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When future generations read about the “Great Gender Pronoun Wars” of the early twenty-first century, they will most certainly learn of Grant Strobl – a noble and mighty king. “His Majesty” is an unlikely title for a 21-year-old political science major from Grosse Pointe, Michigan. “It was definitely activism by accident,” he told me. The University of Michigan recently announced a new initiative to allow students to select their preferred gender pronouns through an online service. “You could put anything you wanted into the system,” Grant told me. “So I did.” Yes, good readers – Grant Strobl changed his designated...

Very quickly, there has been much loose talk about EU fiscal union. What was agreed at 4AM this morning is nothing of the sort. It is a "Stability Union", as Angel Merkel stated in her Bundestag speech. Chalk and cheese. "Deeper economic integration" is for one purpose only, to "police" budgets and punish sinners. It is about "rigorous surveillance" (point 24 of the statement) and "discipline" (25), laws enforcing "balanced budgets" (26), and prior vetting of budgets by EU police before elected parliaments have voted (26). This certainly makes sense if you want to run a half-baked currency union. As...

He recognized the New Messiah!