The recent decision by the United States to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has furthered political division in the European Union. In December, Czech President Miloš Zeman called the European Union “cowards” for its lack of desire to follow the lead of the United States. Germany and France, meanwhile, believe that Washington’s move endangers a […]
In light of the UK leaving the European Union, member states will be asked to increase their contributions to Brussels. In a statement to the press, regarding plans to implement a plastic tax to offset these losses, the German EU Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger also added that the union “should learn from the positive outcome we have […]
By the end of this year, the aerospace manufacturer SpaceX is planning to send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) with a Falcon 9 booster. At the same time though, the private contractor has come under fire for possible shortcomings during its latest Falcon 9 launch, which likely cost the American taxpayer substantially. When […]
Special labels have made their way quite significantly into our supermarkets, ranging from fair trade to different environmental standards. “No Palm Oil” is quite the peculiar one that has made its way onto a large number of products, which must have consumers wondering: what’s so bad about palm oil?
Townhall columnist Dan Mitchell mentioned me in one of his articles, referencing an earlier column of mine in CapX.
The European liberty movement may be small, but it’s having extraordinary growth and grassroots success in a place you might least expect it: Switzerland.
The best welfare program is a job. For the worker, for society, for everyone “Lazy”, “Uneducated”, “Dangerous”. Much has been said about migrants coming from Africa and the Middle East, since the beginning of what is referred to as the refugee crisis. In order to address the arguments in favour of letting migrants take on […]
15 years ago, Belgium became the second country to allow same-sex marriages. A historic step for a small European country which is historically Catholic. Yet just as the Netherlands which had become the first country to provide equal access to marriage, Belgium adopted sort of a “no big deal” attitude towards people of the same […]
As world leaders gather in Davos, Switzerland for the annual World Economic Forum, a narrative has taken shape that Trumpism is leading to the decline of the United States’ diplomatic importance. Davos, after all, is a gathering of globalists who tend to favor free trade and open borders, the antithesis of what Trump stands for. […]
Two things in life are certain: death and taxes. So goes the saying. And yet despite that, the idea of the necessity of taxation is largely undisputed, “consent” to its use is, historically seen, new. How did it come about that tax evasion, first an act of protection against the abuse of government, is now […]
Bill Wirtz 