Monthly Archives: November 2021

Foreign Policy: Europe is indeed “unhappy” if its future depends on intellectuals’ ability to coax elites into living up to values of heroism that they themselves despise.

History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. —James Joyce, Ulysses, (USA: Random House, 1961), 42.

FAZ: „Die Lage in Deutschland hat eine äußerste Dramatik“, machte Habeck deutlich. „Wenn die vierte Welle nicht schnell gebrochen wird, droht das Krankenhaus­system im Dezember zusammenzubrechen“, warnte er. December being three weeks away. Something that strikes me is how “normal” … Continue reading →

On 14 February 1915, he wrote to Hugh Walpole that he was, after many months, returning to work. He wondered, however, whether it was possible to write under such alien circumstances: The subject-matter of one’s effort has become itself utterly … Continue reading →

Spiegel: In der vorigen Woche ist Bettina Gaus gestorben, sie wurde nur 64 Jahre alt. Ihr Tod ist ein schwerer Verlust, nicht nur für jene, die ihr nahe waren. I was at Günter Gaus’s grave one year ago today. Much … Continue reading →

“In every society there is a whole network of unwritten rules, how politics works, and how you build consensus. Trump disturbed this. And if Trump wins, both big parties, Republicans and Democrats would have to return to basics, rethink themselves, … Continue reading →