I clicked off of Brussels Journal to this year-old American Spectator review by John O'Sullivan of BJ Editor Paul Belien's book, A Throne in Brussels, and had to share it here, late and all. I wasn't aware that the history of the Saxe-Coburg dynasty in Belgium was so bizarre and tawdry and bloody and fascinating, nor did I have a sense of the extent to which the EU of today has taken on the shape and character of Belgium.
The first line from O'Sullivan is enough to show the sense of entitlement we're talking about:
In the last few years Belgian politicians have passed a law empowering them to arrest anyone for crimes committed anywhere...
As the saying goes, nice work, if you can get it. Pack a light lunch, but read it all.
Posted by dan at February 9, 2007 9:23 PM