Category Archives: Germany

The Times They Are a-Changin’

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  11 November 2013 THE BOOT IS ON THE OTHER FOOT In the 1930s victims of Nazi … Continue reading

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Torture and the United States

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Democracy not incompatible with dictatorship

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  24 October 2013 “In Germany, the rise of Hitler and his Nazi Party was unquestionably connected … Continue reading

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The Life of Others

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  23 October 2013 “A state’s appetite for collecting intelligence expands in direct relationship to its technical … Continue reading

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Filthy habit

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  19 October 2013 A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the … Continue reading

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Market theology

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  15 October 2013 “Do others, for they would do you” This is the central tenet of … Continue reading

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War and Peace

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  10 October 2013 Война и миръ Der ewige Friede ist ein Traum, und nicht einmal ein … Continue reading

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I spy with my little eye…

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  2 July 2013 PARTURIUNT MONTES, NASCITUR RIDICULUS MUS There’s an old saying that goes “Don’t believe … Continue reading

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Ich bin ein Berliner

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A Cypriot shipwreck

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  25 March 2013   Methinks the wind hath spoke aloud at land; A fuller blast ne’er … Continue reading

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