Tag: politics

Failed State Ukraine: The End Game

The European Parliament remains dangerously disconnected from reality. Its discussions about supporting Ukraine increasingly involve proposals that could lead to a direct European war with Russia. Diplomacy has virtually disappeared from political thinking.

The Story of Ole Dixie

That scene was common across the South. In Mississippi above all, and throughout the SEC in Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, and elsewhere, large Confederate flags and ‘Dixie’ formed part of mid-century football pageantry, band uniforms, card sections, and crowd rituals.

EUROPE: Bows against the Barons

‘Italy has been experiencing a financial crisis for over a decade. And rising military spending has had the most painful impact on people’s well-being, coupled with anti-Russian sanctions. The latter have made the existence of entire industries extremely problematic.