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# Y.#Title / Short Title Date
Year 27 - 2024
59 27.14 [◫] εα v#37: Secret Drones & Politics 12/13/24
58 27.13 [◫] εα v#36: Trump Wins the 2024 Election 11/06/24
57 27.12 [◫] εα v#35: Who Is the Enemy? 09/12/24
56 27.11 [◫] Music: Symphony V: The Defiant; Movement 2 (with score) 08/13/24
55 27.10 [◫] Fun: Dramatic Oregon Coast 08/01/24
54 27.09 [◫] Fun: Barred Owl Checking Out Territory 08/01/24
53 27.08 [◫] εα v#34: Politics is About Perception: Why Biden Stopped Running 07/31/24
52 27.07 [◫] εα v#33: Voting Turnout Matters: Reflections on the French Election 07/07/24
51 27.06 [◫] εα v#32: Who Won the Debate? 06/28/24
50 27.05 [◫] εα v#31: What If I'm Wrong? 06/24/24
49 27.04 [◫] εα v#30: Can Ukraine Just Give Up? 03/13/24
48 27.03 [◫] εα v#29: Carlson/Putin 02/13/24
47 27.02 [◫] εα v#28: Are We Living in Times Similar to Babylon 5, Season 5? 01/30/24
46 27.01 [◫] Music: Symphony V: The Defiant; Movement 1 (with score) 01/01/24
Year 26 - 2023
45 26.43 [◫] εα v#27: We Need to Talk More About Politics 12/20/23
44 26.42 [◫] εα v#26: Lessons on Trump II: Liars Lie 11/27/23
43 26.41 [◫] εα v#25: Hope, Duty & the Future 11/07/23
42 26.40 [◫] εα v#24: Is History Helpful for Solving Conflicts? 11/07/23
41 26.39 [◫] εα v#23: Human Bias in Artificial Intelligence 11/01/23
40 26.38 [◫] εα v#22: Centrism Is a Methodology, Not Primarily Ideology 10/30/23
39 26.37 [◫] εα v#21: On Equity and Equality of Opportunity 10/30/23
38 26.36 [◫] εα v#20: The Downside of the Emotional Appeal 10/30/23
37 26.35 [◫] εα v#19: Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza 10/30/23
36 26.34 [◫] εα v#18: Things Are Not OK. Just Admit It 10/30/23
35 26.33 [◫] εα v#17: Rumors of the Death of Putin 10/30/23
34 26.32 [◫] εα v#16: How Should We React to the Aggression by Hamas? 10/16/23
33 26.31 [◫] εα v#15: Love in Times of War 10/09/23
32 26.30 [◫] εα v#14: Hamas Attacks Israel 10/07/23
31 26.29 [◫] Fun: Baby Raccoon Joining Mommy for Dinner 10/04/23
30 26.28 [◫] Fun: Raccoon Enjoying the Cat's Food 10/04/23
29 26.27 [◫] Fun: Baby Raccoon's Big Adventure 10/04/23
28 26.26 [◫] Fun: Baby Raccoons in Tree 10/04/23
27 26.25 [◫] Fun: Raccoon Mother and Kids in Tree 10/04/23
26 26.24 [◫] Fun: Raccoon Mother and Child in Yard 10/04/23
25 26.23 [◫] Music: Violin Duo I 10/04/23
24 26.22 [◫] Music: Pater Hêmôn (Songs for Liturgy & Meditation) 10/04/23
23 26.21 [◫] Music: Meditation I on a Theme by Schubert (Songs for Liturgy & Meditation) 10/04/23
22 26.20 [◫] Music: Missa Brevis 10/03/23
21 26.19 [◫] εα v#13: Whatever Your Politics: There's No Reason to Support Putin 10/03/23
20 26.18 [◫] εα v#12: Lessons on Trump I: Is the President America's CEO? 10/03/23
19 26.17 [◫] εα v#11: Lessons on Trump: Introduction 10/03/23
18 26.16 [◫] εα v#10: Why "Erratic Attempts" 09/30/23
17 26.15 [◫] εα v#09: The Individual vs. Society 09/30/23
16 26.14 [◫] εα v#08: The Responsibility of Russian Citizens for the War 09/30/23
15 26.13 [◫] εα v#07: Nato Has Never Threatened Russia 09/30/23
14 26.12 [◫] Channel Overview / Promo Video 09/27/23
13 26.11 [◫] Music: Symphony 4: Elegy 09/26/23
12 26.10 [◫] Music: Symphony 3: Remembrance 09/26/23
11 26.09 [◫] Music: Symphony 2: Lamentations 09/26/23
10 26.08 [◫] Music: Symphony 1: Requiem 09/26/23
9 26.07 [◫] εα v#06: Realpolitik, Values, and Human Rights 09/25/23
8 26.06 [◫] εα v#05: What Are Ordinary Russians Thinking? 09/23/23
7 26.05 [◫] εα v#04: Russia Is Committing Genocide Against Ukraine 09/23/23
6 26.04 [◫] εα v#03: Dictatorships vs. Democracies: The Basic Difference 09/20/23
5 26.03 [◫] εα v#02: Russia's War Against Ukraine 05/08/23
4 26.02 [◫] εα v#01: Crisis, Politics and Hope 05/08/23
3 26.01 [◫] εα v#00: Introduction to the Channel 05/08/23
Year 25 - 2022
2 25.02 [◫] Poem 725: At the Hour of the Wolf 04/23/22
1 25.01 [◫] Poem 752: One Moment in Time 04/23/22
 











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# Y.#Title / Short Title Date
Year 27 - 2024
399 27.25 ε«|»α #265: Ukraine Wants Peace and Russia Must Lose 12/16/24
398 27.24 ε«|»α #264: Freedom from Assad 12/08/24
397 27.23 ε«|»α #263: Don't Believe Putin's Lies. He Can (and Must) Be Defeated 11/25/24
