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EU Targets Tax Exemptions For Non-Profits

The European Union announced that national governments may not provide tax-exempt status to charities and non-profit organizations, prompting a backlash from some national...

Alex Newman April 6, 2011

Have Germany’s Free Democrats Turned Green?

Bruce Walker April 4, 2011

The term “liberal” is highly misleading in modern usage. The Latin root word from which it is derived means “liberty” or “freedom.” Few...

Irish Bank Woes Underline European Financial Crisis

Bruce Walker April 1, 2011

The Irish Central Bank announced yesterday that its banks will need an additional €24 billion (or about $34 billion) in the next few...

Refugees Besiege Italian Island of Lampedusa

R. Cort Kirkwood March 31, 2011

It appears as if the scenario envisioned in Camp of the Saints, an apocalyptic novel in which Third World migrants swamp and destroy...

Belgium Sets World Record for No Govt

Bruce Walker March 30, 2011

Mark Twain once observed, "History has tried hard to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians." So far, Belgium...

Secularism Spreads in Spanish Schools

James Heiser March 29, 2011

A March 25 article from ANSAmed reports that “Secularism in Spain is quickly gaining steam,” and that the Archibishop of Madrid is warning...

London Anti-cuts Union Protest Turns Violent

Alex Newman March 28, 2011

Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets in London over the weekend to oppose proposed budget cuts being pursued by the...

Muslims Again Demand Sharia For Britain

R. Cort Kirkwood March 28, 2011

Muslim protesters, some of them women clad in black burqas, marched in London last week to demand Sharia law for the United Kingdom....

Portugal PM Resignation Rattles EU

Bob Adelmann March 28, 2011

When the Portuguese Parliament failed to pass an austerity bill on March 23, the country’s Prime Minister, Jose Socrates, resigned. That move leaves...

Top UK Officials: UN-inspired War on Drugs Failed

Alex Newman March 24, 2011

On the 50th anniversary of the United Nations treaty that led to the global “War on Drugs,” a group of prominent officials and...

EU Seeks Vast New Powers, Direct Taxes

Alex Newman March 21, 2011

The European Union is seeking broad new powers over the formerly sovereign nations of Europe, including direct taxation, further centralization of economic decisions,...

Poll: Europeans Don’t Trust Their Political Leaders

James Heiser March 16, 2011

A poll of public opinion in five nations of the European Union reveals a high level of distrust of government to solve the...

Europe: Immigration and the Price of Empire

Bruce Walker March 11, 2011

The European Union, which is enduring severe financial crises in several of its member states, including Greece and Ireland, and internal stresses in...