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EU Seeking Official State Status With UN

The European Union is making rapid advances toward becoming officially recognized as a nation-state by the United Nations and the international community, prompting...

Alex Newman May 23, 2011

British Doctor Censured for Mentioning the Great Physician

Michael Tennant May 23, 2011

So much for freedom of speech and religion in Great Britain: A British doctor has been censured by the government’s medical licensing board,...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Put on House Arrest, as IMF Eyes Replacement

Daniel Sayani May 20, 2011

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), who resigned Wednesday after being arrested on allegations that he attempted to...

Geert Wilders and the Fate of Western Liberty

James Heiser May 19, 2011

While many American and European politicians have responded to the Jihad currently being waged against the West either by denying its Islamic character,...

Scotland Yard Won’t Release Ripper Files

R. Cort Kirkwood May 18, 2011

Using the strange excuse of compromising terror investigations, London's metro police refuse to release a list of informants in the unsolved case of...

Greece is Out of Options

Bob Adelmann May 12, 2011

Writers for The Wall Street Journal’s lead article on Tuesday expressed surprise that Greece’s fiscal problems are “coming to the boil once...

Appeal for “Kidnapped” Swedish Homeschooler Draws Supporters

Alex Newman May 11, 2011

As the now-infamous case of Swedish homeschooler Domenic Johansson (at left, with his parents) — seized by authorities because of homeschooling almost two...

Merkel Could Face Prison for Cheering “Criminal” bin Laden Hit

Alex Newman May 10, 2011

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the subject of a criminal complaint after commenting publicly that she was “glad” Osama bin Laden had been...

Greek Tragedy: EU Mulls Another Bailout of Greece

Bruce Walker May 10, 2011

There seems no end to the Greek tragedy unfolding within the European Union. One year after a staggering €110-billion ($160-billion) bailout by the...

Brits Reject Change in Voting System

Bruce Walker May 9, 2011

Opinions differ widely among nations as to which voting system is best: the American arrangement wherein two-parties are dominant or the multi-party system in...

EU Considers Stiffening Border Controls

R. Cort Kirkwood May 9, 2011

Europe's open borders insanity may finally be coming to an end. Last week, a commission of the European Union proposed allowing union members...

Will Portuguese Bailout Unravel the EU?

Bruce Walker May 5, 2011

The bailouts of the four "PIGS" countries (Portugal, Ireland, Greece, and Spain) continues apace within the European Union. Only days after grim news...

Greek Govt Attempts to Solve Financial Crisis by Crackdown on Tax Evaders

Bruce Walker May 3, 2011

The four European Union members known together as PIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Greece, and Spain) are those countries whose general irresponsibility and massive government...