If I wished for peaceful and spectacular Olympic Games last week, I can now report at half-time: No major incidents. After all....

What a spectacular opening ceremony it was yesterday! For my taste, it was actually a little too endeavoured, a little too politically...

On Friday, a man was killed and at least eight other people were injured when a combat drone hit a residential building in the centre of...

Everyone is complaining about the so-called Debattenkultur (culture of debate). I claim, there is no culture of debate in our society...

...the Germans are no longer in the tournament! I guess that means the window of distraction is over... No more "bread and circuses",...

Just a quick update, because I have lots of stuff to do. I can report progress – since my new editor took over it is going very well. I...

After all the weeks of waiting for publishers and editors I decided to withdraw one of my projects and do not publish it anymore… because...

Guess what! I did not get any reply regarding my three projects since I wrote my last post. I find it very disrespectful. I got...

This week we celebrated the beginning of the end of the Second World War (1939-1945) and the end of the National socialist oppression of...

As many others theses days I just hope for a break from the worldwide madness. But a break is not in sight. Unfortunately. There was...

This idea is an old one. The ancient Greeks came up with this: Isonomia (ἰσονομία, from the Greek ἴσος isos, "equal," and νόμος nomos,...

Thanks for all the replies on my last post. Yes, what I wrote about my academic career happened exactly as I described. Yes, I did not...

The week started with the Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, called Yom HaShoa. I attended a survivors talk by Aliza Erber. It is...

This week I was working on my presentation about “Holocaust Education and idea of reflecting on identity”. I did a panel on May 5th, at...

I tried to focus on the good things this week. It was not easy. On Monday I got a note in the very early morning, full of typos; the...

The world order has been tumbled. And we are now living in a world in which Iran attacks Israel. Again: Iran attacks Israel. I am still...

In Buddhism we know something called: Gute Wünsche machen. Doing good wishes. I actually cannot remember a time in my life in which good...

Ok, I admit: I spent a lot of time in Canada! 😊 It was a short week in Germany because of the Easter holiday last Monday. As expected,...

Bad news first: I did not get a research grant I applied for in December, unfortunately. The money would have been extremely helpful for...

It is interesting how many new opportunities and developments can be packed in one single week! At least my last week was stuffed. Last...