I first read this book early in the 1970ies. To be sure, I was a little worried, yet my trust in our constitution was quite huge During the Kohl government,...

After a long time of debates and controversies, they now found a compromise in the Hartz 4 dilemma (see ARD): Active from January, 1st, 2010, the standard amount of money...

I am currently reading the Sunday FAZ. It is about #Guttenberg and #how people starve in Africa. The paper looks more and more attractive to me. This week, however, there...

I am a little surprised that our politicians do not initiate a special protective legislation: maybe it should be forbidden to publish a dissertational thesis written by a civil office...

What is the role model function of Federal Ministers? Are they just elected representatives who can then do as they wish, or do they, perhaps, have a prestigious function? During...

Germany should be cautious when trying to give good advice on democracy and freedom! In this country, significant minorities are totally unprotected and talking about them is not without danger....

Here are my tweets of last week (this is my personal jubilee - it is the 50ieth week!) on Blogging and Twitter, Wisdoms and Rules:: 110224 Let mercy win over...

The Americans have their Department of Homeland Security. We have our “Border Protection Agency”, Frontex. Both terms make something look harmless. A year ago, I wrote an article about Frontex...

After having written about the railway in the article before my last and then about air travel, I will not turn towards the German’s most loved child. Yes, now our...

Pilots cost a lot of money. And in the regular flights, you always have to have two of them. Of course, that makes people hungry for saving money. And a...