The whole point of elections and referenda seems to be to contradict the experts. Voters have a way of changing their mind at the very last minute, as we saw…
Giles Merritt says Germans have become the EU’s foremost movers and shakers, and occupy its political institutions’ top posts. Source: What is Germany’s vision for Europe? – Agenda – The…
Andare a caccia di congiure è attività diffusa. La rete ne è piena. Ma basta appena qualche accorgimento per scoraggiarla Source: Come vincere l’ossessione dei complotti fasulli – Repubblica.it
UE zabroni robić zdjęcia budynkom? To nie tak. Przepisy dla użytkowników, przeciw nieuczciwym regulaminom Pan Cavada plecie bzdury. We Francji zawodowy fotograf zrobił zdjęcie wyspy i musiał zapłacić konsekwentne odszkodowanie,…
More than most insurgent groups in history, the “anonymous soldiers” of Hoffman’s history left behind a legacy of accomplishment, as well as of terror—a conclusion as remarkable as the story…
The world’s first sovereign debt crisis and the true birth of globalisation Source: Robert Goodwin on 16th-century Spain
Benjamin Pogrund in the Guardian: Israel has many injustices. But it is not an apartheid state
Russia’s propaganda assault on the West is well-organized and well-funded. However, it is also predictable, and this is its weakness. Source: Anatomy of an info-war: How Russia’s propaganda machine works,…
The paper examines the genesis of Al Qaida and, subsequently, ISIL in a rational way. However, missing from the conclusion is the simple fact that, were it not for the…
Nikita Khrushchev’s grand-daughter (and great-grand-daughter, as the former Soviet leader adopted his son’s daughter and Nina’s mother…) on the EU demanding that Russia’s Gazprom respect competition rules, heading for a…