The American Century
Rick Bruner: "I mean, am I living with cultural blinders on, nationalistic to the point of myopia, or is it not true that the United States did in fact have… Read more »
Category: living worldwide
Will the euro leave the dollar behind?
Considering the poor recent economic track record, and bad fiscal condition, of continental Europe’s biggest countries, the fact that the Euro hit parity with the U.S. dollar talks at length… Read more »
Allah Mode
This long and documented article in the Weekly Standard shows among other points the difference between French and American secularism: "Unlike the American dispensation, which is meant to protect religious… Read more »
Pledge of Allegiance Ruled Unconstitutional
Fox News: "In its 2-1 decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 1954 act of Congress that inserted the phrase "under God" after the phrase "one nation"… Read more »
Cool Korea
According to BusinessWeek, Korea is a bustling place. I’ve been growing more interested in Korea as of lately, not because they host the World Cup, but because more cool stuff… Read more »
Golden Moment Eluding Europe
WaPo: "In France, the flow of investment capital out of the country in recent years has been three times the flow of capital into it. […] Denis Kessler, who heads… Read more »
France or a Frontier?
No quote, just read the whole thing by Glenn Reynolds.
Missing the forest for the forest
Mickey Kaus (no permalink): "And it turns out, if you read far enough into Cowell’s piece, that a) even if there are few immigrants in Schirmeck, there’s a "large immigrant… Read more »
What’s wrong with this picture?
Why are Socialist leaders getting a prominent spot on French TV tonight, when they didn’t even have a candidate running in the second round? Oh, I forgot, Chirac was their… Read more »
For the U.S., it does not matter who wins in France
John O’Sullivan: "By depicting America as a threat to the world, a superpower too strong for its own good (and that of others), hostile to international cooperation, and "unilateralist" in… Read more »