Europe
October 22, 2025 — Scott Johnson
As I recall, John Rosenthal used to alert us to his writings on race and law, but it’s been a long while since we last heard from him. He has now forwarded us a link to his current Brussels Signal column “German government promotes ‘terrorist’ Antifa with ‘guides for Antifa thugs.’” He reports (links omitted): While some European countries have hastened to follow US President Donald Trump’s example in designating
»
October 21, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Much of Europe is buckling under the weight of illegal immigration. Now, Bulgaria’s Interior Minister is among those saying that hostile state action is behind the migration: Russian spies and hard-left humanitarian groups are working with people smugglers to flood Europe with illegal migrants, a Bulgarian minister says. Daniel Mitov, the interior minister, said his government had evidence that Russia’s foreign intelligence service had direct links with the criminal gangs
»
October 15, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The Ukraine war has destroyed Europe’s complacency and restored a sense of urgency to national defense. This has been manifested in many ways. Today’s London Times reports on one significant instance, relating to Britain’s undersea cables. While this particular issue is specific to that country, I have little doubt that we in the U.S. face similar infrastructure issues: Defence grandees have secretly warned the prime minister that he is running
»
September 27, 2025 — Scott Johnson
Middle East Forum executive director Gregg Roman reports that two NATO warships are escorting the current Greta flotilla on a collision course not with the Israeli navy (and the principles of international maritime law). The “Global Sumud Flotilla” challenges challenging Israel’s (legal) maritime blockade of Gaza. As Italy’s frigate Alpino and Spain’s patrol vessel Furor steer this convoy of over fifty civilian vessels toward the twelve-nautical-mile limit of Israel’s sovereign
»
September 6, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The future of Western Europe is hanging by a thread, as one government after another has collaborated in invasions by hostile foreigners. Indigenous Europeans are irate, and incumbent administrations are panicking. The London Times reports on the latest shakeup of Keir Starmer’s government. Starmer’s new Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, says the regime will get serious about immigration: Another party insider said “nothing is off the table” for Mahmood. They said
»
September 3, 2025 — Bill Glahn
From the BBC, Migrant crisis: How Europe went from Merkel’s ‘We can do it’ ten years ago to pulling up the drawbridge. The BBC recalls the good-old-days of 2015, This was August 2015 and Europe was witnessing the greatest movement in population since the end of the Second World War. More than a million people would arrive in the EU over the next few months driven by violence in Syria,
»
September 1, 2025 — John Hinderaker
From the Babylon Bee: In what political analysts described as a historic turning point for Western Civilization, Great Britain announced a “Reverse Crusade” where they invite Muslims to come and destroy England. With the original Crusades of the Britons journeying to the Middle East to free the Holy Land from Islamic rule long in the past, UK leaders said it was time to wipe the slate clean and turn the
»
August 30, 2025 — Bill Glahn
A worldwide backlash against tourism rages. From the BBC, ‘Gringos out!’: Mexicans protest against tourists and gentrification. It seems to be part of a trend. The BBC reports, Demonstrators gathered in Parque México in Condesa district – the epicentre of gentrification in the Mexican capital – to protest over a range of grievances. Most were angry at exorbitant rent hikes, unregulated holiday lettings, and the endless influx of Americans and
»
August 20, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Liberals tell us that all cultures are equal, but they don’t mean it. What they really think is that all other cultures are superior to ours. I ran across this graphic on Instagram: The data source is this 2018 Pew Research survey, so it is a little dated. But I doubt that the numbers have changed much. Generally, Eastern Europeans believe in their cultures more than Western Europeans. That probably
»
July 26, 2025 — John Hinderaker
President Trump is in Scotland, playing golf and meeting with European leaders. When he arrived, the most transparent president in history talked with the press. He had advice for Europeans. The London Times reports: Speaking to reporters after landing at Prestwick airport on Friday evening, Trump said: “On immigration, you better get your act together or you’re not going to have Europe anymore. You got to get your act together.
»
July 6, 2025 — John Hinderaker
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is, as we noted here, a fan of President Trump. He agrees with Trump that the Europeans have not pulled their weight in NATO, and need to get serious, quickly, to counter the growing threat from Russia. That made Rutte a natural subject of the New York Times’ podcast, The Interview. A transcript of the interview, which was conducted by Lulu Garcia-Navarro, appears in the
»
June 10, 2025 — John Hinderaker
We wrote here about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s seminal speech to NATO leaders in Brussels, where he warned that Europeans must be primarily responsible for dealing with the Russian threat. Russia is not, for the U.S., a peer rival, Hegseth said. But China is. America’s focus will be on its rivalry with China and the need to protect our borders. As to Russia, we can help, but Europeans must take
»
June 2, 2025 — Bill Glahn
Hey, the Wall Street Journal thinks they’ve found those missing airline passengers. The headline, It’s Summer Vacation Time. Tourists Are Saying No to America. Good. The headline from the front page of today’s print edition reads for this exact same story, Foreigners’ U.S. Travel Declines, Crimping Businesses. Either way, I still don’t care. On page A-3 of the print edition, the Journal includes little bar graphs showing the drop off
»
May 19, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Eurovision is the huge European music competition: somewhat like American Idol back in the day, only vastly bigger. Each country has a single entry, and people all over Europe, and beyond, vote on the winner, along with an expert panel. In recent years, Eurovision has been a focus of anti-Semitism. Each year, there are calls from activists to ban Israel from the event. Israeli performances are routinely demonstrated against, or
»
May 9, 2025 — John Hinderaker
In the London Telegraph, Diana Furchtgott-Roth traces the economic suicide of Western Europe: At the Munich Leaders’ Meeting in Washington DC this week, vice-president JD Vance put his finger on a major cause of Europe’s recent decline. “One of the things that the Germans were very good about,” he declared, “is that they had kept the industrial strength of their economy consistent with the first world standard of living. But
»
May 7, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Germany is an important country. It has Europe’s largest economy, and until recently was one of that continent’s most powerful nations. Germany is now in decline, mostly on account of horrific government policies. The only significant force for change is the Alternative For Germany [AfD] party, which has recently been labeled a “right-wing extremist” organization, incompatible with the “free democratic basic order,” based on a secret 1,000 page report by
»
April 14, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The New York Times hates Donald Trump, in part because of his “nativism.” He doesn’t appreciate the wonderful things the Chinese have done for us. He even went so far as to suggest that covid might have originated in a Chinese laboratory! And he has imposed tariffs on Chinese goods, a retrograde, far-right policy–even if tariffs were formerly recommended by the Times’s own Democrats. But a foolish consistency is the
»
