There’s a lot to dislike about Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), the nativist–populist party that came in second in the country’s recent election, but the party’s battles against government suppression of its efforts to recruit supporters and criticize rivals aren’t among them. Then again, members of the AfD aren’t alone in being targeted for voicing […]
The White House is hailing a new trade deal with the United Kingdom as “a great deal for America.” But is it a great deal for Americans? The specifics of the deal seem to suggest otherwise. The agreement maintains the 10 percent universal tariff that President Donald Trump imposed on nearly all imports to the […]
Where do Easter eggs come from? The answer for children, of course, is that the Easter Bunny lays them. But the history of decorating eggs on Easter is an interesting question for adults, too. Of course, it’s not difficult to understand how Easter got associated with eggs. Easter is a Christian holiday celebrating Jesus’ resurrection, […]
The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was the dramatic event that marked the fall of European communism. The first sign that freedom was actually working in the former Soviet Bloc would prove to be a little more mundane: the falling price of Polish Eggs. By the 1980s, Poland’s command economy was in […]
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