Henrique Schneider

  Only a few months into his second term, United States President Donald Trump is already shocking the American establishment, as well as politicians and media the world over. Even the conservatives and libertarians who supported him have been taken by surprise. Along with his advisor, entrepreneur Elon Musk, President Trump seems willing to profoundly […]

  Ein Versuch, Freiheit „von oben“ voranzutreiben Preußen müsse sich auf „das dreifache Primat der Waffen, der Wissenschaft und der Verfassung“ gründen. Feldmarschall August Wilhelm Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760-1831) brachte so den Inhalt der Preußischen Reformen auf den Punkt. Dass ein Land von oben umgebaut – ja sogar befreit – werden kann, zeigen diese […]

  Conventional wisdom holds that while the United States tends to embrace innovation, the European Union often holds it at arm’s length. Recent events seem to support this: In September, the EU’s General Court ordered Apple to pay 13 billion euros in taxes to Ireland, then later that month the European Court of Justice imposed […]

  The incident occurred on Friday, July 19, 2024. It affected thousands of flights and millions of people across dozens of nations on several continents. It has led to total costs of over $5 billion. “It” was an IT outage. This disruption, one of the biggest ever, was not the result of a pernicious virus, malicious […]

  On March 21, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) and 16 state attorneys general announced a broad lawsuit against Apple on antitrust grounds. The suit’s crux lies in Apple’s tight control over the iPhone ecosystem. Apple says this control contributes to the smartphone’s appeal for users, while the U.S. government argues it […]