KEVIN MYERS: RTE’s miraculous inversion of the news

Laura Fletcher on RTE News last Thursday declared as “fact” a scientific miracle that has never occurred in the history of the human race, could never occur, and so never will: She stated that Jesse Van Rootselaar, the mass shooter in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia who murdered seven people, was a woman. Fletcher said of Van … Read more

Between Principles and Profits: Dutch Foreign Policy Toward the Islamic World

The Netherlands’ relationship with the Islamic world has developed over the centuries, starting from the era of colonialism when the Dutch controlled the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), where the majority of the population is Muslim. This colonial legacy not only left a historical trace but also influenced the political and economic dynamics of the … Read more