After making it through to the second round of the French presidential elections, the far right Marine Le Pen temporarily stepped down as leader of the Front National (National Front).  Jean-François Jalkh took her place and managed to go only a week before reports were made ...read more

The image of Britain as an open, diverse, and modern nation now lies in tatters as voters decided to leave the European Union last night and plunge the nation into the unknown.  With (as of writing this) an almost 1 million vote lead, Britons who wanted out of the EU voiced their ...read more

by Timothy Woods He looks up to Vladimir Putin as a role model. He wants to turn his country into an “illiberal state.” European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called him “the dictator.” Even John McCain called him a “neo-fascist dictator”. He is Viktor Orbán, the ...read more

As the future of Greece hangs in the balance over its debt obligations, the powerhouse German economy continues to surge.  While Germans are going shopping, Greeks are raiding forests to find wood to heat their homes. The dichotomy isn't exactly unique - there are rich ...read more

Your future life in America Other than topless actresses on daytime TV and two hour lunches, Europeans take several things for granted in their day to day lives that most Americans could not conceive of.  While at a party in DC with some Spanish friends of mine last weekend, we ...read more

If there's one defining theme when it comes to European history, it is one of extreme violence. No one has done war, conquest and exploitation of its neighboring countries (and others) better than the Europeans - so much so that the continent engulfed almost the entire civilized ...read more