Few expressions are better guaranteed to spark passionate debates among Catholics today than two words: “Vatican II.” Though most Catholics…
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In recent years, American liberals’ love-affair with all things contemporary Western European (sans Margaret Thatcher and Benedict XVI) has acquired an…
If there is one word that captures many Europeans’ response to the continent’s financial crisis, it is denial. Witness the…
The rise — at least temporarily — of Rick Santorum has given rise to speculation of late, most notably by David…
“We must re-establish the primacy of politics over the market.” That sentence, spoken a little while ago by Germany’s Angela…
One fact that has become increasingly evident in the Great Recession’s wake is the disproportionate influence exerted upon economic policy…
In recent weeks, China has been consumed by an unprecedented internal debate concerning a subject bound to make its Communist…
For at least one group of Middle-Easterners, the Arab Spring is turning out to be a decidedly wintery affair. And…
Two historic countries, moving in opposite — and unexpected — directions. “Sweden” isn’t the first word that normally crosses our…