The Cost of Irrationality
Italy has had over 60 governments since 1945. As a result of this, the country’s politics have never been able to focus on long-term goals and there is an endemic lack of respect for the political class.
France Dreams While Reality Bites
France’s president François Hollande remains trapped by his country's new found military ambitions
Israel Must Take the Initiative
U.S. and Germany are indispensable allies for the security of Jerusalem, but PM Netanyahu must accept an independent Palestinian State, Rafael Seligmann writes in this Commentary.
It was in the Middle East, in Israel and Arabia, where the Bible and the Koran were [...]
Jews and Muslims on circumcision
In Germany´s hot debate on circumcision Dieter Graumann and Aiman A. Mazyek tell their view. The Jew and the Muslim agree, that Germany must respect the circumcision of boys, which is an elementary command of their religion.
Kidnapping A Brainchild
In late August 2012, the German press reported the “discovery” of a long lost manuscript. Erwin Panofsky’s habilitation thesis on Michelangelo reemerged from a vault in the cellar of Munich’s Central Institute for the History of Art, founded in 1946. This was [...]