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CATEGORY: INTERNATIONAL (6 MIN)
The Eurocrisis
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This summer has seen a huge influx in riotous protests in a nation with a long history of such problems: France. French police have struggled to combat the fires across their nation as thousands upon thousands committed arson, theft, and violence against officers.
Although these protests started after police killed a young North African man at the end of last month, the roots of disorder likely go much deeper. Jonathan Miller, writing in Spectator World
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, analyzes not just France but many other countries in Europe to discover these roots.
Miller traces the connection between increased immigration and gang violence within these nations. He points to Sweden, where the government let in the highest proportion of alleged refugees in the continent. Now, 31,000 people in the country have a connection to gangs, and some communities’ entire youth has been lost to them.
Miller then references Belgium, Germany, and even (shockingly) Switzerland for more examples of this increased unrest. Miller blames these problems on the widespread failure of integration of migrant communities with the current populations. He finally warns the UK and other nations against complacency, as riots are nothing if not contagious.
Read Miller’s full article right here
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Weekly Poll
RESULTS: 7/6/23
Last week, we asked: Do you think most Americans in the 17 – 35 age range could join the military? 82.5% of respondents answered "no" and 8.8% answered "yes."
Should immigration from the global South to France go up or down?
[A] Up or remain the same
[B] Down
[C] Unsure
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CATEGORY: CULTURE (3 MIN)
Fit for nothing
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The social media explosion of the past decade also saw an explosion in fitness influencers who seek to build a brand off their physical look and strength. But recently, some have sought to draw a connection between those who are fit and those who hold far-right beliefs.
Several notable Twitter users do match both descriptions, but Katherine Dee, writing for UnHerd
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, attacks the assumed connection as absurd. Why on earth should you assume that someone who goes to the gym is a fascist, she asks? This connects with other similar trends that harm health, such as preventing criticism of those who are overweight (in the interest of promoting their livelihood) because it’s “fatphobic.”
Dee also notes that this association continues the misuse of extreme language like “far-right” and “fascist,” allowing further cancellation of certain voices. But Dee also points out that if the right is associated with more fitness and health than the left, that may make them the more attractive side for voters and followers. This trend, if accurate, might not be a bad thing in the end.
Read Dee’s article
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CATEGORY: ISI NEWS (5 MIN)
Pro-Abortion Professor Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Notre Dame’s Conservative Campus Paper
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“A liberal professor has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Irish Rover, a Catholic conservative publication at the University of Notre Dame [that is funded by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute], the Daily Caller
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has learned.... The Irish Rover is filing an Anti-SLAPP motion to dismiss Kay’s defamation lawsuit.”
“‘I am not at all worried about the result of the lawsuit. I know that everything we published is true and written in good faith, so I firmly believe that the lawsuit can only be decided in favor of the Irish Rover,’ former Rover editor Joseph DeRuil, who authored one of the articles cited in the lawsuit, told the Daily Caller
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Read the entire article here
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ISI’s 70th Anniversary Gala &
Linda L. Bean Center Dedication
September 28th, 2023
This fall, join us at our 70th Anniversary Gala
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featuring Tucker Carlson, Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, and Linda Bean, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Together these are some of the most influential figures in America today.
We will also host a pre-event panel featuring longtime friends of ISI including Annette Kirk (Russell Kirk Center), Gene Meyer (The Federalist Society), Ed Feulner (The Heritage Foundation), and Dan McCarthy (ISI), discussing the 70th anniversary of three conservative classics: Russell Kirk’s The Conservative Mind, Leo Strauss’ Natural Right and History, and Robert Nisbet’s The Quest for Community.
We will have a lobster dinner in honor of Tucker and Linda’s mutual connection to the state of Maine, and seating will be limited to 150 guests. Our VIP ticket holders will have the chance to meet ISI trustees and event speakers in a private reception beforehand.
Reserve your tickets here
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Join us in Wilmington, DE >>>
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Because our student editors and writers are bravely bringing conservative ideas to their campuses, we’re highlighting their efforts here.
We Will Not Be Silenced
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via The Irish Rover
“...her lawsuit reflects only the latest stage in a tenured professor’s baseless public campaign against undergraduates at her own university who had the temerity to publish accurate stories about her very public abortion advocacy.”
Any person, any study, any skin color
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via The Cornell Review
“Cornell, and indeed America at large, are still not meritocracies. We’re much closer now than we were last week, but we cannot allow shadowy bureaucracies in the depths of Day Hall to resurrect racial preference.”
CATEGORY: HISTORY (21 MIN)
Nation of assimilation
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It’s easy to make the crises we face in 2023 look like the most difficult and unique we have ever seen. But our ancestors tackled many of the same questions we have to answer. Take immigration, for example. Sometimes, we seem to forget America’s long and complicated relationship with immigrants throughout its history.
In this week’s Intercollegiate Review
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archive, Michael Barone dives into this history, reminding us of the story of American immigration. He begins with pre-independence immigration, pointing out that the original American populace consisted of a fairly diverse set of peoples. He then journeys through the Irish Catholic influx in the 1800s, the rising German population, and the Eastern European Jewish surge, all the while tracking America’s varied policy responses to the phenomena.
Barone points out two main problems that made modern immigration more of an issue than previous iterations. First, he says that we have neglected societal assimilation, and second, he argues that our laws have encouraged low-skill immigration. But Barone remains hopeful.
“The immigrants of today, like the immigrants who so concerned elites of previous generations, can be interwoven into the fabric of American life,” he writes.
Read Barone’s entire piece right here
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Thought of the Day:
“The question of who is allowed to stay on French soil is a political issue par excellence that should not be left to ‘an oligarchy of national and European judges. The French should be able to decide that for themselves.’”
- Éric Zemmour
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