Feb 19, 2018Hungarian PM: European Leaders Have ‘Opened the Way to the Decline of Christian Culture’Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, during his 20th annual state of the nation speech on Sunday, said that “Christianity is Europe’s last hope.” He added that European leaders have “opened the way to to the decline of Christian culture and the advance of Islam.” Orban also stated that Hungary will…Europe2 min readEurope2 min read
Feb 16, 2018Germany: Social Democrat Leader Schulz Forced to Step Down After Coalition with MerkelGerman Social Democrat leader Martin Schulz announced on Tuesday that he resigned as head of the SDP party. His resignation became effective immediately. Although a successor has been nominated — Andrea Nahles — she will have to be confirmed by the party’s members. Schulz had faced relentless criticism from fellow…Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Feb 15, 2018Dutch Foreign Minister Steps Down After Lying About Meeting With PutinDutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra said for years that, when he was working for oil company Shell in 2006, he attended a meeting in Russia with President Vladimir Putin. Putin, Zijlstra explained on several occasions, said he aimed to restore “Greater Russia” in its full glory. …Russia2 min readRussia2 min read
Feb 4, 2018Video: Muslim Driver Attempts Hit and Run on Jewish Father and Son in BelgiumThe Jewish community of Antwerp (Belgium) has released CCTV footage of an attempted car ramming incident on an Orthodox Jewish family Saturday morning. A Jewish father and his son were on their way to the local synagogue when they suddenly had to jump out of harm’s way because a car…Jews2 min readJews2 min read
Dec 23, 2017Spanish PM Rejects Negotiations with Catalan Leader PuigdemontDespite the election results in Catalonia two days ago, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says he will not negotiate with Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont. Puigdemont had offered to talk to Rajoy, albeit not in Spain but in a foreign country. …Politics1 min readPolitics1 min read
Dec 19, 2017France: Mayors Panic, Call on Macron to Help Them Deal with Tsunami of MigrantsSeven mayors from France called on President Emmanuel Macron to step in and help them deal with the flow of (illegal) immigrants from Africa and the Middle East. French daily Le Monde published a letter written by the mayors of Strasbourg, Grenoble, Rennes, Nantes, Toulouse, Lille, and Bordeaux. In the…Refugees1 min readRefugees1 min read
Dec 12, 2017‘New Yorker’ Star Ryan Lizza Fired Over Sexual MisconductUntil Monday, 2017 had been a wonderful year for journalist Ryan Lizza. He was responsible for the reports that brought down Anthony Scaramucci as White House communications director and was considered to be the star reporter at The New Yorker. Well, sadly for him, 2017 eventually turned against him and…Ryan Lizza1 min readRyan Lizza1 min read
Dec 8, 2017Nigel Farage: ‘Theresa May Must Go’ to Save BrexitFormer UKIP and Brexit leader Nigel Farage has lost faith in Theresa May’s ability to guide the United Kingdom out of the EU. …Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Dec 8, 201781 Percent of Republicans Say Russia Investigation Is Politically MotivatedOne of the major potential weaknesses of Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation is that voters could consider it a political hack job. This is especially a problem since several (former) members of his team are partisan Democrats who aggressively criticized President Trump when he was still a candidate for president. Clearly…Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Dec 4, 2017A Powerful ExperienceIn July of this year, I bought a book on Audible called “Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself” by Joe Dispenza. I didn’t listen to it until these last few days, however. Why? Well, so much to do, so many podcasts to listen to, give me an excuse and I…Books1 min readBooks1 min read
