Opinion Forum

Europe’s Apocalypse

May 29th, 2010

By Brianna Aubin Last week, the New York Times published an article saying that the European welfare state would quickly become unsustainable due to high levels of debt, decreasing birthrates, and overly generous benefits. And in other news, pigs are flying over my window, the sun has risen in the west, and the temperature in […]

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Tags: capitalism, debt, EU, euro, Europe, freedom, Greece, Islam, socialism
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Germany, Present and Future

May 27th, 2010

By Tom Carter Victor Davis Hanson, one of my favorite conservative thinkers, has two articles at Pajamas Media discussing the present and future role of Germany in Europe. They’re both worth reading, especially for those who haven’t been thinking much about Europe lately. Americans should be paying much closer attention to the current problems of […]

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Tags: EU, euro, Europe, Germany, Greece, Iran, nuclear weapons, Turkey
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Can the Euro Survive?

May 8th, 2010

By Tom Carter The euro is under severe pressure right now, primarily because of economic problems in Greece, and several other countries are likely to present the same kinds of problems in the near future. There’s an excellent article in Newsweek that details the problem and discusses why it’s of worldwide importance. Most Americans aren’t […]

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Tags: debt, default, EU, euro, eurozone, Germany, Greece
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The Right to Have a Vacation

April 20th, 2010

By Tom Carter Antonio Tajani, the EU Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry, has decided “that tourism is a human right and pensioners, youths and those too poor to afford it should have their travel subsidised by the taxpayer.” Tajani said, “Travelling for tourism today is a right. The way we spend our holidays is a […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: EU, euro, human rights, PIIGS, sovereignty, vacation
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