Europe's Declining Vigor
Firsthand evidence on Europe's sliding economic and social success.  Review the data collected by editor Karl Zinsmeister and German economic journalist Olaf Gersemann and make up your own mind.

Europe’s Not Working
By Olaf Gersemann
The economies of the major countries on the European continent are basket cases. And unfortunately, there’s not much hope of prosperity returning soon. Continental voters just won’t accept a Thatcher/Reagan-style revolution.

America Still Beckons
By Joel Kotkin
The American dream may be a musty old relic in the minds of some American elites. But to thousands of European immigrants each year, the dream still rings true.

Red, White, and Bruised
By Alan Dowd
A brief history of anti-Americanism among European elites reveals that resentment toward the New World is as old as America itself. It certainly didn't begin on Bush's watch. And it won't end any time soon. Sidebars from the British papers, and a lament from Karina Rollins: Germans and Americans no longer seem to share the same values. 

How Wide is the Atlantic?
Victor Davis Hanson expects today’s Euro-USA split to persist. Danielle Pletka insists it’s already closing. James Glassman agrees that Europe is quietly starting to sing Bush’s tune. In the longer run, Thomas Donnelly warns, the relationship is likely to founder.

AWOL in the Terror War
Europeans have never done their share in the fight against Middle Eastern extremists, explain Richard Chesnoff, John Miller, and Mark Molesky.  Mathias Doepfner believes the root of the problem is cowardice.