Incompatible narratives

Greece will either return to a state of much-desired normality or go through another period of serious division so that some people can satisfy their delusional obsessions. We just can't have it both ways.

You can't take credit for Moody's upgrade of Greece's credit rating and at the same time have ruling officials behave like post-modern communist guerrillas, engaging in character assassination and sowing the seeds of discord.

The country was slammed by the crisis because its political and economic elite made criminal mistakes. Some officials squandered and mismanaged state money. However, as demonstrated by the case of former socialist minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, there are capable and honest judges out there who can deliver the punishment they deserve. Such punishment, however, must be handed out in the context of the rule of law, and certainly not with the...