396 27.22 ε«|»α #262: Defeating Russia is the Path to Make America Great Again 11/17/24
395 27.21 ε«|»α #261: If You Govern Against the People, You Will Fail 11/08/24
394 27.20 ε«|»α #260: Now That Happened: After the Election, All Our Work Continues 11/05/24
393 27.19 ε«|»α #259: These Insults Need to Stop 10/31/24
392 27.18 ε«|»α #258: Ukraine Must Win. Understanding Russia's Imperial Ambitions in Ukraine 09/24/24
391 27.17 ε«|»α #257: New York and Me 09/11/24
390 27.16 ε«|»α #256: Words Are Not Violence, But They Can Promote It 07/16/24
389 27.15 ε«|»α #255: Reflections on Recent Developments in the War Against Ukraine 06/20/24
388 27.14 ε«|»α # 254: What If I'm Wrong? 06/13/24
387 27.13 ε«|»α #253: Some Thoughts on Structures and Systems 04/30/24
386 27.12 ε«|»α #252: Some Reflections on Israel, Gaza, and Protests 04/28/24
385 27.11 ε«|»α #251: A Tale of Four Dunes 04/28/24
384 27.10 ε«|»α #250: Take a Moment to Build Your Soul 04/15/24
383 27.09 ε«|»α #249: The Resistance Against Wokeness, Part II: Addressing Religious Objections 03/05/24
382 27.08 ε«|»α #248: The Resistance Against Wokeness, Part I 02/26/24
381 27.07 ε«|»α #247: Politics After Resentment 02/25/24
380 27.06 ε«|»α #246: Navalny's Killing Exposes Putin's Weakness 02/19/24
379 27.05 ε«|»α #245: Tucker Carlson Reveals Putin's Fear and Delusion 02/09/24
378 27.04 ε«|»α #244: When Aliens Attack, What Will We Do? Reflections on Western Hesitancy in the Face of Russian Aggression 02/09/24
377 27.03 ε«|»α #243: Living in a Time of Frustration: Are We Living in Babylon 5, Season 5? 01/29/24
376 27.02 ε«|»α #242: On the Difference between Opposition and an Anti-Democratic Stance 01/28/24
375 27.01 ε«|»α μ#12: More Content on philjohn.com 01/14/24
Year 26 - 2023
374 26.39 ε«|»α #241: The War Against Israel 12/05/23
373 26.38 ε«|»α μ#11: Symphony 5, Movement I 11/16/23
372 26.37 ε«|»α #240: Hope, Duty & the Future 11/12/23
371 26.36 ε«|»α #239: Is History Helpful for Solving Conflicts? 11/12/23
370 26.35 ε«|»α #238: Kristallnacht, 85 Years Later 11/10/23
369 26.34 ε«|»α #237: No, Israel is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza 10/29/23
368 26.33 ε«|»α #236: Things are Not OK. We Should Be Able to Admit It 10/29/23
367 26.32 ε«|»α #235: Rumors of Putin's Death 10/29/23
366 26.31 ε«|»α #234: Israel is Neither Colonizer Nor Apartheid State 10/25/23
365 26.30 ε«|»α #233: On Equity and Equality of Opportunity 10/23/23
364 26.29 ε«|»α #232: The Downside of the Emotional Appeal 10/23/23
363 26.28 ε«|»α #231: Centrism Is a Methodology, Not Primarily an Ideology 10/21/23
362 26.27 ε«|»α #230: Against Hamas, Against Antisemitism, Against Antizionism 10/15/23
361 26.26 ε«|»α #229: Fighting for Love in Times of War 10/07/23
360 26.25 ε«|»α #228: Hamas Attacked Israel 10/07/23
359 26.24 ε«|»α #227: Whatever Your Politics, There is No Reason to Support Putin 10/07/23
358 26.23 ε«|»α #226: We Must Not Give Up on Global Democracy 10/06/23
357 26.22 ε«|»α #225: Religion, Transcendence & Nature 10/05/23
356 26.21 ε«|»α #224: The Individual and Society 09/30/23
355 26.20 ε«|»α μ#10: More Content on Erratic Attempts YouTube Channel 09/26/23
354 26.19 ε«|»α #223: Should Ukraine Be More Thankful and Less Demanding? 08/10/23
353 26.18 ε«|»α #222: Science Fiction and Comics Have Always Been Woke, or: Of Course Women and Minorities Can Be Heroes! 08/03/23
352 26.17 ε«|»α #221: Does Putin Want to Negotiate? 07/29/23
351 26.16 ε«|»α #220: Russia's Only Interests Are Terror and Destruction. It Must Be Defeated 07/01/23
350 26.15 ε«|»α #219: Some Reflections on Fukuyama and the End of History 06/24/23
349 26.14 ε«|»α #218: The West Is Not in Decline 06/20/23
348 26.13 ε«|»α #217: Thoughts on June 17: The GDR Was an Inhumane Dictatorship 06/17/23
347 26.12 ε«|»α #216: What to Make of Recent UFO Revelations by David Grusch 06/12/23
346 26.11 ε«|»α #215: Commonsense Diversity 06/12/23
345 26.10 ε«|»α #214: "Race" as the Experience of Dehumanization 06/11/23
344 26.09 ε«|»α #213: Poem: The Worst Kind of Animal 05/16/23
343 26.08 ε«|»α #212: We Need to Build the Future Now: Spaceflight is not Optional 05/16/23
