John Rosenthal

1 week ago | claremontreviewofbooks.com | Henry Olsen |John Rosenthal |Peter Skerry |Michael Burlingame

Download Subscriber Only Subscribe President Donald Trump’s whirlwind of early activity reminded Americans what leadership can look like. But effective leadership consists of much more than throwing a lot of executive orders against the wall to see what legally sticks. It requires prudential judgment, assessing what is possible now. Taking big risks with imperfect information is also a key characteristic of real leaders. Both President George H.W. Bush and George W.

1 week ago | claremontreviewofbooks.com | David Goldman |John Rosenthal |Henry Olsen |Carnes Lord

Download Subscriber Only Subscribe In his new book, Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation and the Destiny of the West, Josh Hammer argues that the West should support the State of Israel as an embattled democracy and an indispensable contributor to Western civilization.

2 weeks ago | brusselssignal.eu | John Rosenthal

Stefan Niehoff, a 64-year-old retiree and former sergeant in the Bundeswehr,  became something of an overnight sensation in Germany last year after police showed up at his home in rural Bavaria at 6.15 in the morning on November 12th with a warrant to search the premises. Now the search and the warrant have inspired a new documentary, The Schwachkopf Affair (Tale of a Meme), which premiered in Los Angeles on May 16. The object of the warrant?

3 weeks ago | brusselssignal.eu | John Rosenthal

“Pfizergate” has ended with something of a whimper. The European General Court reprimanded Ursula von der Leyen for failing to disclose her text messages with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, ones the European Commission claimed never existed in the first place. But the problem with “Pfizergate” from the start was how the controversy, far from promoting transparency, actually created more obscurity by hiding the role of the other beneficiary of the €35 billion Covid-19 vaccine contracts.

1 month ago | brusselssignal.eu | John Rosenthal

Germany’s domestic intelligence service, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), has determined that the opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is “definitely” an extremist organization or, more precisely, an organisation of the “far-right”. But where is the proof?