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“Gute Gründe”
“Good reasons.” In his gentle, well-spoken statements and interviews since his recent coming-out announcement, retired national German soccer star Thomas Hitzlsperger said he thinks Germany is heading...
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Der sogenannte Chatham-House-Rule
The so-called Chatham House Rule is, apparently, that after meetings at Chatham House attendees may say things that were said but not who said them or who attended the meeting. (Dare zoh gah n’awned...
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Streitkultur
Dispute culture. I’m not sure what Germans mean by this because I’m unfamiliar with productive disputation. It seems that in Germany you can say, “Auf dem Niveau diskutiere ich nicht,” I won’t discuss...
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Bundesverfassungsgerichtsreform
Reform of Germany’s supreme Constitutional Court. In an interview given because he wanted to encourage more discussion about the European Union, Constitutional Court president Andreas Voßkuhle...
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Zug ins Grüne
A train into the greener countryside. Some wonderful person has carefully filmed, edited and posted online videos of the Stuttgart Stadtbahn light rail routes. These videos take you into the green...
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Das Feuilleton fährt fort
The Feuilleton Goes on and on. In a charming discussion of the state of the section of German newspapers that falls somewhere “between the people’s education and corporate publishing,” Süddeutsche...
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Einbestellen
“Ordering in,” what you do to important diplomats after an affront by their country. They can try to explain what was meant. You can express displeasure and show voters you are responding to an event...
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Manipulation der öffentlichen Meinung, Rufmordkampagnen, Realitätsverzerrung
“Manipulation of public opinion, calumny campaigns and reality distortion… rigging online polls and altering view counts for websites.” How Spiegel.de described some of G.C.H.Q.’s “weaponized...
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“Eine Mischung aus Kirchenhymne und Wetterbericht”
“A mixture of church hymn and weather report.” Switzerland’s current national anthem, as described by someone from the Verein tasked with judging the ~200 new Swiss national anthems local composers...
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