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September 21, 2026

Rousseau and the Beggar

I found this interesting article in the German magazine Cicero during the summer. I enjoy Cicero for its maverick take on current events, social trends, and its search for philosophcal definition in a forward-moving, modern society. If someone had asked me to name "Cicero," I would have chosen another journalistic German name, Der Beobachter, which means in English "The Observer." (60)

August 20, 2026

The Lessons of Hitler

This campaign poster from 1933 shows Adolf Hitler beside the Chancellor Paul von Hindenburg, the hard-fighting field-marshal who led German forces in World War I, and served as hardly more than a believable figurehead to lure Germans to support Hitler as his successor. The caption reads "The field-marshal and the corporal: Fight with us for peace and equality!" That the Nazis dared employ this level of self-serving deceit makes me feel sick.

August 05, 2026

Strangers on a Train

I spend a good part of the year in Germany. Before each trip, I check the State Department's advisories for Americans travelling abroad. In the last year, the State Department has elevated the danger-level for Americans travelling in Europe, because of America's incursions into Iran and Venezuela--in addition to the usual constants: the Third World and Muslim resentment of America's wealth, power, and support for Israel.

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