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March 2019

March 21, 2019

The German Reformation, Part 2?

On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther famously nailed his 95 theses to the church door...

November 2018

November 09, 2018

“Make Germany Great Again”? Or maybe just “Married Again”

If you, like me, have been meaning to check in on how Germany's doing with...

February 2018

February 23, 2018

On trust: German parenting and Megan McArdle’s trip to Denmark

We tend to explain "helicopter parents," or, as I labelled them previously, "tight-leash parents," with...

February 22, 2018

From the library: Actung Baby, An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children, by Sara Zaske

Turns out, the Germans are actually pretty dang similar to the Dutchies, as profiled in...

December 2017

December 22, 2017

It’s Plätzchen time!

It's cookie-baking time, or, specifically, Plätzchen-baking time, traditional German Christmas cookies. These are not super-sugary. It's...

July 2017

July 16, 2017

Mosul, rebuilding and blame-shifting

In today's paper, an AP article on the devastation in Mosul: "In freed Mosul, little...

August 2016

August 22, 2016

5 observations from European mass transit

Here's something I was thinking about, from our European vacation: lessons on mass transit. Yes,...

August 02, 2016

Vacation photos, part 2: The Dokumentazionsstatte Regierungsbunker

A must-see: the Government Bunkers. Well, except for the fact that English-language tours are only...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

Why are America’s roads so much worse than Europe’s?

You can't help but notice the European roads -- smooth as a baby's bottom. Well,...

July 18, 2016

Cardinal Marx is a d***ed fool

The latest stats are in -- that is, those for the church withdrawals in Germany...

May 2016

May 08, 2016

Would you folk-dance?

Remember this scene from The Sound of Music? During a ball to welcome the Baroness,...

May 01, 2016

Is Germany an “unfair trader”? (Spoiler alert: no)

It's like a scene out of high school, in which the slackers seek to sabotage...

April 2016

April 11, 2016

From the library: Generation War

Lots of spoilers here, so click away if you were thinking of checking this movie...

March 2016

March 13, 2016

The Establishment in trouble (in Gemany, too)

In the first elections since last year's migration crisis in Germany, three states voted, with...

February 2016

February 04, 2016

250,000 unjustly denied burial in Arlington National Cemetery!

Perhaps you've read about the WASPs -- Women Airforce Service Pilots -- who are seeking...

January 2016

January 30, 2016

Update on Germany: new Grand Coalition migrant policies

This, from Friday's Der Spiegel: "Grand Coalition agrees on a new Asylum Package," as well...

January 21, 2016

“Collective fear” in Germany? Keeping blinders firmly affixed!

The Silversternacht attacks. Groping in swimming pools and at a "welcome party". Now an account in...

January 19, 2016

Updates on Germany’s #Asylchaos

That, by the way, is the hashtag coming into use in Germany for comments on...

January 13, 2016

News from Germany: the kleinen Waffenschein

Gemany, as you likely know, has much tighter restrictions on weapons than in the United...

January 11, 2016

From the library: Headscarves and Hymens; Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution, by Mona Eltahawy

I picked this up of the New Book shelf yesterday and it's a short enough...

January 09, 2016

Will Silvesternacht prove to have been a turning point for Germany?

First, the updates: Despite the seeming impossibility of the task, the Cologne police have had...

January 07, 2016

On Germany: I got nothin’ (well, not much, anyway, in terms of insights)

Germany has a problem. Turns out, the integration of 1 million + Muslim refugees is...

February 2015

February 18, 2015

“Final resting place”

Here's an article (somewhat older, but the story's still the same) on Germany burial practices....

December 2014

December 16, 2014

What’s going on in Germany? Not “black lives matter” but Pegida

"Patriotische Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes" - or, Pegida (Germans like acronyms every bit...

October 2014

October 10, 2014

Parking a link: University Life in Germany

Not much comment here, but Slate has a good article explaining how it is that...

October 07, 2014

Everything you ever wanted to know about Elternunterhalt

OK, that makes for a pretty short post. But once I tell you what I'm...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

80% of Turks in Germany are on welfare

That's the statistic cited in a post on a blog called "Muslim Statistics" which I...