Violence as a means of political conflict is apparently rearing its ugly head again.
The gap between quantity and quality of the political discourse is wide.
A leading politician suggests a points system for crime. According to it, after 60 (!) thefts a migrant could be deported. One manslaughter might be insufficient.
Baby boomers in charge of Germany today display a worrying lack of maturity in intellect and character.
Many journalists imagine themselves being philosopher kings, allowed to tell 'noble lies'.
Stalin issued the first rule of political correctness: All opponents of socialism were to be labeled ‘fascists’ only.
From whence should a society of hangers-on possibly draw the strength to resist?
Silent witnesses of nocturnal escapades are disappearing from view.
The new diesel tax was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Like a wandering dune, the growing European construct continues to crunch its way across the continent.
A bizarre real life scene, reflecting the cultural and intellectual ossification in Germany.
A brilliant, decentralized urban culture.
Perpetrators present themselves and conquerors.
The contrast between the consistently observable lack of vanity of the participants on the one hand and the excellence of their work on the other could hardly have been greater.
Blame Jean-Jacques Rousseau for ‘Deep Ecology,’ which equates humans with mosquitoes and ultimately calls for mass suicide.
Politicians often agree on slick soundbites to create a good image, trusting that no one will be so foolish as to follow through what they have decided to the very last consequence.
If you walk in the rain, your vision restricted by a raised hood, it's easy to overlook and overhear oncoming traffic. It would be wise to be extra vigilant.
Western society is at a dead end. Time to turn back, says Marion Maréchal. The ex-politician has founded a college whose mottos are ‘excellence,’ ‘ethics,’ ‘responsibility,’ ‘rootedness’ and ‘commitment to the service of others and one's own country.’
A change at the top does not improve politics. But then, what does?
What do you do if you run out of coffee in a village which has not seen a Nespresso maker yet? Help is at hand. Literally.
Without belief in God, we become just a welfare-state people.
Observing the moral landscape of millennials.
There are coincidences in life that are so coincidental that even the casual observer is surprised how coincidental the coincidences are.
The author, Peter J. Preusse, attempts to expand the Austrian theory of economics and ethics by adding the element of equality among humans.
