Could this be another sign getting older is not so bad after all?
Up until last night I was convinced it would be easy to make you laugh at the extent of my ignorance. I'm a shameless football ignoramus. Last time I watched a game was with my step father, as a...
View ArticleSpain fail to get us on our feet
So are you still watching? It's fair to say that the neutrals (excluding Switzerland for once) wanted Spain not just to win, but to win well. This has been a World Cup that, thus far, has been lacking...
View ArticleWill Gary Lineker's comment be true again?
So it's the Germans. Again. Games against them always throw up the iconic images from the past: 1966 and all that; Gazza's tears in 90; Pizza Hut adverts in 96 (Southgate, Waddle and Pearce - hang your...
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'Merkozy' for president – this time it’s serious
Angela Merkel has ruffled French feathers with a pledge to join Nicolas Sarkozy in his campaign for re-election this spring. Merkozy for president? No thanks, say the French. French voters were left...
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As Spain Protests Austerity, Catalonia Pushes for Independence
As workers from throughout the country converge on Madrid for protests, a second, altogether different movement is gathering strength in Catalonia. WASHINGTON— Thousands of miners entered Madrid last...
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Youths, Immigrants, and Outsiders are Southern Europe’s Best Hopes
Unemployed youth, immigrants, and societies that are either outside the EU should be at the front of a strategy for Southern Europe’s renaissance. These groups have the motivation to innovate and...
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Obama’s Berlin Speech Delivered the Right Message
Fifty years after John F. Kennedy made his iconic Berlin speech — with its famous line of “Ich bin ein Berliner” — the parallels to the one delivered by his successor Barack Obama last week are...
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Restoring Trust in Internet Privacy and Data Security
U.S. allies clearly no longer trust the United States and its companies as much as they did before the NSA revelations. Thus, they are taking it upon themselves to seek alternatives and to protect...
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Germany Faces Tough Choices on Russia
Germany’s Russia policy remains above all guided by economics and energy, and the substantial Russia lobby in the German business community is unlikely to be moved by events in Ukraine....
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Why Are Germans So Sympathetic to Russia?
The German public may not trust Vladimir Putin personally, but they are readily buying the Russian argument that Moscow feels encircled and endangered by the West. BERLIN—The deployment of Pershing II...
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