342 26.07 ε«|»α #211: Is the Pandemic Over? 05/11/23
341 26.06 ε«|»α #210: Why (Some Degree of) Identity Politics is Necessary 04/01/23
340 26.05 ε«|»α #209: We Need to Control Artificial Intelligence 04/01/23
339 26.04 ε«|»α #208: The Perversion of Everything Russian: From Leningrad to Mariupol 03/27/23
338 26.03 ε«|»α #207: Democracy Only Works with a Strong Separation of Powers 02/14/23
337 26.02 ε«|»α #206: The Importance of Being Political 01/18/23
336 26.01 ε«|»α #205: If You Want Peace: Why We Must Help Ukraine 01/16/23
# Y.#Title / Short Title Date
Year 25 - 2022
335 25.83 ε«|»α #204: Путин, идиот (Putin, You Idiot) 12/28/22
334 25.82 ε«|»α #203: The Puzzling Resistance Against Anti-Racism 12/27/22
333 25.81 ε«|»α #202: Fear Not: Why We Need to be Optimistic About the Future 12/27/22
332 25.80 ε«|»α #201: Adventures in Artificial Intelligence: An Evening with ChatGBT 12/11/22
331 25.79 ε«|»α #200: The Nature Around Us 12/10/22
330 25.78 ε«|»α #199: Why Positionality Matters 12/06/22
329 25.77 ε«|»α #198: LGBTQ Rights are Human Rights 11/21/22
328 25.76 ε«|»α #197: We Have Good Reasons for Hope 11/08/22
327 25.75 ε«|»α #196: Poem: I Need to Believe 10/09/22
326 25.74 ε«|»α #195: Fake "Referenda" Prove that Putin Doesn't Want to Negotiate 09/25/22
325 25.73 ε«|»α #194: No, the Pandemic is Not Yet Over 09/19/22
324 25.72 ε«|»α #193: De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bene: We Owe Respect to the Dead 09/10/22
323 25.71 ε«|»α #192: Biden Needs to Unite, not Demonize: In a Democracy, the "Other Side" Is Not the Enemy 09/04/22
322 25.70 ε«|»α #191: Remembering Michael Gorbachev 08/30/22
321 25.69 ε«|»α #190: On the Ability of Russians to Suffer their Government 08/27/22
320 25.68 ε«|»α #189: Soviet Monuments Need To Go 08/27/22
319 25.67 ε«|»α #188: What Is "The West" Today? From "Civilization" to Cooperation 08/27/22
318 25.66 ε«|»α #187: Words Are Not Violence 08/17/22
317 25.65 ε«|»α #186: Salman Rushdie and the Case for Free Speech 08/17/22
316 25.64 ε«|»α #185: Poem: Sometimes, There's Nothing To Say 08/14/22
315 25.63 ε«|»α #184: Anecdotal Thinking, Science, Religion, and Policy 08/11/22
314 25.62 ε«|»α #183: What Are Russians Thinking? 07/31/22
313 25.61 ε«|»α #182: Reflections on Identity, Purpose, and the Active Life 07/31/22
312 25.60 ε«|»α #181: Are We too Stupid for the Internet? 07/30/22
311 25.59 ε«|»α #180: Let Biden Be Biden 07/26/22
310 25.58 ε«|»α #179: Ecce Homo: Wokeness Beyond Caricatures 07/20/22
309 25.57 ε«|»α #178: Russia Deserves Better 07/14/22
308 25.56 ε«|»α #177: Thinking Beyond Caricatures 07/11/22
307 25.55 ε«|»α #176: Get Brexit Undone 07/09/22
306 25.54 ε«|»α #175: The Metaverse Is Not The Solution 07/09/22
305 25.53 ε«|»α #174: Climate Change Can Only Be Countered With Technological Innovation 07/09/22
304 25.52 ε«|»α #173: Putin and Lavrov Demonstrate the Weakness of Today's Russia 07/09/22
303 25.51 ε«|»α #172: Poem: The Fleeting Self 07/04/22
302 25.50 ε«|»α #171: Writing as Witnessing 06/21/22
301 25.49 ε«|»α #170: Sanctions Against Russia Are Working - And Need to Be Even Stronger 06/21/22
300 25.48 ε«|»α #169: What Russia Claims to Want Is Irrelevant Now 06/07/22
299 25.47 ε«|»α #168: Why Must Ukraine Win? 06/05/22
298 25.46 ε«|»α #167: The Pseudo-Problem of Theodicy and the Nature of Divinity 06/05/22
297 25.45 ε«|»α #166: Reflections on Memorial Day 05/30/22
296 25.44 ε«|»α #165: Realpolitik Is About Appeasing Power, not Reality or Morality 05/26/22
295 25.43 ε«|»α #164: The Answer to Death is Life 05/25/22
294 25.42 ε«|»α #163: Putin's Russia Celebrates Its Own Fascism 05/08/22
293 25.41 ε«|»α #162: Seize the Day 04/28/22
292 25.40 ε«|»α #161: Poem: We All 04/28/22
291 25.39 ε«|»α μ#9: Erratic Attempts YouTube Channel 04/23/22
290 25.38 ε«|»α #160: Victim Blaming Par Excellence: Russia Complains About Those Helping Ukraine 04/20/22
289 25.37 ε«|»α #159: Stop the Ukrainian Genocide 04/06/22
288 25.36 ε«|»α μ#8: Will Smith Apologized; Let It Go 04/04/22
287 25.35 ε«|»α #158: Russia's Entire "Special Operation" is a War Crime 03/18/22
286 25.34 ε«|»α #157: Liars Lie. Stop Believing Putin and Lavrov 03/17/22
