0 Is the president playing another prank? The Monroe Doctrine is back--just in time for the FIFA World Cup in North America. While America prepares for a major sporting event, political tensions on the continent are... more
0 Left-wing extremist terrorism is back While I retreated to the mountains with my child, almost presciently, for a period of introspection and relaxation, what had been predicted by those who were then still... more
0 Berlin is groping in the dark For the past three days, people in southwest Berlin have been celebrating energy-saving days. However, not entirely voluntarily. According to the current state of the... more
0 From populism to right-wing extremism - and why looking away is not an option The shift of political discourse to the right is not a sudden event, but the result of a long development. Populism was rarely the final stage. It was the gateway. In many... more
0 Myth of birth The child born in Bethlehem has long since died. He was executed barely thirty years later, but we prefer not to dwell on that. An outsider might therefore dismiss the... more
0 Between rupture and movement - the balance of a troubled year 2025 is a year that doesn't stand still. It forces the present, questions certainties, and pushes society into an uncomfortable honesty. Politics, culture, and the public... more
0 A poet chats Anyone who says or does something unpopular loses their platform. But nothing is inherently unpopular; it's always only unpopular to someone. Therefore, it's highly... more
0 A laugh for Bas, a slap in the face for the SPD Helmut Schmidt would be turning in his grave if he could see how the SPD has been passionately destroying itself for many years. The Social Democrats have never been in such... more
0 How the old take advantage of the young and what a fair solution could look like It's one of the comfortable self-deceptions of an aging society to see itself as particularly supportive. We like to talk about the generational contract, the "coexistence of... more