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Volodymyr Zelensky Transforms Germany -- and Europe Mar. 04, 2022
It's been a week since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Kyiv, and even Kharkiv, 20 miles from th... Read More
Ukraine: Putin's Misadventure Unites the West Mar. 03, 2022
As of this writing, predictions of a Russian day or two romp through Ukraine, all the way to the poi... Read More
Putin Wakes up the Western Ostrich Mar. 02, 2022
After the end of the Cold War, foreign policy experts across the spectrum assured us that things had... Read More
A Weaponized Narrative: Russian Oligarchs Must Choose Between Their Money And Putin Mar. 02, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin — he's crazy and delusional. For many troubling reasons this ... Read More
Is Putin Considering Using Nukes on NATO? Mar. 01, 2022
From his principal avenues of attack on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin began this war wit... Read More
On Ukraine, Comedians, NATO, America and Environmentalists Mar. 01, 2022
No. 1: The NATO excuse A widely offered explanation for the Russian invasion of Ukraine is that Russ... Read More
Ukraine's Fate Is Rooted in a Tragic History Feb. 25, 2022
For those trying to keep up with the fast-moving events in Ukraine, it may be helpful to consider so... Read More
An Unserious People Confront a Serious Man Feb. 25, 2022
Call Russian President Vladimir Putin a dictator. Call him an autocrat. Call him a totalitarian. Cal... Read More
On the Road to Our Differences Jan. 30, 2022
There are so many toy cars in this house. Some of them my son inherited from me, old enough to have ... Read More
The Christmas Truce of 1914 Remains a Miracle and an Inspiration Dec. 25, 2021
Nearly 107 years later, the events of Dec. 25, 1914, commonly known as the Christmas truce, remain m... Read More
Let's Hear it for Risky Playgrounds Nov. 04, 2021
Germany is adding MORE RISK to its playgrounds. Some of its climbing structures are now three storie... Read More
Reflection and Rebuilding in Berlin Aug. 15, 2021
By Lesley Sauls Frederikson On the four-hour train ride from Frankfurt to Berlin, my daughter, the f... Read More
An Exchange Experience in Frankfurt Rhine-Main Aug. 14, 2021
By Lesley Sauls Frederikson When my daughter began German classes in middle school, we could not hav... Read More
The Olympic Games Remind Us of the Necessity of Nationalism Aug. 13, 2021
The recently completed Tokyo Summer Olympic Games were, in many respects, an unmitigated flop. NBC's... Read More
Merkel Flips Off Biden's Protest -- to Buy Putin's Gas May. 25, 2021
When the U.S. created NATO, a primary purpose of the alliance was to serve as a western wall to defe... Read More
What Does Putin Have on Biden? May. 21, 2021
Only a few months ago, the Biden administration argued that Nord Stream 2, a proposed natural-gas pi... Read More
Why Putin's Pipeline Is Welcome in Germany Mar. 26, 2021
During a joint interview with Jens Stoltenberg, the Norwegian secretary-general of NATO, Secretary o... Read More
Social Security Is a Worldwide Phenomenon Jan. 27, 2021
Most readers of my column are very nice and very normal people. Some are more progressive in their p... Read More
I Now Better Understand the 'Good German' Jan. 05, 2021
As my listeners and readers can hopefully attest, I have been on a lifelong quest to understand huma... Read More
Use This Summer To Build New Habits Jul. 16, 2020
TEENS: Do you lay off junk food, get proper rest, exercise and ration your screen time? If you answe... Read More
