published: 16. 6. 2013
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American Presidents and Their Spies: from Washington to Trump
George Washington, America’s first president, was the last one to enjoy an untroubled relationship with his rudimentary intelligence community. As the commanding general in the war against the British, General Washington had used a good …
On Entitlement
From: Dr. Zdeněk Drábek To: MUDr. Martin Jan Stránský Date: 19 May 2020 You introduce in your interesting YouTube presentation few days ago the concept of entitlement and link it to modern prosperity. You explain …
Killing the patient to save a finger: The Coronavirus Epidemic- a metaphor for our time
Martin J Stransky MD Assistant Clinical professor of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine In the coming months, the current CoV19 epidemic will be increasingly viewed from a social, political, and economic perspective. Though the …
The Confused States of America
The first month of the pandemic in the US George Blecher The Trump administration’s failing response to COVID-19 has prompted governors and mayors to step up and even form shadow federations to coordinate their …
The business of disinformation
Judit Szakács Disinformation is not always ideologically motivated. On the contrary, most fake news websites serve primarily to make money. The disinformation economy relies heavily on Facebook and Google Ads, a report on five …
The degradation of politics
Italy’s problem with hate speech Anna Carola Freschi The Italian far-right’s use of social media to inflame hatred is unprecedented in its extent and intensity. The result is the degradation of political discourse …
Blind in one eye
The Hungary question and the European People’s Party Jacques Rupnik The list of signatories to the statement issued by members of the European People’s Party calling for the expulsion of Fidesz, following Hungary’s …
We created this beast
The political ecology of COVID-19 Bram Ieven Jan Overwijk There is nothing ‘natural’ about the coronavirus pandemic: global capitalism has created it. Containment measures of social distancing bear the characteristics of a general strike. …
Eastern exodus
Slavenka Drakulić Eastern members of the EU are experiencing extreme depopulation, due to a combination of mass emigration and low birth rates. Nationalist governments pander to patriotic sentiments but consistently fail to address the social …
