Today on TAP: The Titan submersible tragedy has overshadowed the sinking of a boat carrying hundreds of impoverished migrants.
Europe
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Democracy Under Siege
It’s alive and well in Central Europe—but alas, in few other places.
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A Visit to Hallowed Ground
Today on TAP: Despite efforts by British Conservative governments to strangle it, the National Health Service remains a jewel of fair and efficient socialized medicine.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Casablanca for Real
The Netflix series ‘Transatlantic,’ on the 1940-1941 rescue of refugees from Marseille, is well worth watching, and contrasting with the shameful neglect of refugees in 2023.
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The Global Race to the Bottom
Today on TAP: Will the Biden administration help Big Tech undermine consumer regulation by the EU and Asian nations?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Bank Pullback Drives More Real Estate Financing to Shadow Lenders
Regional banks have been thought to be at risk from rising vacancies and lower valuations of commercial real estate, but asset managers and other non-banks are more exposed.
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Small Business Rises Up Against ‘the Robbery’ in Greece
Eye-popping power bills have devastated midsized companies across Europe. But thanks to a sadistic EU energy privatization regimen called the Target Model, no one has been hit harder than Greece.
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Democracy Is in the Streets
In France, Israel, and just maybe, here, assaults on social rights by flawed governmental structures create the need for government-by-protest.
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Macron the Autocrat
Today on TAP: Facing legislative defeat, France’s president raises the nation’s retirement age all by his lonesome.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Fossil Fuels Are a Clear and Present Danger to National Security
Joe Manchin has protecting America exactly backwards.