Joshua Foust on May 26 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web, Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs
Our embassies used to be beacons of hope and freedom. Ever since 9/11, or perhaps even the 1998 bombings, however, they’ve turned into fortresses—something more at home in Baghdad than Berlin. Now we can say that is quite literally the case. And so a new generation of Europeans can learn of an America paranoid, afraid [...]
Lee on Feb 05 2008 | Filed under: Culture, Economics, History, Lee's Page
photo: Tal Bright
Thomas Barnett bemoans the grotesque state of economics education in Europe, which often ranges from the anti-capitalist to the simply fatuous. But consider this item he cites:
Great French HS textbook: “Globalization implies subjugation of the world to the market, which constitutes a true cultural danger.”
(Thomas P.M. Barnett)
Somewhat bemused by this, Barnett asks “why [...]
Lee on Jan 17 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Europe’s first gay nursing home has opened in Berlin. The separatist initiative apparently has some appeal: “I wouldn’t like to be in a heterosexual environment all the time,” one applicant says.
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