For two days, on October 22-23, Europe set about doing something it may do better than anything or anyone else: talking. For seven decades now, peace, democracy and prosperity in the once “Dark” (viz Mazower) and in any case Old Continent have been founded on the ability to discuss and negotiate differences tirelessly. Let us take a few moments to…
George Pagoulatos writes about the changes that have placed the Polish judicial system at odds with the principles and values of the European Union, the stance adopted by Poland and other states towards the Union, and the fight to secure the future of the EU. You can read the article here, in Greek.
George Pagoulatos analyzes the concept of political correctness and explains that, while its core is welcome in its original form, in the liberal societies we live in, the filtering of our speech and behavior should stem from internal choice, not external coercion. You can find the article here.
Some refused to heed the warnings concerning the pandemic. Now the massive wildfires in Greece and elsewhere around the Mediterranean, on the heels of major floods in Northern Europe, are sounding a loud alarm. “No one is safe if we aren’t all safe,” was the takeaway from the pandemic. Now the implications of the new anthropogenic disasters are coming home…
Every 30 to 40 years, the pendulum that defines the balance between the state and the market will start to swing in one direction or the other, starting in the US. Under President Joe Biden, the US is currently experiencing its largest shift in recent decades toward state intervention. The New Deal policies of the 1930s shaped much of the…