Europe
Newsweek’s Zakaria Slams Bush’s Attempts to Spread Democracy
January 22nd, 2007 10:34 AM
There’s so much to find offensive about Fareed Zakaria’s article in this week’s Newsweek that it’s tough to know where to begin. Put simply, the piece stated rather strongly that President Bush is responsible for a declining rate of democracy around the world.Of course, one study that Zakaria cited to prove this premise “points out that 2006 was a bad year for liberty, under attack from creeping…
'Time' Trashed Flat Tax in 1996, Now Sees Flat Tax Boom In Eastern Eur
January 15th, 2007 3:08 PM
More than a decade after publisher Steve Forbes’s flat-tax platform temporarily vaulted him to the top of the pack of GOP presidential candidates, another prospective Republican presidential candidate is making tax simplification a centerpiece of his 2008 campaign. In announcing his exploratory committee, Kansas Senator Sam Brownback argued “We need a flat tax instead of the dreadful,…
International French News Channel to Launch
November 13th, 2006 4:53 PM
Unsatisfied with American domination of the international news market, a French company is getting ready to launch a cable/satellite news channel.The staff of France 24 insists they'll be different than CNNi, BBC, and others, but in one respect they're perfectly similar. Just like their American counterparts, they pretend they're objective. They also appear to have trouble perceiving reality.…
Since When is a Riot Not Newsworthy
September 27th, 2006 11:27 AM
The Brussels Journal reported today (via FreeRepublic) that the third day of rioting in the Marollen district of Brussels commenced today, events which were sparked by the apparent murder of a Moroccan prisoner in a Brussels prison. What makes this story unusual is that so far, there has only been one report issued across the newswires (by Reuters) covering the events, and even though the…
CNN.com Headline: 'Cussing, Spitting, Open-Mouth Chewing Bush
July 21st, 2006 1:32 PM
They forgot to call him a "stinky poopyhead."
Cross-posted at Confederate Yankee.
GMA's Vargas: When Will US Get on Euro/UN Bandwagon and Condemn Israel
July 21st, 2006 11:41 AM
Everyone knows that when it comes to winning wars and achieving peace, the model to follow is that laid out by France, other Europeans, and the UN.Elizabeth Vargas, steadfast Euro-UN-ophile, is savvy enough to recognize that the US needs to fall in line behind wiser heads and 'condemn or rebuke' Israel. Sadly, an obdurate Bush administration, in the person of spokesman Tony Snow, just wasn't…