Archiv der Kategorie: posts in English

What is the origin of the name Transylvania?

Interesting question on Quora, and I decided to dive deeper into the answer. Turns out that Transylvania has a colorful and confusing history. Transylvania is a historical and geographical region in the south-eastern Carpathian region with an eventful history. In … Weiterlesen

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Repeating History in Israel

He wrote in in 1991, and he died in 2013, but „The Sum of all Fears“ sounds just like a newspaper report from the aftermath of the recent Hamas attack of October 7, 2023. „As is true of most glorious … Weiterlesen

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Trump: The nightmare ain’t over yet!

If, like me, you breathed a sigh of relief when Joe Biden first reached the necessary majority in Georgia and then in Pennsylvania, then you may have been celebrating prematurely. The Trump nightmare could go into overtime. In order to … Weiterlesen

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Trump, the F-Word and the Politics of Anger

In today’s issue of the Washington Post, Ishaan Tharoor and Ruby Mellen finally ask the right question about Donald Trump and what he has made and may yet make out of America. „Is it finally time to use the F-word … Weiterlesen

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The Terrible Truth About the “Best Healthcare System in the World”

Some of my American friends have asked me to translate a post I published here a few days ago about the aweful state of healthcare in America, so here it goes: I am often asked by Germans or Austrians why … Weiterlesen

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Europe Takes the Lead

The internet needs fixing, there’s no doubt about it, but whose job is it? Much can be left to the IT industry itself, which has shown itself quite competent in the past to self-regulate, standardize and hold itself to high … Weiterlesen

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Virtually Unrolling Ancient Scrolls

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D., covering the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash and lava, everything, including an invaluable library of scrolls, was lost to the inferno. Or at least they were lost until Brent Seales came … Weiterlesen

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What Americans don’t get about health insurance

For reasons that escape me, Americans don’t seem to understand how good health insurance works. Essentially, it is a solidarity system where everybody pays their premiums into a big pot so that if they (or anyone else) gets sick, their … Weiterlesen

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Donald Trump, Typoglycemiast: Elected to lead, not to proofread!

Just about everything about Donald Trump – his hairdo, his sixth-grade vocabulary, his inability to focus on complex issues, his tendency to grope first and think later – have been fodder for journalistic witticisms in the past, but leave it … Weiterlesen

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Who Wants to be a Millionaire? I Did!

  Perhaps I have been leading a sheltered life lately, but it is years since I ran across one of those infamous “Nigerian Scams”. Someone overseas offers you a share in a large sum of money or a payment on … Weiterlesen

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