The “chainsaw” taken by Argentina’s new-ish president, Javier Milei, to his battered nation’s bloated bureaucracy, catastrophic finances and – perhaps most important – failed leftist governing dogmas has worked magic. As David Harsanyi notes in Jewish World Review, Argentina’s public service has shrunk by tens of thousands, the budget is nearly in balance, inflation has plunged, trade is reviving and wages are inching up. The lessons for Canada and the U.S. are clear.
“Papers, please!” Real Borders Make a Comeback in the EU
The 1985 “Schengen” agreement was hailed as the gateway to an eternal utopia of open borders throughout a Europe of 29 countries and 450 million people. Noting the rising number of countries defying EU regulations and restoring national border controls, Lauren Smith in The European Conservative wonders whether the whole Schengen experiment is unravelling under the stresses of uncontrolled illegal migration, crime and social decay.