285 25.33 ε«|»α #156: Politics, Arts and Sports: Some Erratic Reflections 03/17/22
284 25.32 ε«|»α #155: Dear Russia: Make It Stop 03/11/22
283 25.31 ε«|»α #154: Against Putin: Yes. Against Russia: No. 03/07/22
282 25.30 ε«|»α #153: The Monstrosity of Vladimir Putin: We Have Learned Nothing From History 03/04/22
281 25.29 ε«|»α #152: Democracy vs. Tyranny, or: How Does It Feel to Live in a Dictatorship? 03/02/22
280 25.28 ε«|»α #151: Putin is a Fascist per Definition 03/02/22
279 25.27 ε«|»α #150: Poem: Nunc Est 02/28/22
278 25.26 ε«|»α #149: As Putin is Orchestrating to Commit Genocide... 02/28/22
277 25.25 ε«|»α #148: Putin Does Not Care About Russia. It's a Russian Leader's Tradition 02/28/22
276 25.24 ε«|»α #147: Why Should We Care About Ukraine? A Pragmatic Answer 02/27/22
275 25.23 ε«|»α #146: The Fall of the Soviet Union Was the Greatest Event of the Late 20th Century 02/27/22
274 25.22 ε«|»α #145: Putin Has Never Been Threatened By NATO 02/27/22
273 25.21 ε«|»α #144: Putin's War Against Ukraine Is a War Against All of Us 02/24/22
272 25.20 ε«|»α #143: The Madness of the Czar: Putin's Incoherent Speech 02/20/22
271 25.19 ε«|»α #142: Oh, Canada... 02/20/22
270 25.18 ε«|»α #141: Is Wearing a Star of David Labeled "Unvaccinated" Anti-Semitic? 02/20/22
269 25.17 ε«|»α #140: We Need Vaccine Mandates After All 02/19/22
268 25.16 ε«|»α #139: Nature Demands Humility: Lessons from Jurassic Park World 02/14/22
267 25.15 ε«|»α #138: The West is not Weak, But It Has Lacked Commitment 02/14/22
266 25.14 ε«|»α #137: Live Every Day in Love 02/08/22
265 25.13 ε«|»α #136: Is Putin the Aggressor? 02/05/22
264 25.12 ε«|»α #135: Conspiracy Belief, Science, Ego and Humility 02/02/22
263 25.11 ε«|»α #134: If People Apologize for Their Mistake, They Should Not be Cancelled 02/02/22
262 25.10 ε«|»α #133: Am I Really Not Paying Attention If I Am Not Outraged? 01/20/22
261 25.09 ε«|»α #132: My Tablet Told Me to Try a Bedtime Alarm 01/20/22
260 25.08 ε«|»α #131: Please Stop this Fascination with End-Times Rhetoric 01/20/22
259 25.07 ε«|»α #130: German Hypocrisy: How to Claim to be a Moral Leader While Acting like an International Free-Loader 01/20/22
258 25.06 ε«|»α #129: Pets Teach Empathy and How to Live 01/20/22
257 25.05 ε«|»α #128: Russia is Part of the West 01/19/22
256 25.04 ε«|»α #127: We Cannot Overcome Racism If We Talk About "Race" all the Time 01/18/22
255 25.03 ε«|»α #126: NATO Is Not Threatening Russia, and Putin Knows It. Some Thoughts on Solutions. 01/17/22
254 25.02 ε«|»α #125: Eliminating the Filibuster is Political Stupidity 01/15/22
253 25.01 ε«|»α #124: Happy New Year 2022! 01/06/22
Year 24 - 2021
252 24.63 ε«|»α #123: Poem: Pretend We 12/30/21
251 24.62 ε«|»α #122: Only a Zero Covid Strategy Will Bring Success 12/15/21
250 24.61 ε«|»α #121: Outrage Is Not a Successful Communication Strategy 11/27/21
249 24.60 ε«|»α #120: Differential Treatment of Vaccination Opponents is not Discrimination 11/25/21
248 24.59 ε«|»α #119: Thoughts on Covid Vaccine Mandates 11/25/21
247 24.58 ε«|»α μ#7: Can Cats Have Restless Tail Syndrome? 11/23/21
246 24.57 ε«|»α μ#6: We Are Ignoring Covid Again 11/12/21
245 24.56 ε«|»α #118: The Voter is Always Right: The Meaning of Democracy 11/07/21
244 24.55 ε«|»α #117: It's Not About Trump. It's About the Issues 11/03/21
243 24.54 ε«|»α #116: Religion is Trust in the Universe 10/07/21
242 24.53 ε«|»α #115: Are We Anthropomorphizing Human Beings? 10/04/21
241 24.52 ε«|»α #114: Be Quiet Sometimes 09/27/21
240 24.51 ε«|»α #113: The Protagonist Trap: Why Bond Cannot be "Woke" 09/26/21
239 24.50 ε«|»α #112: The Normality of Not Knowing 09/15/21
238 24.49 ε«|»α μ#5: Symphony 4 is finished 09/06/21
237 24.48 ε«|»α #111: Faith, the Pandemic, and the Drowning Man 08/29/21
236 24.47 ε«|»α #110: Poem: To Understand the World 08/20/21
235 24.46 ε«|»α #109: We Cannot Lose Hope 08/20/21
234 24.45 ε«|»α #108: Carefulness Is Not Fear 08/15/21
233 24.44 ε«|»α #107: How (Not) To Be Unhappy 08/14/21
232 24.43 ε«|»α #106: How To Be Happy 08/13/21
231 24.42 ε«|»α #105: We May Think We're Done with the Virus, but the Virus is not Done with Us 08/12/21
230 24.41 ε«|»α #104: Psychological Long Covid 08/12/21
