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The Center Can Hold

At a time of political polarization and upheaval in the West, the Atlantic Sentinel believes the center can hold. It are not the fanatics on either side who get things done; it are reasonable people in the middle. Better to muddle through than to veer to extremes.

United States Capitol Washington

Where Is the Party of Middle America?

The largest group of Americans aren’t Democrats or Republicans, but neither.

Nick OttensNick OttensNovember 7, 2022January 9, 2023
Hamburgers

Don’t Turn Cultured Meat into a Culture War

It must be palatable to carnivores.

Nick OttensNick OttensOctober 2, 2022November 15, 2022
Jean-Luc Mélenchon

Macron Is Lesser of Evils for Mélenchon Voters

Left-wing France should give the president a second chance.

Nick OttensNick OttensApril 20, 2022May 24, 2022
Joe Biden

Give Joe Biden a Break

He has accomplished a lot in one year.

Nick OttensNick OttensJanuary 21, 2022December 26, 2022
Yolanda Díaz María Jesús Montero José Luis Escrivá

“Repeal” of Spanish Labor Reforms Is Limited

Trade unions and the socialist government meet employers halfway.

Nick OttensNick OttensDecember 24, 2021April 20, 2022

How to Keep an Empire for a Thousand Years

Not through force, but by persuasion.

Nick OttensNick OttensDecember 12, 2021April 20, 2022
German parliament Berlin

Political Fragmentation Hasn’t Weakened Germany

American alarmism about coalition politics is unfounded.

Nick OttensNick OttensOctober 24, 2021April 20, 2022
Olaf Scholz

The Return of European Social Democracy

Center-left parties are winning elections again. What changed?

Nick OttensNick OttensSeptember 29, 2021April 20, 2022
António Costa Pedro Sánchez

What Sánchez Should Do Next for Catalonia

End the prosecution of Catalan nationalists. Give the region more autonomy.

Nick OttensNick OttensJune 23, 2021April 20, 2022
Sebastian Kurz Emmanuel Macron

Don’t Panic About Macron’s Reelection (Yet)

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Nick OttensNick OttensApril 16, 2021April 20, 2022
Joe Biden

Europe Doesn’t Need a Biden

Who needs bold leadership when you have affordable health insurance?

Nick OttensNick OttensApril 8, 2021April 20, 2022
Israeli parliament Jerusalem

Netanyahu’s Rivals Must Do Deal with Arab Parties

It’s time to end the taboo.

Nick OttensNick OttensMarch 24, 2021April 20, 2022
Charles de Gaulle Lyndon Johnson

America Needs a de Gaulle

Joe Biden must restore the left’s faith in America and the right’s trust in democracy.

Nick OttensNick OttensJanuary 20, 2021April 23, 2022
Angela Merkel

Merkel’s Party Doesn’t Need More Ideology

German voters prize the Christian Democrats for their competence, not their beliefs.

Nick OttensNick OttensJanuary 15, 2021April 20, 2022
Viktor Orbán Benjamin Netanyahu

First Things First: Vote the Authoritarians Out

Opposition parties in Hungary and Israel can learn from Democrats in the United States.

Nick OttensNick OttensDecember 25, 2020April 20, 2022

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