CCTV cameras ineffective at stopping crime.

Britain is the most heavily monitored nation on earth, with one public CCTV camera for every fourteen people. You would imagine that this would make the process of identifying and stopping street criminals an easy one. And if you watch Torchwood, you know that CCTV cameras are invaluable in our fight against extraterrestrial […]

Is Britain the next to go center-right?

To twist a line from Marx, a spectre is haunting socialist Europe — the spectre of center-right dominance. We haven’t seen so many left-wing governments fall in Europe since the Communists surrendered. In the past two years, both of the dominant Continental powers swung to the right — Merkel in Germany and Sarkozy […]

The EU and the Death of Synthetic Nations

In some ways, the rise of the European Union goes well with the trend toward increasing international integration.  In that sense, it’s of a part with NAFTA, GATT and other agreements which tie nations together by treaty. 
On the other hand, it runs counter to most of the past two decades of history.  Everywhere the trend has been for […]

Tolerant Euros and Xenophobic ‘Merkins?

Um, maybe not.  This new graph from the World Economic Forum paints a different picture.  While I think most of the European concern about Islam is entirely justified, how amusing is it that we’re the cosmopolitan ones?  HT: “¡No Pasarán!
 

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