https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2009/09/27/merkels-victory-old-europe-goes-modern-while-america-continues-ye-olde/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 06:44:12 -0400<![CDATA[Reading of Angela Merkel&#8217;s victory in Germany today (not to mention Sarkozy&#8217;s comments to Obama at the Security Council), I was reminded that there&#8217;s nothing more square and old fashioned these days than a left-liberal. I mean what fuddy-duddies, mired in leftover rehashed ideology from Gramsci and the Port Huron Statement. (I&#8217;m not sure Obama read either of these first hand. More likely he sat there nodding unquestioningly as his professors shoveled in the received wisdom of the sixties&#8230; er, ages.)]]>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:12:29 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2009/09/27/merkels-victory-old-europe-goes-modern-while-america-continues-ye-olde-n217564