A conservative Czech party proposes using a knowledge test to earn voting rights. Can democracies worthy of the name enact laws discriminating against stupidity and restricting the participation of idiots in public life? Polish political commentator Grzegorz Górny asks this provocative question. If enacted, such a proposal would […]
MICHAEL WALSH PROPHECIES: Unthinkable? So was the collapse of the USSR in 1991 and the disintegration of the United States a few years before its present dire situation. What was unthinkable just a few years ago has become a grim reality. It doesn’t have to be that way. […]
WHO WILL SPEAK FOR EUROPE? . Will stars continue shining, When Europe is no more, Will sunsets and the sunrise, Be as they were before? . Those stars shone bright on ancient Rome, In Greece, the Parthenon; But will they still be shining, If Europeans are gone? . […]
IN LITTLE HOMES OF CLAY. School and college and on to war, The young must settle rich men’s score, They dress their sin as keeping peace, To lure the lambs they want to fleece. . War is business best when clad, In uniform and nation’s rag. Keep alive […]
I BURIED FATHER’S HEART TONIGHT ‘ There’s a little glen in Ireland, Where I buried Father’s heart, It always beat for Ireland, When the world was torn apart, The fabric of our nation, Was rent and scattered seed, Then hearts that bled for Ireland, On foreign fields would […]
A lady is asking: How much do you sell your eggs? The old salesman answers: 0.50 cent per egg, lady The Lady Says: ‘I take 6 eggs for 2.50 euros or I leave.’ The old salesman answers her: ‘Buy at the price you want, ma’am. This is a […]
MICHAEL WALSH: It is irritating and frustrating to see a strategy for peace proposed by EUROPE RENAISSANCE years ago making the headlines by an ex-amateur today: Many of Europe’s problems, including the crisis in Ukraine, could be solved with one simple measure – the dissolution of the entire […]
Tommy, you did rather well, So, pat yourself on back, Your rulers pillaged most the world, But now this world comes back, To taunt your sons and daughters, It’s karma for disgrace, It’s your land that now is colonised, By every creed and race. You left your little […]
Commonsense triumphs as car makers slam the brakes on electric vehicles. As the electric vehicle (EV) revolution faces a reality check, car makers are reassessing their strategies and adapting to a more gradual shift in consumer preferences. FOR MATURE READERS WHO CAN TAKE THE TRUTH Their once-euphoric government-driven […]
WE ARE THE NATION OF THE DOWNCAST EYE . We are the nation of the downcast eye, We guard our thoughts and tongues. Ours is the sad and the sullen tribe, For we know that the trap has sprung. . We know full well though we dare not […]
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