Current Affairs

  Western culture is now characterized by a remarkably strong nihilism, the moral philosophy that claims that there is no higher meaning to life than selfish pleasures. The conversion to agnosticism by Hillsong’s leader Marty Sampson and author Joshua Harris, demonstrate how “Christian communities” are following the same nihilism trends as society in general, writes historian and author, Hanne Herland …

  Herland Report: Hanne Nabintu Herland: Å samtale med klinisk psykolog og en av landets viktigste varslere, Einar Salvesen om norsk barnevern er en skremmende erfaring. Vi lever i en stat med en regjering som ikke på langt nær tar problemene i barnevernet på alvor. Salvesen sier: “Jeg hadde aldri trodd at dette som jeg har vært vitne til kunne …

  Herland Report: Hanne Nabintu Herland speaks to Erik Selle about Norway, lack of free speech, the totalitarian Left and its desire to quench individual freedom and plurality. “Norway has a very large government structure, yet we are a very small country. The government is financing its own institutions, the media and the NGOs. Norway is not free and open, …

  Herland Report: Tolerance by definition signifies respect for disagreement. Wildly diverging opinions mark a tolerant debate where all the pieces of information are discussed. Freedom of speech implies maximum tolerance for a variety of viewpoints. But not among the modern day Liberal Left. They detest freedom and have implemented the totalitarian clampdown on both tolerance and free speech. The movement …

  America’s government has never been so awash in scandal. Fresh stories of allegations, accusations and investigations are coming so fast that many Americans are tuning out most of it. But the drama unfolding in Washington today is something you cannot afford to ignore. We are witnessing a government—and a nation—on the verge of collapse. In fact, all this shocking …

  There is a dream for many in so-called third world countries, that the Western form of democracy will lead to “free and fair elections in Libya,” also in the traditionally more authoritarian ruler region. They hope that the Western system will bring development and civil liberties to their population. This is, of course, a very naive perseption. Africa should …

  Herland Report: I land som Norge er kritikk mot de som betegner seg som homofile – rundt 1 % av befolkningen – så godt som forbudt. Som kjent viste den omfattende SSB undersøkelsen noen år tilbake at rundt 1 % sier at de er homofile. Rundt 1.2 % oppga at de var bifile. 1,2 prosent av befolkningen i alderen …

  We revisit the “RussiaGate” allegations that turned out to be a hoax. When NBC’s Megyn Kelly was invited to be the moderator at the 2017 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin gave a firm reaction to the allegations of “Russian involvement in the US 2016 election”. President Putin said that the whole collusion story mostly reminded him “of anti-Semitism: …

  Why would the center of illiberalism, religious fanaticism, and misogyny ever sponsor the center of liberalism, secularism, and gender equality? This is the question that crops up when one considers the largesse that human-rights-abusing Saudi Arabia bestows on the leading universities — those putative bastions of progressive, free thinking — in the United States, writes Raymond Ibrahim, Middle East …

  Herland Report TV: Mobilstråling koblet mot kreft? Hvor objektiv er forskningen egentlig? Hvor mye påvirkes forskningsresultatene av hvem som finansierer forskningen? Hvor tett er koblingen mellom markedsinteresser og forskningsrapporter slik at viktige funn om faren for kreft ved elektromagnetisk stråling skjules? “Helserisikoen ved mobilbruk og elektromagnetisk stråling burde vært diskutert mye mer,” sier samfunnsviter, pensjonert forsker og rådgiver hos …