It would be bizarre if we were to adopt a position of silence when countries like Germany were moving in the opposite direction,

In Russia there were gulags, in Germany they had concentration camps, and because of the silence of the international community a lot of people were killed there. We should realize that we have an obligation to stop such things from happening.

There is a definite sense of economic spring in the air in Germany.

(W)hat we are likely to see in Germany is the best year for consumer spending in a half decade. As a measure of how much pent-up demand there is in Germany, the average age of the auto fleet is at a record eight years.

Bizarre is not a strong enough word. We've never seen productivity growth this strong headed into the fifth year of a business expansion.

It seems bizarre to me that the United States would sit on its hands and let the United Kingdom get a competitive advantage.