by Josef Joffe via Politico
This is a first in the history of electoral politics: The biggest losers have ended up as the German government’s de facto leaders.
by Niall Ferguson via Boston Globe
My German-born friend Peter Thiel — the world’s most successful contrarian — has a favorite interview question. “What important truth,” he asks tech wannabes, “do very few people agree with you on?” The important truth about which very few people agree with me is that Angela Merkel has been a political disaster.