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Free Trade Already Puts America First Jun. 15, 2018
These days, I'm often accused of being a globalist. The word is a pejorative meant to insinuate that... Read More
Danger of Authoritarianism May Come From the Center, Not the Right Jun. 01, 2018
"Across Europe and North America, centrists are the least supportive of democracy, the least committ... Read More
America's Unsustainable Empire Apr. 24, 2018
Before President Trump trashes the Iran nuclear deal, he might consider: If he could negotiate an id... Read More
Trier Dusts Off Karl Marx for an Anniversary Year Apr. 22, 2018
By Carl H. Larsen A towering figure in world affairs, he's the most famous son of a city that over t... Read More
What German Parents Have That American Parents Crave Feb. 22, 2018
"Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children," by Sara Zaske, r... Read More
Independence Hypocrisy Dec. 06, 2017
Officials in Catalonia, Spain's richest and most highly industrialized region, whose capital is Barc... Read More
Merkel -- and Davos -- Rebuked in Germany Nov. 24, 2017
It's been a tough era for Davos Man, the personification of the great and the good who meet in the W... Read More
Satsuma Pottery Has Been Made in Japan Since the 1600s Oct. 20, 2017
Q: Enclosed is a picture of a vase that has been in my family many, many years. As an avid reader of... Read More
Alone Perhaps, but Is Trump Right? Jul. 11, 2017
At the G-20 in Hamburg, it is said, President Trump was isolated, without support from the other G-2... Read More
Trump Likens Terrorism Fight to Poland's Resistance to Nazis Jul. 07, 2017
HAMBURG, Germany — An enthusiastic Polish crowd chanted President Donald Trump's name and "USA... Read More
Trump Puts Poland and Welcoming Crowds Before G-20 Jul. 06, 2017
WARSAW — President Donald Trump may well have felt as if Air Force One had touched down in Ced... Read More
The Donald Trump Apology Tour Jun. 08, 2017
Barack Obama much annoyed many of his critics when he noted less-than-stellar moments in American hi... Read More
Queen Anne-Style Lowboy Is a Reproduction Nov. 11, 2016
Q: Seen in this photo is a chest that belonged to my mother. When she gave it to me, all she said wa... Read More
Sympathy for Victims Can Be Misdirected -- and Backfire Aug. 23, 2016
Victims aren't always virtuous. That's a sad lesson that people learn from life. Human beings have a... Read More
Planter Is a White Elephant Aug. 19, 2016
Q: This is a photo of an elephant planter made by Haeger Potteries. It is decorated with a white, ma... Read More
Riding the Bumps Jul. 09, 2016
"Please don't do this," said the salesman at the bike rental place. "Take my car. You can have it fo... Read More
Male Sexual Nature and the Left's Culture of Denial Feb. 23, 2016
On New Year's Eve in Cologne, Germany, more than 400 German women were sexually attacked and at leas... Read More
Rostock Remembers Its East German Past Feb. 14, 2016
By Carl H. Larsen No sooner had I arrived in Rostock, Germany, than I landed in jail. That may be a ... Read More
Touring Magical Munster, Germany Jan. 31, 2016
By Sharon Whitley Larsen "Watch out for bikes!" my tour guide, Annette Stadtbaumer, cautioned as we ... Read More
Multiculturalism Trumps Protecting Women from Rape Jan. 12, 2016
Since the scores of New Year's Eve sexual attacks on German women by hundreds of men identified as A... Read More
