On provoking a revolution

Revolutions usually lead to misery, even if they are sometimes celebrated afterwards. The most famous of them all is the French Revolution (1789), which ended in a veritable   →  

The nuclear doctrine

Most people agree that a full-scale nuclear war is unwinnable. It is probably impossible to shoot down every nuclear-armed missile aimed at your country. And the more nuclear   →  

The future of Europe – an outdoor museum for Americans and Asians?

Our cities are beautiful and our cultural heritage is rich, but the spirit of progress and innovation is fading. The spark that has been burning for over 500   →  

Sanctions, sanctions, sanctions

Western sanctions against Russia have worked badly, really poorly if we are honest, it may even be that they have made the country richer. How can it have   →  

More questions than answers about Biden’s resignation

President Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race was expected, as his ageing became all too apparent, especially during the debate against Trump. But the question is,   →  

Why call critics populists, Islamophobes, homophobes or racists?

The climate of political debate in the Western world has long been paralysed by the lack of real arguments and objective reasoning. Instead, people sit around and call   →  

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump

A shooter on a rooftop near Trump’s podium, several people saw the perpetrator and reported the incident to police on the scene, but no one reacted until five   →  

Orcs bomb hospitals and kill children

A children’s hospital in Kiev was hit by a missile a few days ago, and the collective Western media sphere decided in about 30 minutes that it was   →  

The left wanders through Europe like a zombie

Some thinkers see both world wars as a protracted struggle against socialism. And the various fascist groupings can be interpreted as an extreme backlash. The struggle continued even   →