229 24.40 ε«|»α μ#4: We Need Animals 08/12/21
228 24.39 ε«|»α #103: The Story About the Lone Scientist Showing That Everyone Else Is Wrong 08/06/21
227 24.38 ε«|»α μ#3: Tired? 07/16/21
226 24.37 ε«|»α #102: Brexit Means Brexit 07/22/21
225 24.36 ε«|»α μ#2: Why the Posturing as if Pandemic was Over? 07/16/21
224 24.35 ε«|»α μ#1: Fleeting Micro-Posts 07/16/21
223 24.34 ε«|»α #101: The Mask Does not just Protect You but Others as Well 06/08/21
222 24.33 ε«|»α #100: Poem: One Moment in Time (一期一会) 05/30/21
221 24.32 ε«|»α #99: Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism 05/29/21
220 24.31 ε«|»α #98: The Populist Attack on Democracy During the Pandemic 05/22/21
219 24.30 ε«|»α #97: Are We Prepared for Extraterrestrial Life? 05/22/21
218 24.29 ε«|»α #96: We Need Neutral News Media 05/21/21
217 24.28 ε«|»α #95: For Israel, For Palestine, For Peace 05/21/21
216 24.27 ε«|»α #94: What Is Political Extremism Today? 05/13/21
215 24.26 ε«|»α #93: Don't Picture This: The Trouble With Selfies 05/05/21
214 24.25 ε«|»α #92: The Impact of Brexit on Trade 04/27/21
213 24.24 ε«|»α #91: The Transatlantic Perspective Needs to be Global 04/25/21
212 24.23 ε«|»α #90: In Defense of Wokeness 04/22/21
211 24.22 ε«|»α #89: Tragedy is the Nature of Life, and That is OK 04/13/21
210 24.21 ε«|»α #88: Nature is the Best Meditation 04/13/21
209 24.20 ε«|»α #87: Stargate as Classical Science Fiction 04/13/21
208 24.19 ε«|»α #86: Nature Is Stronger than Us: The Pandemic, not the Lockdown, Is the Problem 04/05/21
207 24.18 ε«|»α #85: Anti-Asian Hate and the Human Capacity for Divisiveness 03/31/21
206 24.17 ε«|»α #84: Panicking Is Not a Good Strategy 03/30/21
205 24.16 ε«|»α #83: The Purpose of History, or, We Need to Explain Democracy Better 03/28/21
204 24.15 ε«|»α #82: Only Logic Will Help Us Out of the Pandemic 03/25/21
203 24.14 ε«|»α #81: Do Not Expect Normality in Non-Normal Times 03/12/21
202 24.13 ε«|»α #80: There is No Alternative to Dialog and Debate 02/23/21
201 24.12 ε«|»α #79: The Need for the Public Understanding of Humanities and Social Science Theory 02/21/21
200 24.11 ε«|»α #78: What Is Social Justice - and What Isn't 02/17/21
199 24.10 ε«|»α #77: Animal Personalities 02/14/21
198 24.09 ε«|»α #76: We Need No Saviors 02/11/21
197 24.08 ε«|»α #75: There are no "Internal Matters" 02/09/21
196 24.07 ε«|»α #74: On the Difference Between Scientific and Mythological Thinking 02/08/21
195 24.06 ε«|»α #73: The Destruction of Creativity through "Social" Media 01/31/21
194 24.05 ε«|»α #72: Can We Trust The Media? 01/28/21
193 24.04 ε«|»α #71: The Improvement of Society Never Ends 01/18/21
192 24.03 ε«|»α #70: Poem: Wake for a World out of Balance 01/10/21
191 24.02 ε«|»α #69: No, American Democracy Is Not Dead 01/08/21
190 24.01 ε«|»α #68: We Do Not Need Enemies 01/03/21
Year 23 - 2020
189 23.64 ε«|»α #67: This Perfect Virus Exploits Our Weaknesses 12/29/20
188 23.63 ε«|»α #66: Democracy Needs Well-Educated Citizens 12/26/20
187 23.62 ε«|»α #65: Sine Ira et Studio: The Strength of Dispassionate Criticism 12/14/20
186 23.61 ε«|»α #64: The Illusion of Brexit 12/10/20
185 23.60 ε«|»α #63: Doubt and Faith in Religion 11/11/20
184 23.59 ε«|»α #62: Democracy is a Consensus-Creation Machine 11/06/20
183 23.58 ε«|»α #61: We All Need to Appreciate Each Other 10/28/20
182 23.57 ε«|»α #60: How We Know that the New Coronavirus Is a Real Threat 10/26/20
181 23.56 ε«|»α #59: Why Really Big Conspiracies Cannot Exist 10/21/20
180 23.55 ε«|»α #58: Question Everything; But Also Yourself 10/21/20
179 23.54 ε«|»α #57: What Is Science? 10/20/20
178 23.53 ε«|»α #56: Disentangling Race and Ethnicity 10/17/20
177 23.52 ε«|»α #55: It’s The Uncertainty That Makes Us Worry 10/06/20
176 23.51 ε«|»α #54: The Dictator as False Messiah: A Belated Review of Game Of Thrones Season 8 09/30/20
175 23.50 ε«|»α #53: What Is “Left”? A Very Erratic Attempt 09/30/20
174 23.49 ε«|»α #52: Crisis Fatigue 09/30/20
173 23.48 ε«|»α #51: The Politics of Division Cannot Work 09/24/20
172 23.47 ε«|»α #50: The Value of the Musical Long Form 09/11/20
171 23.46 ε«|»α #49: Nature Demands Humility 09/11/20
170 23.45 ε«|»α #48: Moderation is Strength; Radicality is Weakness 09/11/20
