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There are several translations. I don't have to rely on those, obviously, but I'm told the 2020 translation is superior to previous attempts. I think it's translated as Autumntide of the Middle Ages. The book describes the waning of an era; a collapse into a more violent and savage state...

I'm not a typical (modern) Dutchman, although a case can be made that my views are not altogether that strange considered in the light of a historical Dutch perspective. You might say I have something of a Golden Age mentality, although -- being Catholic -- I actually feel a great fondness for...

I don't trust government agents to decide what's genetically desirable. (Which is why a merit-based immigration scheme, for instance, must be based on actual success/perfomance in practical reality.) I support the exact opposite of what you suggest, in a way. My view can be summed up with the...

By certain metrics, yes. The isue here is that you'd have to compare two countries ceteris paribus. Between the USA and Canada, however, all things are not equal. The USA has become independent in a very different way, much earlier, and has historically enjoyed a far greater national identity...

By "the Old Republic" I mean what the Bourbon Democrats, the Old Right, Robert Taft, Pat Buchanan, Ron Paul et al. have attempted to preserve (in vain). The USA as a Republic in the classical sense, which minds its own business and doesn't become hopelessly embroiled in the affairs of other...

A merit-based system is always an improvement. It selects for value. That is: it's a mechanism intended to restrict access purely to those who have something to offer. Anyone who's not an imbecile can tell you why that inherently makes sense. Certain types of social activists (who are typically...