Holding Out Till the Lights Go Out: Germany’s Grand Energy Delusion
Even former supporters of the nuclear phase-out now regard the decision as a mistake of historic proportions. Yet the government r…
The Emperor Had No Words
Jill Biden is trying to rescue her husband’s political legacy two years after his disastrous debate against Donald Trump. Her new …
Evil Karens and Racist Sydney – the San Francisco Education System
In a divided America, the classroom is increasingly where the country’s culture war battles are being fought and where children ar…
After Deal with Trump, Iran’s Mullahs Must Be Sick of All the Winning
Iran makes precisely two commitments in the reported memorandum of understanding between the country and the Trump administration …
Digital Militia: The Online Speech Police Being Set Up by Brussels
The European Union’s “trusted flagger” system sounds benign. In reality, it empowers a privileged class of digital enforcers to po…
EU’s Hypocrisy Over Rule of Law and New Member States
Moves by major EU countries to impose tougher rule-of-law mechanisms and reduced voting rights on future member states threaten th…
Trump’s Coal Gamble Is a Slap in the Face to the Green Deal
The United States emits roughly three times as much greenhouse gas per capita as the EU. Without its cooperation, the Union’s camp…
Studies Question Judicial Independence in Europe
The EU court’s same-sex marriage ruling is only part of a broader problem. Academic studies have raised questions about judicial i…
La Sagrada Família is a Lesson Spain Needs to Learn
Antoni Gaudí's towering masterwork, the basilica of La Sagrada Família, is nearing completion 144 years after work began. Its mess…
The Chancellor Swap Is No Longer a Phantom Debate
Rumors of a chancellor swap are spreading through Berlin. Friedrich Merz is deeply unpopular, the CDU is drifting behind the AfD, …
The Perfect Story That Never Happened
A viral post by a supposedly French AI researcher turned out to be fiction. The episode highlights a growing challenge of the AI e…
The Anti-Racism Doctrine Behind the Henry Nowak Case
Henry Nowak died in police handcuffs after his killer falsely accused him of racism. His case exposes a deeper crisis in British p…
The Trapped Giant
Summits and failed policy plans are all the German government currently manages to produce. It can deliver only miniature reforms …
The World Cup Outrage Machine
The 2026 World Cup cannot be more controversial than the 1978 competition held in Argentina under the military junta. But anyone f…
New York Moves to Erase Mothers From Official Language
A New York bill would replace the legal language of motherhood and fatherhood with the terminology of “gestating” and “non-gestati…