the most part, chosen. And they’re all freaking awful, leaving one wonder if the EU is not self-sabotaging itself EU Council Press✔@EUCouncilPress European Council appoints new EU leaders http://europa.eu/!KR97kn #EUCO1,56013:36 – 2

Sunday, July 14, 2019: 49 years have passed since the day when the city of Reggio Calabria rebelled against the government’s decision to deprive it of its role as regional capital. With the establishment of the Calabria Region in 1970 a debate had begun on the location of the capital, since more than one city aspired

The prosecutor’s office of Agrigento has confirmed the seizure of the migrant transport ship the Alex after it brought 41 migrants to Lampedusa, as the government prepares to enact even larger fines against NGOs. The ship, which is operated by the Italy-based NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans, was impounded this week and investigations have been launched against the

An angry young foreigner stormed into a the Sacred Heart Church in Pescara, Italy last weekend during mass. The young man screamed at worshippers, demanded money, harassed elderly nuns and tried to attack the priest on the altar. A young foreign man burst into a church in the Italian city of Pescara during mass, threatening the priest

A tobacconist with a shop in a metro station in Naples asked a Nigerian culture-enricher to stop blocking the doorway of his establishment. In response, the “youth” punched the shopkeeper in the head so hard that it caused a severe cerebral hemorrhage, from which the victim eventually died. Below is a TV report on the

For Snapchat, the LGBTQ+ might also include pedophiles. In the campaign for “Love Has No Labels” held by Snapchat, one of the options wasa “Love Has No Age” filter. While this filter appears to be defunct as of June 3, conservatives on Twitter pointed out the option over the weekend of June 1-2. Twitter user

Italian migrant transport NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans has launched a new vessel into the Mediterranean following the confiscation of their other ship. The new ship, the Alex, set sail this week to the area off the coast of Libya known as the SAR (search and rescue) zone with the head of the group declaring that the vessel

As everybody knows by now, the migrant-ferry vessel Sea-Watch 3 recently attempted to run the blockade at the port of Lampedusa. Its trustafarian captain, Carola Rackete (whom some wag has dubbed “The Sea Witch”), and her crew were detained by Italian authorities. Ms. Rackete is now under house arrest in Sicily. Below are three German videos about

Carola Rackete was arrested at the Italian port of Lampedusa after a two-week stand-off with police at sea. Her vessel, Sea-Watch 3, was banned from docking, but it eventually entered the port on Friday night. On Saturday, Mr Salvini called Ms Rackete a “rich, white, German woman” who had committed “an act of war”. “She