When Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Civic Coalition conducted its election campaign last year, it promoted the slogan of “Smiling Poland,” with corresponding brand accents of smiles and hearts. It implied that Poland had receded into darkness under the conservative Law…
Since 2017, J.K. Rowling has stood against the many injustices that transgender ideology inflicts upon women. As the years have passed, she has spoken out against the ideology with increasing adamancy and growing recognition of its moral bankruptcy. This week,…
If there’s anything uglier and stupider than most of the songs performed at the annual Eurovision Song Contest, it’s the boneheaded politics that have, from time to time, intruded upon this gaudy, glitzy international event. This year’s big show won’t…
At the Dec. 14-15 summit of European Union (EU) leaders, Hungary’s soft Euroscepticism took center stage when Prime Minister Viktor Orbán refused to vote in favor of opening accession negotiations with Ukraine. In addition, he blocked the EU from giving…
The new government of Poland ran an election campaign touting the “rule of law” and antidotes to “democratic backsliding.” It was enough to win — or, at least, not to lose. As no major parliamentary ally was willing to help…
Dutch citizens are fighting a losing battle against the anti-racist version of the celebrations of Saint Nicholas, but the huge election victory of anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders has given them a shot in the arm. Abandoned by the political establishment,…
In August 2018, a surprising proposal was sprung on an unassuming public in the Republic of Kosovo and in Albania — a territorial swap between Kosovo and Serbia, to solve once and for all the issues between the two countries….
I am not in the habit of torturing my American friends with issues from my country of origin, Spain, unless it is to warn them of some danger that could very plausibly occur in other latitudes. We may be facing…
Circumstances are dire in Poland under the rule of the conservative Law & Justice (PiS) party, if you’re to believe recent media coverage. In the Los Angeles Times, journalist and author Kati Marton warns, “When Poles go to vote this…
This has been a light year for major elections in the West, but Poland currently offers more than its share of political theater. The country will hold parliamentary elections on Oct. 15. At stake is the direction of a country…