Category Archives: Europe

Orban & Central European Response To Militant Secularism

Viktor Orban has won another victorious election and fears of a growing fascist menace in Eastern & Central Europe remain unfounded.  Let’s examine. Why is militant secularism characterized as benevolent?  What can’t Brussels anticipate the impact of this militancy upon … Continue reading

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Germany’s Secular Stagnation: Merkel

It really isn’t difficult to discern the source of Germany’s ailment, both political and economic.  For years now, U.S. and British Euroskeptics have sought to divine the source of Germany’s current account surplus.  Working Germans really don’t have the stomach … Continue reading

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The End of Europe: The Limits of Secular Thought

I try not to cringe when I read most of what accounts for smart books these days, I’m thinking of The End of Europe:  Dictators, Demagogues & the Coming Dark Age by James Kirchick.  In my view, this book rapidly … Continue reading

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