169 23.44 ε«|»α #47: And Soon, For Something Completely Different… 09/01/20
168 23.43 ε«|»α #46: We Need to Move Beyond the Left/Right Paradigm 08/31/20
167 23.42 ε«|»α #45: Benefit of the Doubt 08/26/20
166 23.41 ε«|»α #44: There is Too Much "Now" Today 08/26/20
165 23.40 ε«|»α #43: “Worst Persons” in the World: Hate is the New Normal 08/18/20
164 23.39 ε«|»α #42: Be the World You Want It to Be 07/30/20
163 23.38 ε«|»α #41: Corona Funk 07/29/20
162 23.37 ε«|»α #40: Enabling Free Speech, or, the Problem of the Public Sphere 07/10/20
161 23.36 ε«|»α #39: Free Speech is Absolute 07/09/20
160 23.35 ε«|»α #38: Radical Empathy 06/24/20
159 23.34 ε«|»α #37: Coronavirus, the Amfortas Wound? 06/23/20
158 23.33 ε«|»α #36: Diversity Is Democracy, and It Is Not a Zero-Sum Game 06/20/20
157 23.32 ε«|»α #35: What Is Social Constructivism? 06/20/20
156 23.31 ε«|»α #34: What is White Privilege? 06/20/20
155 23.30 ε«|»α #33: Race Does Not Exist. But Racism Does 06/20/20
154 23.29 ε«|»α #32: Guilt vs. (Historical) Responsibility 06/20/20
153 23.28 ε«|»α #31: What Is Systemic Racism? 06/09/20
152 23.27 ε«|»α #30: What Is Racism? 06/09/20
151 23.26 ε«|»α #29: Black Lives Do Matter 06/08/20
150 23.25 ε«|»α #28: Violent Protest Does Not Work 06/06/20
149 23.24 ε«|»α #27: What is Peace? 06/05/20
148 23.23 ε«|»α #26: Coronavirus is a Thief 05/25/20
147 23.22 ε«|»α #25: Legitimate and Illegitimate Arguments Regarding the Coronavirus Shutdown 05/18/20
146 23.21 ε«|»α #24: Conspiracy Thinking is Not Critical Thinking 05/18/20
145 23.20 ε«|»α #23: We Need to Take the Virus Seriously 05/09/20
144 23.19 ε«|»α #22: There Are No “Alternative” News Sources 05/09/20
143 23.18 ε«|»α #21: Media: Don’t Tell People What To Think 05/09/20
142 23.17 ε«|»α #20: Exiled 05/04/20
141 23.16 ε«|»α #19: “Believe all Women” 05/04/20
140 23.15 ε«|»α #18: What's Left: Communism, Socialism, Progressivism, Social Democracy, and the Value of Dissent 04/24/20
139 23.14 ε«|»α #17: Coronavirus: This is the Apocalypse 04/23/20
138 23.13 ε«|»α #16: Coronavirus and Democracy 04/16/20
137 23.12 ε«|»α #15: Happiness 04/14/20
136 23.11 ε«|»α #14: The European Project Needs Both Unity and Disunity 04/11/20
135 23.10 ε«|»α #13: Poem: Passover 04/09/20
134 23.09 ε«|»α #12: We Are All Just Human Beings, and We Are All Predictably Stupid 04/01/20
133 23.08 ε«|»α #11: Authoritarian Governments Must Lie, and Democracies are Grown-Up Systems 03/24/20
132 23.07 ε«|»α #10: Corona, or, Nothing Important Is Happening Today 03/21/20
131 23.06 ε«|»α #9: Dialectical Thinking 02/16/20
130 23.05 ε«|»α #8: Poem: At the Hour of the Wolf 01/18/20
129 23.04 ε«|»α #7: We’re Headed in the Wrong Direction: Retirement Policy 01/07/20
128 23.03 ε«|»α #6: Star Trek Discovery: Mea Culpa 01/06/20
127 23.02 ε«|»α #5: Democracy Means Humility 01/06/20
126 23.01 ε«|»α #4: How We Win 01/05/20
Year 22 - 2019
125 22.02 ε«|»α #3: Don't Know What to Say 12/10/19
124 22.01 ε«|»α #2: A Fresh Start 12/05/19
Year 19 (2016) through 21 (2018)
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Year 18 - 2015
123 18.01 ε«|»α #1: Holidays 12/23/15
 



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# Y.#Title / Short Title Date
Year 14 (2011) through 17 (2014)
- - no entries -
Year 13 - 2010
122 13.02 ((Φ)) #122: Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, FOX "NEWS", and the False Equivalency 11/07/10
121 13.01 ((Φ)) #121: Bye Bye F*c*book 06/14/10
Year 12 - 2009
- - no entries -
Year 11 - 2008
120 11.01 ((Φ)) #120: Independence for Kosova 02/22/08
Year 9 (2006) through 10 (2007)
- - no entries -
Year 8 - 2005
119 8.05 ((Φ)) #119: On the Practicality of the Rule of Law 12/08/05
118 8.04 ((Φ)) #118: Black Background 11/20/05
117 8.03 ((Φ)) #117: Writing in English as a German 11/20/05
116 8.02 ((Φ)) #116: Renaming the Site / Refocusing 11/20/05
115 8.01 ((Φ)) #115: Iraqi Elections 01/29/05
Year 7 - 2004
114 7.04 ((Φ)) #114: Concerning Bin Laden 10/29/04
113 7.03 ((Φ)) #113: Kerry for America 07/09/04
112 7.02 ((Φ)) #112: Positioning. Remarks on Facts and Truth 01/31/04
111 7.01 ((Φ)) #111: Diary Preliminaries 01/31/04
Year 6 - 2003
110 6.07 ((Φ)) #110: Recapitulation and Free at Last 12/31/03
