Secession is a nasty business. Both Britain and South Carolina learned that lesson. Whereas the American member-state failed to secede from ...

E.U. President Von der Leyen’s 2026 State of the Union address can be characterized as a bricolage of concerns “all over the map,” with prop...

In 2026, even though the U.S. had 50 member-states and the E.U. had only 27 states, both unions were large enough to constitute what in hist...

Words matter; they may not break bones, but they can wreak havoc if they are used carelessly or ideologically. Political labels can stick, a...

The children’s adage, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me,” ignores the fact that words can cause psychologi...