The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire.

That’s basically how one can summarize the situation in Europe. Several (Southern) European countries are on the brink of collapse. Greece is as near bankruptcy as can be. At the same time, Western and Northern Europeans are becoming increasingly disturbed by the irresponsible behavior of the Greek, and of other nations.

Other nations, you ask?

Why yes. You see, Spain is almost in a state of civil war.* Spanish youth have been protesting announced economic reforms for some time now, because once again they are the ones who have to bear the grunt of the government cuts. This while the unemployment rate among the youth is up to 40% (or more).

Meanwhile, the ones actually responsible for Spain’s economic mess – the middle-aged and the elderly – are not asked to make any significant sacrifices.

If I were a Spaniard, I wouldn’t quite accept that either.| MORE ›

When I first heard that Spaniards were considering launching an investigation into allegations that six senior Bush administration officials—including ex-Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales—gave legal cover for the torture of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, I thought to myself: “there we go again.| MORE ›

This is an update to an article published here at PoliGazette earlier today.

As I wrote in that post, Lance Armstrong fell hard during the first stage of a five-day race in Spain called the Vuelta of Castilla and Leon race. After he fell, Armstrong sat on the ground holding his arm to his chest, apparently in pain. A video of the crash can be seen here.| MORE ›