Emmanuel Macron’s victory speech, following his triumph in the French presidential election, raised eyebrows as he chose to herald his success with the EU’s Anthem of Europe, ‘Ode to Joy,’ instead of France’s national anthem, La Marseillaise. While his predecessors had traditionally used the iconic French anthem, Macron’s choice emphasized his allegiance to the... 

Most Americans know it’s respectful to stand during the national anthem. Many supporters of Hillary Clinton apparently didn’t get that memo. Prior to a rally with Bill Clinton in Edison, New Jersey on Friday, a high school choir attempted to lead the few hundred attendees in a rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. But a video from the crowd shows many people sitting down, talking with their... 

When he’s not recording tunes like “Personal OG” and “National Anthem (Fu*k the World),” rapper Freddie Gibbs likes to travel. He also likes to smoke weed. A real lot. Somehow for Gibbs, real name Fredrick Tipton, he didn’t think there would be much of a problem with combining those two passions lately, even if it involved the US government’s notoriously tough Transportation Security... 

Is the EU putting an end to the British identity? THE favourite to become President of the European Union is determined to replace Britain’s Union Flag and national anthem with “European symbols”. Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy believes separate national emblems should be scrapped in a drive to create a new Euro identity. He also supports a huge extension of EU influence over town halls,...