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Europe turns right

AMSTERDAM: Whatever happened to the good Europeans, those nice folks in small…

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The great American Tea Party

NEW YORK: Who were those flag-waving, cheering, hollering, singing, and praying Americans…

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Japan’s Unfinished Reformation

TOKYO: Revolutions, it is often claimed, do not happen when people are…

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Football is war

NEW YORK: The flags are already flying, from Holland to Argentina, from…

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The powerlessness of the powerful

NEW YORK: Elites are under siege in every corner of the world.…

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Holy abuse

NEW YORK: In his remarkable apology to the Catholics of Ireland (most…

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The Dutch retreat

AMSTERDAM: The Dutch army has been operating as part of NATO in…

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The new French fashion in civil rights

NEW YORK: First the Swiss ban minarets. Now the French parliament wants…

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A dissident in China

TOKYO: 2009 was a good year for China. The Chinese economy still…

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Mountains and Minarets

NEW YORK: Switzerland has four mosques with minarets and a population of…

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