Archiv des Autors: Michael Wehle

Mikhail Kirilyuk, belsat.eu: From this point of view, the fighters in the Warsaw Uprising are losers. They lost, they were killed, defeated, and they left the country. They did not account for the betrayal of the Russian army (and by … Weiterlesen →

Srećko Horvat, Jacobin: After command module pilot Michael Collins returned to Earth after the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, he famously said that future flights “should include a poet, a priest and a philosopher, so we might get a … Weiterlesen →

Berliner Zeitung: Die Verdunkelung von Siegessäule, Staatsoper oder Rotem Rathaus bringt nur wenig Ersparnis. Warum sie dennoch richtig ist. Vor einigen Wochen erst brachte die erste Berliner Partei – es war die FDP – die Frage auf, ob die Stadt … Weiterlesen →

Guardian: Nearly one third of people killed by US police since 2015 were running away, driving off or attempting to flee when the officer fatally shot or used lethal force against them, data reveals. In the past seven years, police … Weiterlesen →

LRT: Lithuania has banned Moscow Orthodox Patriarch Kirill from entering the country because of his support for Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine, the Interior Ministry confirmed on Wednesday. The cleric was added to the list of unwanted persons on June … Weiterlesen →

Dum spiro spero! . . . If I were one of the celestial bodies, I would look with complete detachment upon this miserable ball of dust and dirt. . . . I would shine upon the good and the evil alike. . . . But I am a … Weiterlesen →