The old adage is “the worm isn’t supposed to turn.” On the rare occasions when it does, it brings about tremendous anger and retribution. The Republic of Poland is now ...

For centuries up to and including the 20th, Europe seemed the central pivot of world history. Then came the Great Civil War of the West, our Thirty Years' War (1914-1945), where ...

Since its inception in AD 1000, the landlocked Central European nation of Magyarország has been invaded by Celts, Mongols, the Hapsburg and Ottoman Empires, a cartel of local ...

Respect LBGT rights or get out of the EU, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte instructed Hungary's Viktor Orban at last week's gathering of the European Union in Brussels. According ...

What appalled the American deep state and its media courtiers about Donald Trump’s election victory in 2016 may have been dressed up as an ad hominem attack, but it had more to ...

It was just supposed to be a trading organization, a way to make commerce easier and in so doing build a sense of friendship and understanding on a war-ravaged Continent. In fact ...

The Italians have voted to reduce their number of politicians by 30 percent. Bravo! Millions will be saved in salaries, pensions, and official allowances of privileged deputies ...

The letter in which HM King Juan Carlos I announced his decision to leave Spain for a while has plunged the Iberian bull ring into a sea of doubt, gossip, and dismay. For a few ...

Incredible as it may seem, the intellectual level of the Spanish political class has dropped as much as my alcoholic handicap. The latest mantra-braying of the spokesmen of power: ...

"The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time," said Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey to a friend on the eve of Britain's entry into ...

These days one doesn’t know—if one ever did—what to believe. We are told, for example, that Hungary and Poland are sliding into authoritarianism, but is it true? Most of us ...

(The article in its original Spanish immediately follows.) The Bella Dorita was that star of the Catalan cabaret who, in a bloody time for Spain, when the anarchists decreed a ...

Can a region proclaim its independence when it does not have a majority in favor? It is a perverse game based on lies and illusions, which destroys a society and has serious ...

A trip through Europe has convinced me that freedom is overrated. Sure, Americans won a revolution and fought two world wars for our precious freedom. We are free to own guns, ...

A week from today, Europeans may be able to gauge how high the tide of populism and nationalism has risen within their countries and on their continent. For all the returns ...

I’m no fan of English politicians. Born a Rhodesian, I consider myself a casualty, having been on the receiving end of their deceit and moral cowardice when they deemed it ...