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Jeff Fountain Jeff Fountain

Justice Matters

Without justice’, wrote Augustine in City of God, ‘what are kingdoms but great bands of criminals?

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William Matteus Fonn William Matteus Fonn

Finfluencers and the New Risk Culture

Influencers who promise financial freedom are shaping a new culture of risk among young people. Behind the images of luxury, European investigations reveal an economy that is not understood but imitated, and a generation taking risks without the tools needed to navigate them.

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Kåre Melhus Kåre Melhus

Politicians pray for Europe

While Russia presses Ukraine to surrender land, European politicians meet for prayer in Brussels—much like Schuman, Adenauer and de Gasperi once did when they sought God’s wisdom to rebuild a continent shattered by war.

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Andreas Ulfsten Andreas Ulfsten

Data are not objective, and algorithms are not neutral

To claim that we live in an increasingly digital age is rather uncontroversial. Areas that until recently were considered hallmarks of the physical and analogue—such as various aspects of human emotions and social behaviour[AU1] —are rapidly becoming ‘datafied’ and brought into the digital realm.

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Kåre Melhus Kåre Melhus

Europe´s new role on the world stage 

In a rapidly changing world, Europe now assumes a role it has not played since the colonial days.  This time around, the mission focuses on peace and stability, not exploitation and self-enrichment.

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Hermund Haaland Hermund Haaland

Christians Must Rediscover Democracy

The desire among many for a society less influenced by “woke” culture may, perhaps, trump long-term thinking about what truly grants us freedom and the opportunity to live good lives. We need to rediscover-and also renew-the system of governance that the Haugeans played such a vital role in building.

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Kåre Melhus Kåre Melhus

Now Western democracy is in danger

Bill Clinton's defense minister, William Cohen, recently told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that the rule of law is what separates democracy from dictatorship. The interview concerned both the preparations for Donald Trump's upcoming presidency and Joe Biden's last days in the White House.

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Kåre Melhus Kåre Melhus

The US will dominate Europe less

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was clear in his analysis of the newly elected President Donald Trump in 2016. The Washington Times reported on December 16th of that year that Kissinger, after a meeting with Trump, believed that he would introduce a new American foreign policy. "Donald Trump is a phenomenon that other countries have not seen before," Kissinger said, and he believed this could have far-reaching consequences.

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