In the context of my work for the Consumer Choice Center, I co-authored a new policy primer on supersonic air travel in Europe, together with the CCC’s Senior European Affairs Manager Luca Bertoletti. You can read the full report here.
Permettons à l’Europe de redevenir supersonique
De nos jours, les temps de vol sont en fait plus longs qu’il y a 60 ans. Compte tenu des avancées technologiques actuelles, il est grand temps de (re)donner leur chance aux avions supersoniques.
Your Euro trip will show that big government sucks
Let a Euro trip be your lesson: big government on the old continent is way worse than some politicians would have you believe.
Don’t follow Europe on the anti-flight craze
While the Conservative leadership race dominates the news in the UK, the European Union is continuing to regulate as usual. At a recent European Council, the Netherlands proposed an EU departure tax, which would add a levy of €7 (£6.25) to every flight departing from an airport inside of a member state. The tax has […]
Quoted by The Spirits Business
I was quoted by The Spritis Business following a press release by the Consumer Choice Center on the decision of the Latvian Health Ministry to ban alcohol advertising. You can read my quotes down below, or find the full story here.
One war Europe won’t join
Regular readers of my contributions to this site may have noticed that I am in no way a fan of the European Union. Yet even with the EU, the stopped clock principle applies: they have to be right sometimes. And when Federica Mogherini, high representative of the EU for foreign affairs and security policy, said that everyone […]
The new “middle ages” for science is on
It’s usually an upper-middle-class elite, living in the metropolitan centre, that shops for organic and GMO-free food items from fancy stores. That’s fine, nobody really has an issue with people paying more for green carton packaging and food with no added health benefits. What is concerning, however, is that, increasingly, the same people want to […]
Nationalism destroyed Europe in the early 20th century
The far-right in Europe is making gains both at the national and EU level. Donald Trump has made noise about reuniting with self-identified economic nationalist Steve Bannon. It’s a trend that’s not going away, even as we debate the true meaning of nationalism and its political implications. So it’s worth remembering what it did to Europe in the 20th […]
Eli Roth’s “Green Inferno” Is a Metaphor for Today’s Environmental Movement
People looking to find employment and entrepreneurs alike are struggling due to crushing government environmental regulations and taxes.
[Video] How European is the European Union?
Click down below to watch my presentation on the European Union at Paralelná Polis in Bratislava, Slovakia. If you’re ever in Prague or Bratislava, make sure to check out the cryto-anarchists at both Paralelná Polis and Paralelní Polis!
