These aren't rebels, they're conformists.

The East Germans learned over decades to mistrust their media and to read between the lines. The West Germans never did.

It’s not unusual to find conservative contemporaries who complain that culture has been going downhill since the French Revolution, and then complain about welfare reforms and demand higher social benefits, without being aware of the contradiction or even comedy of this attitude.

The filter bubble is not an invention of the online age, but an ancient German institution.

Immigration to Germany is concentrated primarily on the low-skilled, because they do not appear at all as serious competitors for the left-liberal middle class.

Naivety and goodness of heart often go together, as do cynicism and intelligence. It's the balance between these two extremes that matters.

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.

The controversy surrounding two German soccer players with Turkish roots reveals that sport is an expression of identity.