109 6.06 ((Φ)) #109: Leni Riefenstahl Is Dead 09/10/03
108 6.05 ((Φ)) #108: Questions on Iraq 02/15/03
107 6.04 ((Φ)) #107: Schröder's Kamikaze Game 02/11/03
106 6.03 ((Φ)) #106: Conflicting Views, Same Tactics 02/09/03
105 6.02 ((Φ)) #105: Breaking Up the Union 01/29/03
104 6.01 ((Φ)) #104: It's the Domination, Stupid 01/29/03
Year 5 - 2002
103 5.11 ((Φ)) #103: Ceterum Censeo... 09/29/02
102 5.10 ((Φ)) #102: Preemptive Strike against Iraq 09/05/02
101 5.09 ((Φ)) #101: Double-Talk Politics 06/04/02
100 5.08 ((Φ)) #100: Depressivity 05/21/02
99 5.07 ((Φ)) #99: The Victims of the Hardliners 04/10/02
98 5.06 ((Φ)) #98: Sharon's Cry for War? 03/31/02
97 5.05 ((Φ)) #97: Ides of March 03/15/02
96 5.04 ((Φ)) #96: Unruhe 01/28/02
95 5.03 ((Φ)) #95: Inactivity 01/28/02
94 5.02 ((Φ)) #94: Site Census #3, January 2002 01/18/02
93 5.01 ((Φ)) #93: (Net) Birthday 01/18/02
Year 4 - 2001
92 4.08 ((Φ)) #92: Two Thousand And One 12/31/01
91 4.07 ((Φ)) #91: And Death Just So Certain 10/31/01
90 4.06 ((Φ)) #90: September 11: Attack on NYC 09/11/01
89 4.05 ((Φ)) #89: Redefinition 07/27/01
88 4.04 ((Φ)) #88: About the Redesign (V 10.6) / Site Census #2 04/05/01
87 4.03 ((Φ)) #87: Transition of Power 01/20/01
86 4.02 ((Φ)) #86: Twenty-Five 01/11/01
85 4.01 ((Φ)) #85: Site Birthday 01/08/01
Year 3 - 2000
84 3.15 ((Φ)) #84: Taking Places 12/11/00
83 3.14 ((Φ)) #83: Electoral Mumbo-Jumbo 11/26/00
82 3.13 ((Φ)) #82: Limbo II: Personal 11/16/00
81 3.12 ((Φ)) #81: Limbo I: Political 11/16/00
80 3.11 ((Φ)) #80: Yugoslavian Elections, Pt. 2 09/30/00
79 3.10 ((Φ)) #79: Yugoslavian Elections 09/30/00
78 3.09 ((Φ)) #78: Time 07/25/00
77 3.08 ((Φ)) #77: The Pope's Mea Culpa 03/25/00
76 3.07 ((Φ)) #76: Chechnya 02/03/00
75 3.06 ((Φ)) #75: Haider and Austria 02/03/00
74 3.05 ((Φ)) #74: The Krenz Case 01/26/00
73 3.04 ((Φ)) #73: The Pinochet Case 01/26/00
72 3.03 ((Φ)) #72: Kohl and the Issue of Integrity 01/26/00
71 3.02 ((Φ)) #71: Twenty-Four 01/11/00
70 3.01 ((Φ)) #70: Two Thousand 01/11/00
Year 2 - 1999
69 2.63 ((Φ)) #69: Y2K 12/31/99
68 2.62 ((Φ)) #68: Never 11/10/99
67 2.61 ((Φ)) #67: Ten Years of Freedom 11/09/99
66 2.60 ((Φ)) #66: About the Redesign (V 9.0) / Site Census #1 11/09/99
65 2.59 ((Φ)) #65: Communist China 09/30/99
64 2.58 ((Φ)) #64: Dot Com Domains 09/30/99
63 2.57 ((Φ)) #63: Good/Bad Weather 09/30/99
62 2.56 ((Φ)) #62: Homosexuality & Discrimination 09/20/99
61 2.55 ((Φ)) #61: Loss 09/20/99
60 2.54 ((Φ)) #60: Requiem for a Cat 08/05/99
59 2.53 ((Φ)) #59: Goodbye Geocities 07/02/99
58 2.52 ((Φ)) #58: Childhood / Middle Ages / Rome 05/03/99
57 2.51 ((Φ)) #57: The Dalai Lama 06/19/99
56 2.50 ((Φ)) #56: Commemorating Millennium 06/17/99
55 2.49 ((Φ)) #55: Commemorating DeForest Kelley 06/17/99
54 2.48 ((Φ)) #54: Writer's Block 06/17/99
53 2.47 ((Φ)) #53: Perfection 05/30/99
52 2.46 ((Φ)) #52: Depressive Moods 05/17/99
51 2.45 ((Φ)) #51: After the Rain 05/17/99
50 2.44 ((Φ)) #50: Politeness 05/17/99
49 2.43 ((Φ)) #49: Language Courses 05/17/99
48 2.42 ((Φ)) #48: Enthusiasm 05/17/99
47 2.41 ((Φ)) #47: Fear / Horror Movies 05/05/99
46 2.40 ((Φ)) #46: Morning Sun 04/30/99
45 2.39 ((Φ)) #45: Evening Sun 04/30/99
44 2.38 ((Φ)) #44: Remembrances: Books / TV / Movies, Dubbing 04/17/99
43 2.37 ((Φ)) #43: Spiders 04/17/99
42 2.36 ((Φ)) #42: Dreams / Reality 04/17/99
41 2.35 ((Φ)) #41: Trying to Sleep / Clearing One's Head 04/17/99
40 2.34 ((Φ)) #40: Driving / Speeding / Thinking 04/17/99
39 2.33 ((Φ)) #39: Stalinism / Strike against Yugoslavia, pt. II 04/12/99
38 2.32 ((Φ)) #38: IMAX / Everest / Nature 04/08/99
37 2.31 ((Φ)) #37: Rain / Nature 04/08/99
36 2.30 ((Φ)) #36: Chocolate Easter Bunnies 04/04/99
35 2.29 ((Φ)) #35: Violence / Strike Against Yugoslavia 03/26/99
34 2.28 ((Φ)) #34: New Layout 03/26/99
33 2.27 ((Φ)) #33: Death Penalty 03/19/99
32 2.26 ((Φ)) #32: Over-Population 03/19/99
31 2.25 ((Φ)) #31: Writing / Internet / Money 03/16/99
30 2.24 ((Φ)) #30: To Lean Back and Relax 03/16/99
29 2.23 ((Φ)) #29: Not Setting Alarm Clock / Leisure Time 03/16/99
28 2.22 ((Φ)) #28: Funeral / Religion / Navajo / Cemeteries / Death 03/13/99
27 2.21 ((Φ)) #27: Purgatory 03/10/99
26 2.20 ((Φ)) #26: Nature 03/09/99
