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When Friedrich Merz took office as Chancellor of a CDU/CSU-SPD coalition in May 2025, there was much talk of a political new beginning. But a closer look quickly reveals that... more

That our society is drifting further and further apart should surprise no one anymore. Families are splitting up over COVID measures, friendships are breaking down over... more

Today is October 7th, a day that makes me pause and reflect. Wait a minute, wasn't there something about that? After much thought, it comes back to me--oh yes, Republic Day... more

Two years after Hamas's massacre of Israeli civilians, the world stands at a moral crossroads. In Berlin, people are demonstrating who claim to want peace--yet carry their... more

It seems to be a new trend: Influencers and self-proclaimed world improvers are discovering crisis zones as a stage for their self-promotion. What used to be safaris or Bali... more

In the face of widespread ideologization, societal tribalization, and an increasingly rigid friend-or-foe mentality, it is perhaps the perpetual generational conflict that... more

As a child, growing up in the beautiful, idyllic Mulde Valley, not far from Penig, I was often here. By bike, with friends, simply to pass the time in Little America. Back... more

The murder of Charlie Kirk has shaken the political landscape. The conservative activist, founder of Turning Point USA, was shot dead in Utah during a lecture--an act of... more

When sixteen people (including the perpetrators) died in a mass shooting at Columbine High School in Denver on April 20, 1999, it didn't take long for a scapegoat to be found... more