Angela Merkel, the German chancellor who many are calling “the leader of the free world,” is giving it to us straight. Here is a taste of Justin Davidson’s New York Magazine coverage of Merkel’s recent coronavirus speech: Angela Merkel doesn’t...
Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel Once Dreamed of Driving Around the United States Listening to Bruce Springsteen
Here is Angela Merkel, in an interview with Der Spiegel, reflecting on her life in East Germany before the Berlin Wall fell: DER SPIEGEL: Germany is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Imagine, if you will, that the...
The Christian Democratic Option
Over at The Anxious Bench historian Chris Gehrz wonders why the United States has never had a strong Christian Democratic political party. As he notes, the closest thing to such a party is the newly formed American Solidarity Party (ASP). The...
Angela Merkel and the Future of Christianity In Europe
I recently asked historian Benjamin Brandenburg to take some of his recent tweets on Brexit and Christianity and write them up for The Way of Improvement Leads Home. I am glad he agreed to do so. Brandenburg is an...