A Song Not Fit for a King?
The Netherlands is getting ready to celebrate the inauguration of King Willem-Alexander on April 30 with pomp and circumstance and,...
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International Perceptions of Obama’s Second ...
The global reaction to Obama’s second inaugural has been markedly less emotional and more analytical, perhaps reflecting the...
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Contemplating Lance Armstrong: Views from the Swis...
What does Lance Armstrong’s earth-shattering sports crimes and confessions have to do with postmodernism – one of the...
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Global Reaction to Newtown Massacre Continues (Pol...
Continuing with our global coverage of the reaction to Newtown, we have six fresh translations on the subject from Poland’s...
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Pirate Ship Comes to a Fiery End
Chalk one up for the good guys. It was nice to see the name of the city where I went to High School, Rotterdam,The Netherlands, in...
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Holier-Than Thou Critics have Nothing on Lance Arm...
Why is the world hyperventilating over the fact that an athlete used performance enhancing drugs at a time when everyone in his sport...
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Why Should We Care About America’s President...
Has the world lost interest in U.S. presidential elections? For de Volkskrant of the Netherlands, columnist Bert Wagendorp writes...
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Apple vs. Samsung: In America, Even a ‘Fart&...
Did the $1 billion ruling against Samsung that its Galaxy smart phone infringed on Apple iPhone patents go too far? Here are two...
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How in the West and East, Mass Murderers are Bred ...
Is the world churning out more mass killers than usual? For Elsevier of the Netherlands, columnist Leon de Winter writes that...
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Health Care Result: The Solidarity of Americans Ma...
It is an emerging theme among European commentators: the Supreme Court’s upholding of the Affordable Care Act has, in a rare...
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