Daylight Savings Time Shows We’re No Better Than Nazi Germany
"If you’re wondering what Daylight Saving Time does to toddlers, it’s akin to the psychological warfare the FBI uses to turn people in a hostage situation crazy. I don’t quite understand the mechanics behind it, but it’s not pretty. Everyone’s
Scoring for Liberty: North Korea to Make Peace for 2018 Olympics
The North Korean Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, extended an invitation to South Korea to participate in talks about sending a delegation to next month’s Winter Olympics. “North and South must work together to alleviate the tensions and work together as
Red Dirt Liberty Report: Combating Hate Speech and Fake News
Beginning on January 1st of this new year, Germany’s new hate speech laws have gone into effect and are now being enforced. The new laws are dubbed Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, and even for someone a little bit familiar with the German language,
In Praise of GOP Tax Reform: Phasing Out Energy Subsidies
The GOP has managed to push through tax reform in the Senate, weeks after the House had voted to pass it. While the media and the Democrats are up in arms about what they believe is a terrible plan, Americans
Merkel On The Brink: Coalition Talks Collapse As German Liberals Pull Out
Early Monday morning, after a long night of fierce talks between Chancellor Merkel’s center-right Christian Democratic Union and Christian Socialist Union (CDU/CSU), the market liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), and the environmentalist far-left Green Party (Greens), she emerged to the
Merkel’s France First Fourth Term – Turning Her Back on German Liberals in Favor of French Reforms
The outcome of the German federal elections, in late September, left Chancellor Angela Merkel in power, as her party the CDU/CSU (Christian Democratic/Socialist Union) took a plurality of the seats in the Bundestag, giving her the right to form a
The Big Winner in the German Election Wasn’t Angela Merkel
On Sunday, the German federal election reached its unsurprising conclusion after an unsurprising campaign. Angela Merkel’s center-right Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) won the most votes (albeit far down from their results in the previous election) and is the only party capable of
Angela Merkel and the Worrying Rise of the ‘Alternative for Germany’ – Freedom Philosophy
As the leader of the Christian Democratic Union, Angela Merkel is a bit of a mystery to outsiders. Her pronounced social conservatism is on display voting against same-sex marriage as recently as this year, and her declaration of multiculturalism as
Clamoring for Coalition – the Liberal Alliance to Hope For in the New German Bundestag
After a cycle of nail-biting elections spanning from America’s Trump victory in November 2016, near-populist victories in France and the Netherlands, and finally June’s backfiring British elections, the German federal elections are shaping up to look like a bore. Chancellor Angela
In Case You Missed It: Travel Ban, Healthcare, Gay Marriage in Germany.
Welcome to the fourth installment of In Case You Missed It, a weekly news roundup that focuses on some of the biggest news stories from around the globe every week. So, in case you missed it, here’s your week in review: Trump