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Will Trump’s anti-Muslim tweets destroy US-UK special relations?
BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May’s temptation must have been to counterpunch after receiving Donald Trump’s advice to concentrate her mind on the militant threat to Britain rather than reacting to his retweeting of British far-right anti-Islam videos. “@theresamay, don’t focus ...
What Merkel’s political woes mean for the EU
Want to be pessimistic about Europe? Let me count you the ways.
Britain’s mess extends beyond Brexit
BRITAIN — ever-ready to boast stable politics and a faultless, often-called “Rolls Royce” civil service — is in a mess. Between scandals over sex, secret meetings, political donors and the royal family, the government is melting down.
How the Catalonia vote threatens EU
THE struggles for and against independence in the Spanish province of Catalonia are emblematic of the European Union’s present strength and its future weakness. They also display the weaknesses, present and future, of the two leaders of the contending parties: ...
We boomers are leaving a toxic legacy
Among many of us in the generations that have done well out of the post-World War II period, there’s now a feeling of guilt — as there should be.
How hate speech can harm your brain
IN a flurry of confident pronouncements within an hour of the massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival, conservative commentators and activists linked the perpetrator, Stephen Paddock, to liberal or Islamist influences. Rush Limbaugh, still the doyen of right-wing ...
Europe’s war of the nationalists picks up steam
The defeat of ultra-nationalist parties in the Netherlands and in France earlier this year gave European leaders the sense that fear of a far-right surge had, after all, been misplaced. As it turns out, it was the relief that was ...
Macron’s labor reforms face key test
PROTESTERS against President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed liberalization of French labor laws were on the streets of the country’s cities on Tuesday. The marchers, chanting slogans and brandishing placards, halted traffic as they moved slowly through the streets. A fringe of ...
Merkel’s moral authority sets direction for Europe
GERMANS choose a government on Sept. 24, and that government is likely to be headed, for the twelfth year running, by Angela Merkel. The uncharismatic 63-year-old from East Germany may not have captured her fellow Germans’ hearts, but she has ...
French president hits the headwinds of nationalism
EMMANUEL Macron, president of France with all the glory that commands, has had a wretchedly brief honeymoon. Elected in May with some 67 percent of the vote, he promised to respect and address the “anger, the anxiety and the doubts” ...
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