Author Archives: Michael Wehle

In trying to regain his balance amid a host of problems, Gorbachev was thinking out loud in the presence of Chernyaev, as if arguing with some conservatives: “Stabilization will be the end of perestroika. Stability is stagnation. Revolution equals instability!” … Continue reading →

Maduro has apparently upped his game while in custody, so he is now a dictator rather than merely a strongman. In a way, I guess, you could compare the president of a South American country with an Iraqi ISIL leader.

Berliner Zeitung: Explosionen in Caracas, Kampfjets über der venezolanischen Kapitale: Zur Stunde überschlagen sich die Meldungen. Der Krieg der USA und ihrer Verbündeten um Venezuela hat begonnen. Besser gesagt: der Krieg um die Reichtümer des südamerikanischen Landes. Seit dem Ende … Continue reading →

I Es dringt kein Laut bis her zu mir von der Nationen wildem Streite, ich stehe ja auf keiner Seite; denn Recht ist weder dort noch hier. Und weil ich nie Horaz vergaß bleib gut ich aller Welt und halte … Continue reading →

“His team”? This is a new way of speaking about the United States bombing a country.

Branko Milanović in Agenda Pública: When income and wealth become highly concentrated, political power tends to move toward those who have money, and the system becomes hypocritical: it is an ostensible democracy but such that the rich rule. I really … Continue reading →

From the Bundeswehr questionnaire 18-year-old German men are required to fill out indicating their qualifications for and interest in induction into the military. Benedikt Bierhoff, Am Sportplatz 9. This is the organization protecting western European civilization from the ravages of … Continue reading →