“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changinghimself.” — Leo Tolstoy
Puh, das war knapp: Österreich ist soeben noch einem weit rechtsaußen angesiedelten Bundespräsidenten entkommen. Und in Italien verzeichnen die Populisten weiter enorme Zuwächse, obwohl man natürlich einschränken muss, dass im Referendum auch viele Konservative…
“It’s a post-truth world, and victory belongs to those who understand that reality belongs to the person with the best…
Dear friends back home,
Greetings from the epicenter of the free world. It has been a rather raucous time here lately. It turns out that the term “free world” is meant ironically. Who knew? I get the sense that not everyone here…
Doing really the bare minimum and signing the petition below for the UN to continue delivering aid to civilians in Syria — people are starving…
The answer to the titular question, answered in the most succinct way:
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Thanks, Ben Wolford, for reminding me why Greek yogurt is the best culinary invention ever:
Odd these two words, set this way, mirror one another in vastly different ways. When a social polarity or mob is involved, the measure of each is offset by the base on which it stands. The mind is a machine that seeks patterns and reinforces them while discarding…