Europe Today: Inept, Embarrassing, Pathetic

By Eric Le Roy

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   When I was a young lad long ago in the bland, faceless, smugly prosperous America of the 1950s, I had an itch to be somewhere else. As I heard the expression put first on the TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, I would indulge myself regularly in a game called “Anywhere but Here.” The Germans have a beautiful word for it: Wanderlust.

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The Grand Illusion of Political Narratives

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Content 21+ Politics is a game of mirrors and shadows, where the same actions refract into either virtue or vice depending on the observer’s position. It is not merely bias but a feature of the system itself, a grand mechanism of shifting perception in which yesterday’s champions of truth become today’s architects of deception. Principles are not bedrock; they are liquid, poured into molds of convenience and reshaped with every … Read the rest

The Art of the Deal… With Reality

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Content 18+ There’s something undeniably compelling about a leader who cuts through the nonsense. A straight-shooter, a no-nonsense dealmaker, a businessman who understands that what the world truly needs isn’t the stuffy regulations of bureaucrats, but bold, decisive action. No more waiting around for things to happen—just good old-fashioned leadership, the kind that rips through red tape, shakes up the establishment, and gets things done. Fast. Efficient. Unapologetic.

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