Europe, the Mother Continent of Western Man, is today aging and dying, unable to sustain the birth rates needed to keep her alive, or to resist conquest by an immigrant invasion from the Third World.
What happened to the nations that only a century ago ruled the world?
In "Churchill, Hitler and 'The Unnecessary War': How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World," published today, this writer will argue that it was colossal blunders of British statesmen, Winston Churchill foremost among them, that turned two European wars into world wars that may yet prove the mortal wounds of the West.
The first blunder was a secret decision of the inner Cabinet in 1906 to send a British army across the [ ... More ]
Even some of Sen. Hillary Clinton's most devoted supporters now privately concede the inevitability of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's winning the Democratic presidential nomination. One hint to understanding the mindset of candidate Clinton and her devoted loyalists (the ones who refuse to acknowledge the nonexistence of any semi-plausible path to the nomination) may be found in a story popular in Spain as that country's then-aging dictator lingered in critical condition.
The year was 1975, and Generalissimo Francisco Franco, the ruthless strongman who with an iron hand had ruled Spain for four decades, lay on his deathbed. The joke then popular in Barcelona went like this:
First Spaniard: "There is good news, and there is bad news."
Second Spaniard: "Tell me the good news [ ... More ]
Home Depot Cuts Employment10% at Atlanta Headquarters
Home Depot Inc., the world's largest home-improvement retail chain, cut back 10 percent of the workforce at its Atlanta headquarters, or 500 employees, to focus on stores during the most difficult housing slump in 26 years.
``We're operating in a tough business environment, and we expect that to continue into 2008,'' Home Depot spokesman Ron DeFeo said today in an interview. ``We're committed to investing in our stores.'' The job cuts are the largest at its headquarters, and employees were informed today.
Shoppers have slowed purchases as their home values declined and gasoline prices climbed to $3 a gallon. Analysts suggested Home Depot will have its first annual decline in revenue for the 12 months through Feb. 3.
``The company is [ ... More ]
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