Tagged: Europe
Hisham Melhem: The Diminished West – Al Arabiya English
It seems that with the exception of the French not too many Europeans are willing to fight for anything. Pacifism is on the rise in Europe and in the welfare state many are tempted...
ITW Morning Edition (1/6): Europe
Trouble in snowy paradise? Also, something mysterious called the Russian Woodpecker.
Linky Friday #145: Politics In Everything
This Week! Environment, Europe, Immigration, Politics, and Society!
Freedom of Movement
It seems like Europe may be vacillating on its apparent commitment to freedom of movement.
Some Kind of Life
Notes on Stefan Zweig’s “The Post Office Girl”, assimilation, and shifting fortunes.
Shining a Light Across the Water
Nob Akimoto looks at Europe’s method of detaining potential terrorists.
Austerity On The Run
I wanted to flag this before it became too much Old News. Andrew Sullivan, still a self-described conservative and a tireless deficit hawk, has looked to the events in Europe and concluded that austerity —...
How Much Better is the United States?
A week or so ago, Tom Van Dyke linked to this NYT piece exploring Europe’s economic troubles. The article, by Adam Davidson, posited that the Eurozone suffers from economic woes that go deeper than...
Do Democracies Fight?
Jason says that democratic peace theory is one of the better explanations for the decline of large-scale conflict around the globe. I remain unconvinced – here’s why: 1) This ain’t the Theory of Gravity...
Clash of Civilizations
Ta-Nehisi Coates posts the below video, writing: I don’t even know what to say anymore. It’s officially fine to be bigoted toward Muslims. The panel (rather politely) dissented. I guess that’s a good thing....
‘A post-ideological index of good governance’
This post on good-governance countries by Scott Sumner is fascinating (via Reihan Salam). People on the left and the right may disagree with many of the particulars, but I think the overall thrust of...
Rumors of liberaltarianism’s death are greatly exaggerated
Tim Carney thinks liberaltarianism is dead following the departure of Will Wilkinson and Brink Lindsey from Cato. He asks if there are any real life liberaltarians in politics, pointing out that the the only...
A few more notes on cutting defense spending
Joerg Wolf, of the Atlantic Council, disagrees that European nations would increase defense spending if America decreased its presence in Europe and around the globe as I noted in my defense-spending piece at NRO....
Your Friday evening brain teaser
This dialogue between David Frum and Jonah Goldberg has been getting some attention: Let’s bracket the “Is Obama a socialist?” question in favor of something a little less contentious. What, if anything, is the...
Marginalizing extremists, at home and abroad
The trouble with folks like Mark Steyn is that all their clamor about Europe being swept away in a tide of hostile immigrants obscures the very real problem of assimilating new arrivals. Steyn, for...
Everyone knows that Presbyterians, not Lutherans, are the hard-working Protestants
Via Will Wilson and MR, here’s an interesting paper on the Protestant work ethic: Many theories, most famously Max Weber’s essay on the ‘Protestant ethic,’ have hypothesized that Protestantism should have favored economic development....
Bruce Bartlett, Socialist Lackey
An essential post from Bartlett on the trivial differences between Europe and the United States. Speaking as someone who managed to survive growing up on that benighted continent, it’s high time we move beyond...
