Europe

Leaked Proposal Prompts Furor In Copenhagen

A secret draft agreement being called the “Danish Text” has sparked an uproar among various groups at the United Nations COP15 climate change...

Alex Newman December 9, 2009

Christmas Trees Too Christian for Climate-change Conference

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. December 8, 2009

As climate-change chicken littles gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark (temperature a balmy 41 degrees on Tuesday), there was one traditional aspect missing from the...

Limos and Private Jets for Climate Dignitaries

Alex Newman December 8, 2009

As self-described “world leaders” gather in Copenhagen to lecture the Earth’s population about carbon-dioxide (plant food) emissions, international news reports have revealed that...

Controversy Over Swiss Minaret Vote

James Heiser December 2, 2009

As reported previously, the November 29 decision by the citizens of Switzerland to amend their constitution and ban the future construction of minarets...

Swiss Ban the Muslim Minaret

R. Cort Kirkwood November 30, 2009

Switzerland has struck out on its own to become, perhaps, the first European nation trying to stop Muslims from overtaking it. ...

UK Police Collecting DNA … Just in Case

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. November 25, 2009

With the recent proposal by the government of the UK that agents of the Department of Health be permitted to enter the homes...

UK Government Announces Legislative Agenda

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. November 23, 2009

On November 18, Queen Elizabeth II performed one of her perfunctory duties as ceremonial head of state of the United Kingdom and announced...

Leaked British Documents Reveal Deception About Iraq War Entry

Thomas R. Eddlem November 23, 2009

The London Telegraph has published excerpts of leaked secret British documents that reveal pre-war deceit by former Prime Minister Tony Blair and ongoing...

EU Chooses Van Rompuy as Its First President

Bruce Walker November 21, 2009

The European Union has chosen its first President, Herman Van Rompuy, the current Prime Minister of Belgium. Van Rompuy is a relatively minor...

ABC Reveals Site of Secret CIA Prison in Lithuania

Thomas R. Eddlem November 20, 2009

ABC News revealed the location of an abandoned secret torture prison run by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency about 20 miles northeast of...

Italy Crusades for the Cross

Rebecca Terrell November 19, 2009

The mayors of several Italian cities are rebelling against a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that bans the crucifix from public...

UK Health Department to Require Snooping Into Private Homes

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. November 18, 2009

Just when they thought they could not be under more surveillance or monitored more often, English people discovered Sunday that inspectors from the...