25 2.19 ((Φ)) #25: Tiredness / Our Cat / Emotionality 03/08/99
24 2.18 ((Φ)) #24: Selective Remembrances, Emotionality 03/01/99
23 2.17 ((Φ)) #23: Best Before... 03/01/99
22 2.16 ((Φ)) #22: Life 02/25/99
21 2.15 ((Φ)) #21: Death 02/25/99
20 2.14 ((Φ)) #20: Pressures / Politics / Individuality 02/20/99
19 2.13 ((Φ)) #19: The Snow Must Go On 02/18/99
18 2.12 ((Φ)) #18: Basic Instinct Soundtrack 02/08/99
17 2.11 ((Φ)) #17: Potential of the Diary 02/08/99
16 2.10 ((Φ)) #16: Color of the Sky 02/08/99
15 2.09 ((Φ)) #15: Night Sky / Nature 02/03/99
14 2.08 ((Φ)) #14: Studying / Productivity 02/02/99
13 2.07 ((Φ)) #13: Handheld PCs 02/02/99
12 2.06 ((Φ)) #12: A Perfect Moment / Meet Joe Black 01/26/99
11 2.05 ((Φ)) #11: Empty Screen 01/24/99
10 2.04 ((Φ)) #10: Purposes 01/19/99
9 2.03 ((Φ)) #9: Snow 01/12/99
8 2.02 ((Φ)) #8: Site Birthday 01/08/99
7 2.01 ((Φ)) #7: A New Year 01/01/99
Year 1 - 1998
6 1.06 ((Φ)) #6: Final Thoughts on 1998 12/31/98
5 1.05 ((Φ)) #5: Essays 12/28/98
4 1.04 ((Φ)) #4: Logic / Contradictions / Diversity 12/27/98
3 1.03 ((Φ)) #3: Time / Reading / Loose Ends 12/26/98
2 1.02 ((Φ)) #2: Christmas 12/24/98
1 1.01 ((Φ)) #1: Diary / This Site 12/23/98
 











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Year 27 - 2024
36 27.03 |»] #29: Über den Unterschied zwischen Opposition und Demokratiefeindlichkeit 01/28/24
35 27.02 |»] #28: Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht: Die Neue Querfront 01/27/24
34 27.01 |»] #27: Warum die Demonstrationen gegen die AfD notwendig sind 01/23/24
Year 26 - 2023
33 26.05 |»] #26: Ist man Nazi, wenn man Nazis wählt? 10/02/23
32 26.04 |»] #25: Warum Gendern? 10/02/23
31 26.03 |»] #24: Gedanken zum 17. Juni: Die DDR war eine menschenverachtende Diktatur 06/17/23
30 26.02 |»] #23: Wer mit Extremisten demonstriert: Die neue Querfront aus Querdenken und Putinbeschwichtigern 02/25/23
29 26.01 |»] #22: Wir wollen alle Frieden - aber Wagenknecht und Schwarzer haben Unrecht 02/24/23
Year 25 - 2022
28 25.08 |»] #21: Gedicht: Путин, идиот (Putin, Idiot) 09/15/22
27 25.07 |»] #20: Wie sollten wir uns zum Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine verhalten? 09/15/22
26 25.06 |»] #19: Erinnerungen an Gorbatschow 08/30/22
25 25.05 |»] #18: Gedanken zum Tempolimit 06/30/22
24 25.04 |»] #17: Sahra Wagenknecht, die Linke und Putin 05/19/22
23 25.03 |»] #16: Deutschland muss die Ukraine verteidigen 04/21/22
22 25.02 |»] #15: Ist das Tragen eines Judensterns mit der Bezeichnung "Ungeimpft" antisemitisch? 02/20/22
21 25.01 |»] #14: Wir brauchen die allgemeine Impfpflicht 02/19/22
Year 24 - 2021
20 24.08 |»] #13: Die Andersbehandlung von Impfgegnern ist keine Diskriminierung 11/25/21
19 24.07 |»] #12: Gedanken zur Corona-Impfpflicht 11/22/21
18 24.06 |»] #11: Neue deutsche Boshaftigkeit 10/07/21
17 24.05 |»] #10: Die AfD ist nicht konservativ 06/07/21
16 24.04 |»] #9: Zum wissenschaftlichen Fehlverhalten in der Politik 05/22/21
15 24.03 |»] #8: Nicht mehr alles dicht? 04/25/21
14 24.02 |»] #7: Coronaerfolg ist Wahlerfolg 04/02/21
13 24.01 |»] #6: Verqueres Denken 03/30/21
Year 23 - 2020
12 23.05 |»] #5: Legitime und illegitime Argumente zu Coronavirus-Massnahmen 05/19/20
11 23.04 |»] #4: Es gibt keine "alternativen" Nachrichtenquellen 05/19/20
10 23.03 |»] #3: Verschwörungsdenken ist kein kritisches Denken 05/19/20
9 23.02 |»] #2: Im Exil (Teil 2) 05/19/20
8 23.01 |»] #1: Im Exil (Teil 1) 04/28/20
 



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Year 6 - 2003
7 6.02 |||| #7: ein nachwort zu Möllemann (4) 06/12/03
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Year 5 - 2002
5 5.05 |||| #5: kopftuch oder nicht kopftuch 07/08/02
4 5.04 |||| #4: ende des grausamen spiels? (2) 06/06/02
3 5.03 |||| #3: perfides spiel ueber die rechte bande - FDP, Möllemann, Karsli (1) 05/27/02
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6 24.01 {{Ω}} Songs for Liturgy & Meditation 1-2 03/07/21
Year 23 - 2020
5 23.01 {{Ω}} Symphony 3: Remembrance 07/03/20
Year 22 - 2019
4 22.01 {{Ω}} Symphony 2: Lamentations 02/21/19
Year 21 - 2018
3 21.03 {{Ω}} Missa Brevis 10/21/18
2 21.02 {{Ω}} Violin Duo 1 06/15/18
1 21.01 {{Ω}} Symphony 1: Requiem 06/02/18