Must We Say It Yet Again?
Despite the contempt expressed for honest people by modern campaign managers, foreign policy experts, and the heads of national intelligence services, honesty is not a form of mental retardation....
View ArticleEminently Good Sense
Listening to Noam Chomsky for the first time can be a little like discovering a new species of orchid sprouting in a Wal*Mart parking lot. We think we know where we are — everything looks and sounds...
View ArticleNot a Fool, but a Democrat
Today, in the Süddeutsche Zeitung online, an editorial by Heribert Prantly which makes, among others, the following point: In der Spitzenpolitik wurde dieses Referendum diskutiert, als habe Premier...
View ArticleThe Democratic Deficit in Europe — Another View
From Dani Rodrik’s Europe’s Next Nightmare in Project Syndicate: The challenge is to develop a new political narrative emphasizing national interests and values without overtones of nativism and...
View ArticleDefaming Youth
He (or she) is a teacher (or an employer.) These kids today — I deal with a lot of them. No. Not this. Not again. They don’t like to work, and they don’t know anything. They can’t spell, they can’t add...
View ArticleThe First Debate
President Obama: Trapped in his own ever-so-judiciously-created paradoxes. Mitt Romney: Lie, cheat, steal, and grin: it’s all he knows. The American People: Once again, getting what we deserve. Jesus:...
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