Angela Merkel’s Unpopular Goodness|NYT
Germany faces a new reality, with terror elsewhere in Europe and the refugee crisis at its doors. Source: Angela Merkel’s Unpopular Goodness
Michela Marzano:Tolleranza non è ridurre le libertà delle donne|Corriere della Sera
Dopo il caso delle minigonne vietate negli uffici di un quartiere di Amsterdam, c’è da chiedersi se in nome del rispetto di altre culture come quella islamica si possa imporre…
Arturo Pérez-Reverte: Sobre idiotas, velos e imanes
…Demasiada transigencia social, demasiados paños calientes, demasiados complejos, demasiado miedo a que te llamen xenófobo. Con lo fácil que sería decir desde el principio: sea bien venido porque lo necesitamos…
Can the European Center Hold? – The New York Times
Time to confine accountants and micro-managers to the jobs they deserve in the civil service and make space for people with ideas and vision. Enough failed politicians and junior 2nd…
Tony Blair warns of ‘flabby liberalism’ – BBC News
Former prime minister Tony Blair says extremism can be countered, but moderate voices need to be much stronger. …he warned that moderate voices were too defensive about arguing their case…
Blair: «La tolleranza si ferma quando toccano i nostri valori»|Corriere della Sera
«Concediamo troppo, non possiamo farci intimidire», dice Tony Blair. Al telefono da New York, l’ex primo ministro britannico, il leader politico che a cavallo del millennio traghettò la sinistra europea…
Why Russia and Turkey Fight|Council on Foreign Relations
Today’s confrontation between Russian and Turkey is, in fact, less striking than the 15 years of rapprochement preceding it. After all, the historical predecessors of the Russian Federation and the…
Arturo Pérez-Reverte: Los yihadistas deben de estar acojonados …
Los yihadistas deben de estar acojonados por las florecitas, las velitas y nuestro enérgico “todos somos Bruselas”. Y hasta la próxima. — Arturo Pérez-Reverte (@perezreverte) March 23, 2016
Salah Abdeslam, l’arrestation-miroir des attentats du 13 novembre
Salah Abdeslam a été endoctriné, broyé, entraîné peut-être par des maîtres terroristes basés loin de l’Europe. Mais son itinéraire, comme sa fuite, démontre que ce Franco-marocain résident en Belgique depuis…
Why I’m becoming a Jew and why you should, too | Nick Cohen | Opinion | The Guardian
After Hitler, humanity would surely see where the world’s most insane hatred led and resolve to put it to one side. Bertolt Brecht said: “Do not rejoice in his defeat,…