Friday, June 21, 2024
E.U. Political Parties
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Following the E.U. 2024 election, political parties jostled for members in the Parliament. Whereas the political duopoly of parties in the U...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Nominating and Electing the President of the E.U.'s Commission
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Before the office of president of the European Commission can be elected by the European Parliament by a simple majority, the European Counc...
Monday, June 17, 2024
Christianity and Hinduism: On Manifestations of Divinity
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Hinduism is a polytheist religion whereas Christianity is monotheist. Many gods versus one seems like a clear distinction, and I submit that...
Sunday, June 16, 2024
The Pope on AI: On the Ethical (Rather than Religious) Dimension
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In June, 2024 at the international political meeting of the G7, a group of seven industrial nations, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, ...
Thursday, June 13, 2024
The European Court of Justice Slaps Down Hungary: A Defense of Modern Federalism
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ), the E.U.’s supreme court, which like the U.S. counterpart can overrule state courts, ordered the E.U. s...
Sunday, June 9, 2024
Lolita
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In being able to engage an audience both visually and audibly, and to do so at close range—something we don’t get from watching a play on a ...
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
When Hollywood Gets Political: Partisan Profits
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Entertainment celebrities and businesses alike risk losing customers and thus revenue by taking positions publicly on political issues. Fear...
Sunday, June 2, 2024
American Airlines: Caring for People
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What is the purpose of a business? According to Aristotle, there are different kinds of purposes. The final cause of a tree seed, for exampl...
Saturday, June 1, 2024
The E.U.: Pulled in Two Directions
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European integration has proceeded in fits and starts since Robert Shuman proposed the European Coal and Steel Cooperative in 1950 so Europe...
Monday, May 27, 2024
Euroskeptic Federalism: Obstructing the E.U.'s Recognition of Palestine
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Just because U.S. federalism deposits foreign policy exclusively with governmental institutions at the federal level does not mean that that...
Saturday, May 25, 2024
An E.U. Political Party Mischaracterizes the Union as an Alliance: Suicide by Mis-Identity
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Two weeks before the E.U. election in 2024, far-right parties were projected to do well and thus have more seats in the E.U.’s lower legisla...
Friday, May 17, 2024
Prospects for Civil War in an E.U. State: The Case of Slovakia
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As the E.U. was heading toward legislative elections in 2024, the shooting of Slovakia’s prime minister could have served as a wake-up call ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Eurovision Song Contest 2024: On the role of Political Ideology in Inconsistencies
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Political preferences can be salient in organizing bodies of entertainment events that are billed as non-political in nature. This broad inc...
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Chinese President Xi Exploits a Vulnerability of the E.U.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Europe in May, 2024 “amid concerns in Europe over Chinese support for Russia’s war in Ukraine and Europ...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
The Lion in the Desert
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In 1929, after nearly 20 years of facing resistance in Libya, Benito Mussolini, the Fascist ruler of Italy, appointed General Graziani as co...
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