Clik here to view.
Is The French President A Racist For Mocking Obama’s Naivety?
Kudos to French President Nicolas Sarkozy for trying to ground the Obama-led United Nations Security Council disarmament session last Thursday in some foundation of reality. I expect Jimmy Carter...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beating Up on the French Never Gets Old
I’m one of those crappy friends that will make fun of you for your mistakes until there is simply no material left, no matter how far long ago, no matter how much you’ve changed. And it is in this way...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Are European Leaders Instigating All-Out War in the Middle East?
Since World War II, Europeans have been understandably skittish about doing anything that could lead to armed conflict. Europe, and later the EU, has generally stuck to using negotiations and (in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reports of Coming Military Action in Syria
Syrian dictator Bashar Assad can feel the noose around his neck tightening. France is now calling for a humanitarian corridor in Syria and multiple reports talk of a Turkish-Arab military action...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Germany, Wavering Ally
As German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Nicolas Sarkozy do their best to put on a public face of cooperation in resolving Europe’s escalating sovereign debt crisis, behind the scenes...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Back with a Vengeance: the EU Debt Crisis
On Friday the 13th, ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgraded the credit status of nine European nations. The ratings of Cyprus, Italy, Portugal and Spain were lowered by two notches...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Jews Need Israel
In a speech given to the Domestic Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag in June 2008 on the subject of a renascent antisemitism, journalist Henryk Broder distinguished between a prejudice and a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Austerity Illusion
France inaugurates a new president next Tuesday. A change in leaders belies a continuity in policies. Just don’t say that to incoming president Francois Hollande—or the politician he vanquished this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Greece and the Last Gasp of European Fiscal Sanity
Voters across Europe have spoken in the last week and the message they have sent has upended the fragile consensus that budget cuts and fiscal discipline would bring the continent back from the brink...
View Article
