I When the cleric Robert Braybrooke, newly come from the sleepy deanery of Salisbury, began his tenure as Bishop of London on Jan. 5, 1382, the embers of rebellion were still smoldering in the Kingdom of England. The Peasants’ Revolt…
It may be a full 79 years since the end of World War II. But leave it to the deputy foreign minister of Poland, Władysław Bartoszewski by name, to remind us of the virulent anti-semitism that both brought on the…
The medium of television has confirmed that nothing transcends like success. After decades of Donald Trump banking his triumphs via TV, it was a mere random and unplanned television moment this week that transformed celebrity into consequence. New technologies appear…
In democratic countries, one would expect that incompetent and corrupt politicians actively involved in scandals, deadly disasters, or other catastrophes would get voted out of office, fired, prosecuted, or at least retired into obscurity. But if they are pitching for…
Rejection of incumbent parties has been a global theme in a year in which more voters than ever have cast ballots. It has been a talking point of Democrats seeking to make sense of their failures in last month’s elections….
In a tumultuous turn of events, France’s government is suddenly facing significant political upheaval. On Dec. 4, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier was ousted after a historic vote of no-confidence. The timing of this vote comes as France currently faces…
The German government has just imploded. It would be arrogant to credit solely Donald Trump. However, the U.S. president’s electoral victory does have far-reaching consequences, even if the fall of Germany’s Federal Cabinet stems primarily from domestic sources. Namely, it…
It was while living in Amsterdam, in early 1999, that I realized Europe was in trouble. Let me pause for a moment to apologize for repeating myself: I wrote about that epiphany in my 2006 book While Europe Slept, and…
Britain is floundering, there’s no getting away from it. As to why, you could write an encyclopedia on the subject: The critical absence of conservatism since Thatcher, to the extent that a third of the electorate mistook Keir Starmer for…
British journalist Zoe Strimpel has written a column against Spain in The Spectator. I don’t know, I wouldn’t want to jump the gun, but it sounds like Strimpel, after visiting us, is not “another satisfied customer.” Well, you will understand…
