Sweden’s economic success and low energy prices in the latter part of the 20th century were based on hydropower and nuclear power. Energy was cheap, which facilitated all kinds of business activities. Now, living in a →
Syria and the reluctant dictator
It was not long ago that Syria’s leader, Bashar al-Assad, was a favourite in the West, and perhaps even more so his wife, Asma, who was interviewed in newspapers and held up as the “rose of →
Increased migration and climate taxes – the two key issues of postmodern liberalism
Post-modern liberalism has abandoned many of its core principles, originally a merchant ideology with economic freedom on its agenda, much of which centred on enriching the country and its people. Reforms resulted in a huge increase →
An alternate Cold War
What if the Cold War (1947-1991) had instead been fought between the United States and Germany – and not the Soviet Union? It may be hard to believe, but it was not a foregone conclusion that →
Notes of the aviator
I read the notes of the famous aviator Almasy, twisting and turning the thumbed book, deciphered his intricate writing style with an even older Hungarian dictionary I had bought in an antiquarian bookshop. He had flown →
Calm between the storms
A sense of calm – and perhaps even hope – is spreading across the world following Donald Trump’s election victory. Trump and his party have seized everything that matters: the Senate, the House of Representatives and →
Obama and the end of the post-war ideology of entitlement
For a long time, the thought recurred: ‘When Americans elect a black president, then true equality will have been achieved.’ This phrase almost became a metaphor for a distant vision, something that, though possible, belonged to →
The impossible presidential campaign
When we look at the campaign of the losing presidential candidate Kamala Harris, a number of questions arise. The first question is why did the Democrats choose her? She was not a natural candidate, ill-informed with →
A new chapter for the US
Kamala Harris was something of an impossible candidate, not particularly popular even within the party, ill-informed and uncharismatic. Her predecessor Joe Biden was also an objectively bad candidate, suffering from age-related ailments already in the last →
