Energy transition at the expense of reality
Wind turbines are beautiful things. Elegant. Slender. White. They turn so peacefully in the sunset that you almost forget they're...
Harald Schmidt on Monika Gruber's show: War & Media Hysteria
They still exist, those evenings when two entertainers sit together and dissect the country as if it were a simple...
Democracy™ – The State as a Self-Service Store
There are places where theatre is performed. And then there's the Bundestag. The difference is simple: In the theatre...
Who are they really? A user manual for illusion
"Who are they?" A question that reflexively triggers nervousness. Not because it's forbidden, but because it's impractical. Questions...
SRF – State broadcaster with a narrative guarantee
It's quite touching how many people still refer to "our" SRF. That warm, cozy feeling of public service broadcasting...
Epstein and the illusion that power was ever controlled
There are scandals, and then there's Epstein. And then there's the moment when you realize that...
A Culture of Death? On Power, Morality, and Decay
Raphael Bonelli talks to Peter Hahne about a new book. Title: "Why are you destroying us?" Subtitle: "How we are destroying our..."
From satirist to public enemy: Andreas Thiel on cancel culture, socialism, and fear
It always starts the same way. First you get applause. Then you get prizes. Then you get invitations. And eventually you get...
Epstein's dark dealings
After years of waiting, denial, delay, redaction, and forgetting, the US Department of Justice has released millions of pages on the Jeffrey Epstein case. Millions...
Why you shouldn't trust the food industry
There are these wonderfully awkward people who make you feel like you've spent your whole life facing a blindfold challenge...
Davos hypocrisy: When climate protection lands in a jet, they talk about sacrifice and book the runway.
There are places where morality is particularly strong. Davos, for example. When the World Economic Forum (WEF) calls, people land...
The high priest of public service and the fear of empty coffers
There are people who don't explain, they educate. And then there's Marko Kovic. If a wrong opinion starts to take root anywhere, ...
Imbecility born of cowardice
Plato was naive. Excuse me, philosophically idealistic. He genuinely believed that virtues had to be in balance to prevent a society from going astray. Prudence...
The Miracle of Chernobyl: When Death Becomes Fertilizer
Almost forty years after the "technological accident," as it was euphemistically called at the time, it is becoming clear: The radiation has caused more...
Mr. Chancellor of the second choice, a simple question
No platitudes, no Chancellor's Office perfume, no "we must now act together." Just plain speaking. Mr. Chancellor of the second choice, allow me to...
We no longer live in a state governed by the rule of law, but don't worry, this is now "our system of values".
It begins like a bad joke and ends like an administrative directive: A former intelligence officer and UN official publicly states that the West...
When a 90-year-old has more backbone than the entire Bundestag
Dieter Hallervorden is 90. Ninety. In a country where people as early as age 35 already preemptively express their opinions to their employers, ...
Climate change denier: The label for people who can do math
There's this wonderfully simple mechanism at work in public discourse: If you don't say exactly what the choir is singing, ...
The old system is finished! – This is what's next!
While grand words about innovation, progress, and future viability are bandied about on talk shows, the responsible decision-makers are still sitting in front of Excel spreadsheets and...
Wind turbine abrasion: A chemical plant engineer speaks plainly
2026, the year of endless possibilities: While wind turbines outside produce "green electricity," inside a chemist explains to you that we will also be...
Lockdown for you, liquidity for BlackRock – or how to sell monetary policy as a public health measure
Sometimes reality is so elegantly constructed that it almost inspires awe. Take the pandemic. Officially a medical emergency, ...
The Federal Council photo 2026 – an approximation of reality
So, my dears, this is the Federal Council photo for 2026. At least, that's what it would be if we were to do reality the favor of...
If you only knew what was coming… – The toughest analysis of the year
It's often said that our society is enlightened, democratic, and free. And that's true. At least until someone does something...
Wind energy barons, fog, and citizens: When the energy transition devours the landscape
The greatest surprise, it is said, always comes when someone says: "The systems are not connected." Then people stand there...
Good night, Germany
Friends, how we laughed! Not just any friendly laugh, but the smug, self-satisfied chuckle of a nation that had set its sights on...
New Year's address by Friedrich Merz 2026
2025 is drawing to a close. Time for a look back at a year that has once again proven that reality has now...
Germany is burning – and is extinguishing it with fear and self-pity.
Sometimes I wonder if this country has collectively decided to go into mental hibernation – without...
The world is burning, but please smile – your reality is being rebooted.
There are days when you wish you could just switch off all of humanity, dust it off, restart it, and start again with...
Homo Dilettantis – a brief history of evolution
In the beginning was humankind. Hairy, limited, armed with curiosity. Homo sapiens not yet... first Erectus – proud...
The future is technocratic: How power is being reorganized in the 21st century
The first step in the American process will be different from that in Europe. In the US, corporations and the state will merge, and...
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Rules for the new nobility
