Monthly Archives: April 2026

Wolfgang Streeck, Jacobin: »Wir werden«, so Klingbeil in einer offenbar lange vorbereiteten Rede am 25. März, »als Gesellschaft mehr arbeiten müssen«. 😀

Berliner Zeitung: „Das Menschenbild des Grundgesetzes geht im Anschluss an Humanismus, Aufklärung und Liberalismus von mündigen, eigenverantwortlich handelnden Staatsbürgern aus.Diese begegnen einander in analogen und digitalen Foren in einem argumentativ, mitunter auch polemisch ausgetragenen, pluralen Meinungswettstreit. Meinungsfreiheit bedeutet die Freiheit, … Continue reading →

The Bush Sr. Library has some pretty cool stuff, to be honest, on Iraq, Ukraine, the DDR. On 28 February, Bush declared victory. The BBC reported that the Western allies had lost 148 soldiers in battle, and 145 more from … Continue reading →

“Dieser Krieg muss sofort gestoppt werden!”

This seems pretty much Sith-level stuff. Are there any limits to what Americans will go along with? I mean even in theory? 🤔

I realized years (decades?) ago how foolish the injunction “If you’re not outraged you’re not paying attention” was. Perpetual outrage seems as ill-advised as perpetual despair, shock, horror, etc. A nurse friend years ago told me of the black humor … Continue reading →

Martin Luther King, April 4, 1967: Now, it should be incandescently clear that no one who has any concern for the integrity and life of America today can ignore the present war. If America’s soul becomes totally poisoned, part of … Continue reading →