From across the ocean

Czech President on Europe: They are "living in a 'dream world' of welfare and long vacations"

This is definitely worth a read, folks.

"The enemies of free societies today are those who want to burden us down again with layer upon layer of regulations," Mr. Klaus said.

"We had that in communist times. But now if you look at all the new rules and regulations of EU membership, layered bureaucracy is staging a comeback."