Daryl McCann writing for the Stone

The essay is here: https://thestone.com.au/2019/02/25/is-it-time-for-an-australian-republic/

The Denial of Climate Denial

William Happer

Was the New York Times a proper newspaper once?https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/21/new-york-times-labels-william-happer-princeton-phy/

Oh, dear...Now this

This agit prop film cannot be erased: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/02/meet-the-propagandists-who-made-the-vile-hollywood-video-attacking-trump-supporters-over-jussie-smolletts-hoax-attack-%F0%9F%91%89%F0%9F%8F%BF-scout-maceachron-and-carly-figueroa/ 

Ataturk's Dream Becomes A Nightmare

A European Gentleman

Samuel Huntington might have got this exactly right: https://tsionizm.com/analysis/2019/02/13/turkeys-hard-turn-away-from-the-west-and-its-quest-for-regional-hegemony-are-more-problematic-for-russia-and-iran-than-for-israel/

52% (February 2019)

For the first time since early 2017, he's very popular again: https://nypost.com/2019/02/11/trumps-approval-rating-rises-to-52-percent-highest-since-2017/ 

It is wrong (and possibly sexist, xenophobic, racist, et al) to criticise socialism

Hugo Chavez would have made a better speech

Here is the Washington Times (which is not to be confused with the Washington Post): https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/31/nancy-pelosi-wins-state-union-award-most-dour-face/

No more "Ford" cars, please

The logic of historical revisionism: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/13684/henry-ford-historical-revisionism

The Persecution of Christians by Country

"Let your hearts take comfort, all who hope in the Lord" Psalm 30

This is a shout out to our persecuted brothers and sisters around the world: https://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/countries/#mapclose

A new ambition: Via Dinarica Hiking Trail

Courtesy of Lonely Planet

This looks brilliant: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/europe/travel-tips-and-articles/the-via-dinarica-hiking-trail-a-cultural-corridor-across-the-balkans/40625c8c-8a11-5710-a052-1479d276ce34