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Ashes and Embers

By Stan Persky | April 14, 2018

Taking a second look at Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury.”

Monday, Monday in Europe… You Gave Me No Warning

By Stan Persky | March 8, 2018

In Italy, La Dolce Vita turns sour; in Germany, “stability” is still in fashion; in Switzerland, yodel-oh.

Letter from Europe: Worst-Case Scenarios

By Stan Persky | February 20, 2018

The Grand Tour is more precarious than it used to be.

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy (Part MMXVIII)

By Stan Persky | February 15, 2018

Some mornings, we sit by the waters of Babylon and scroll down.

2017: Last Year’s Reading

By Stan Persky | January 1, 2018

Longer than a tweet, faster than a Fox News lie, here are some of the books of the year — read, re-read, and not-so-red in the Age of Trumpty-Dumpty.

Vancouver: I’m Not Proud of This

By Stan Persky | December 11, 2017

The Vancouver Pride Society wants to ban uniformed police from the annual Pride parade. Is this something we should take pride in?

Berlin notebook: Antifa, “Fascists,” and the Real Thing in the Streets of Warsaw

By Stan Persky | November 13, 2017

Straight from the front lines of Facebook to your ear (and God’s, and the CIA’s).

The Ins and Outs of the Labyrinth

By Stan Persky | October 24, 2017

It’s a flash-mob Greek tragedy. Stan Persky reviews “Adults in the Room,” the political memoir that tells you almost everything you need to know about the EU.

Our Intrepid Reporter

By Stan Persky | October 15, 2017

Martha Gellhorn’s journalistic beat covered the globe. Today, there’s more reason than ever to read her dispatches from the front.

Brett Enemark, 1948-2017, RIP

By Brian Fawcett | October 12, 2017

Brian Fawcett posts an obituary for–and something of an apology to–an old friend who died a few months ago.