In Madrid you see them on the streets, jobless, aimless, often bearing college degrees but working as cabbies, baristas, street performers, or—more often—not at all. In Spain as in Greece, nearly half of the... more ››
European shortsightedness and European selfishness were the prime movers in the great catastrophes of the twentieth century. (The US, too, had its part to play in these disasters.) Now in the first grave crisis of the twenty... more ››
What is lacking are politicians with the courage to tell their voters the basic hard truths - of how this crisis happened and what it will take to dig out. more ››