Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts
Sunday, December 18, 2022

The European Non-Union after the Qatargate: Was it Designed to Fail?

›
  The European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France. I don't know if they consciously designed it to look like the Babel Tower, but...
7 comments:
Monday, December 12, 2022

The End of Europe: The Conclusion of a Long Historical Cycle.

›
The failure of the European Union may have started with the choice of the flag. Not that national flags are supposed to be works of art, but...
25 comments:
Saturday, October 1, 2022

Europe: How to Become Poor Peasants Again

›
  "Les Glaneuses"  (the gleaners). A painting by Francois Millet (1857). Is this the destiny of the people of Western Europe? All ...
55 comments:
Sunday, August 14, 2022

Europe: the Empire that wasn't

›
  Napoleon Bonaparte in full imperial regalia. He got close to creating a European Empire, but he failed in the end. He faced the same strat...
27 comments:
Monday, March 28, 2022

Solutions that Worsen the Problem: Economic Sanctions

›
  Economic Sanctions seem to be becoming more and more popular. There is no doubt that they can do a lot of damage to the targeted countries...
12 comments:
Monday, March 14, 2022

All the World is a Stage: How the Global Drama is Being Played Out

›
  The "Commedia dell'Arte" was a form of popular theatre, often played without a script. The masked actors would improvise acc...
25 comments: