The Grand Comfort zone

Humanity has evolved not in the progressive sense but rather it has changed; whether the change is positive or negative is yet to be seen. However much like a child …

Datum publikace:
9. 6. 2013
Autor článku:
Erik Rodriguez

Is a free higher education feasible in the Czech Republic?

Independent evaluators rank the Czech Republic among the feeblest of education’s funders. Beneath every European Union country save two—Slovakia and Liechtenstein—the Czech Republic allocates a paltry 4.1 percent of its …

Datum publikace:
2. 6. 2013
Autor článku:
Julia Remotti

International Media Coverage and the Czech Election

Milos Zeman is the new president of the Czech Republic, and about sixty-six percent of Prague voters and an even larger proportion of young voters are pissed. Zeman represents to …

Datum publikace:
29. 5. 2013
Autor článku:
Paul McAdory

The Pearl of Europe is going west

The new president Milos Zeman of the Czech Republic can already be seen to desire to guide the young democracy in a new direction from his two predecessors. He has …

Datum publikace:
29. 5. 2013
Autor článku:
Erik Rodriguez

Hedgehogs in the Fog, Part VI

This story was published as a part of the Only fools die of heartbreak collection by Equus Press. Ollie Tolliver and his crew came into town. He and Kelli and …

Datum publikace:
19. 5. 2013
Autor článku:
Thor Garcia

Hedgehogs in the Fog, Part V

This story was published as a part of the Only fools die of heartbreak collection by Equus Press. We were quiet a few seconds, then Dee said, “My sister and …

Datum publikace:
13. 5. 2013
Autor článku:
Thor Garcia

Hedgehogs in the Fog, Part IV.

This story was published as a part of the Only fools die of heartbreak collection by Equus Press. “See that bar over there?” said Kirby. “We live in the apartment …

Datum publikace:
5. 5. 2013
Autor článku:
Thor Garcia

Hedgehogs in the Fog, Part III.

This story was published as a part of the Only fools die of heartbreak collection by Equus Press. They were serving 50-Kc beers, which was better than the place that …

Datum publikace:
28. 4. 2013
Autor článku:
Thor Garcia

The farce of a government (not) breaking-up again

They call themselves a government of budget responsibility. Entertaining. However, they will at best be remembered as a government of play-acting. Play-acting a tragicomedy or is it rather a farce? …

Datum publikace:
21. 4. 2013
Autor článku:
Jakub Wolf

Turning Red?

Public opinion research is generally discredited in the Czech Republic. Many people suspect that it manipulates rather than monitors public opinion. In most cases the ones harboring such suspicions were …

Datum publikace:
21. 4. 2013
Autor článku:
Jakub Wolf

Hedgehogs in the Fog, Part II.

This story was published as a part of the Only fools die of heartbreak collection by Equus Press. I had come out of the movie, trammed home through the crowds …

Datum publikace:
12. 4. 2013
Autor článku:
Thor Garcia

Hedgehogs in the Fog, Part I.

This story was published as a part of the Only fools die of heartbreak collection by Equus Press. A sloppy golden mutt lays next to the chair, a yellow paw …

Datum publikace:
31. 3. 2013
Autor článku:
Thor Garcia

The new president seems to be frightening

As soon as Milos Zeman was elected as the President of the Czech Republic by a clear majority, many began to look forward to his allegedly low chances to be …

Datum publikace:
17. 3. 2013
Autor článku:
Jakub Wolf

Vernissage

Andrey Yeroffev, an ex-curator of the Tretiakov Gallery in Moscow, arranged the Pussy Riot exhibition on Prague´s MeetFactory Gallery. Let´s see some pictures from the vernissage.

Datum publikace:
3. 3. 2013
Autor článku:
Jan Nedoma

Future of the Czech Republic in Europe

Two well known advocates of European integration, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing and Jacques Delors were answering the questions concerning Europe of a thousand of students who attended the meeting. The meeting …

Datum publikace:
24. 2. 2013
Autor článku:
Lucie Drechselová

Czech voter turnout: no belief, no vote.

The first direct presidential elections in the history of the Czech Republic, wherein the president is elected by popular vote, were scheduled to be held this January. The candidates, eleven …

Datum publikace:
17. 2. 2013
Autor článku:
Sophie Kleeman

Europe Leads on Rights, Part IV.

Part III addressed how and why US and European political culture and philosophy diverge; federalism and other constitutional challenges they each confront; how words and deeds on liberty and justice …

Datum publikace:
7. 2. 2013
Autor článku:
William A. Cohn

What does it mean to be Czech?

While attending an American boarding school three years ago, 20 year-old Czech university student Krystyna Čermáková was confronted with American perceptions of the Czech Republic for the first time. Some …

Datum publikace:
3. 2. 2013
Autor článku:
Funmi Akinnawonu

Europe Leads on Rights, Part III.

Part II examined the significance of the ECHR’s Masri ruling within the broader contours of Western constitutional jurisprudence, critically examined the words vs. the deeds of the Obama administration on …

Datum publikace:
27. 1. 2013
Autor článku:
William A. Cohn