Month: February 2020
newspaper reading
Freedom of the press and freedom of speech does not mean that a newspaper has to reflect the opinions of individual readers.
Festivals and Celebrations
Heilbronn has a lot to offer in this regard. You can find my favorites here.
Markets & Fairs
At the opening, I strolled through the horse market with my wife and started thinking.
About killing
For a soldier, Grossman's book is definitely a must-read to delve further into "kill and be killed."
Fell off the pedestal
The story of the bronze statue that fell from the pedestal reminds me of a poem by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer.
Sublimation & Displacement
There must also be a plausible explanation for things like racism, National Socialism, AfD and Pegida. My attempt at an explanation today borrows from psychoanalysis.
Practice resurrection
I've always liked poetry, but I'm definitely not alone in that, because there's hardly anyone who doesn't like poetry.
The Art of War
Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" consists of 13 chapters and is very easy to read despite its age.