What is freedom, are we born free or is freedom conveyed to us by others? Can it be taken away? Is freedom only an absence of fear and constraint or does it not rather imply the need to take part in the political and social discourse? Th is essay by Hannah Arendt was fi rst published in German by ...

A crucial plea for an ethic of debate instead of an ethic of personal opinions

Germany has a tradition of enlightenment ideals - and another of inhumane behavior. The Allies brought us democracy, freedom of opinion, and plurality. It is time to become deliberately aware of these ...

The centennial of the Revolution: an extraordinary historical overview

On November 7, 1918, the House of Wittelsbach fell from power in Bavaria, followed in short succession by all of the other German royal houses. Prior to the founding of the Republic on November 9, Kurt Eisner ...

It's incredible but true-threats to the German way of life lie in wait around every corner. Feminists are trying to blag their way to the top on the positive discrimination ticket; irksome veggies occupying the moral high ground spoil your barbecue with their politically correct renunciation of ...

Anton Aschenbrenner was a Catholic priest and religious education teacher when he fell in love with a colleague. For many years they kept their relationship secret, but when Birgit fell pregnant he decided to come out into the open. He chose his wife and child over the Church, a step that ...

Effective immediately, the world belongs to me again!

"And now it's my turn!" - this sentiment coincides with many women's feelings about their lives. They have achieved a lot, shouldered a lot, and choked down a lot. Now the desire for an independent life of their own is growing.

Healthy cooking for children from age three upwards. With plenty of experience both as a mother and a cookery book writer, Monika Arndt knows just what children - and adults! - like to eat and what is of nutritional value too. She goes into the development of a child's tastes and writes about ...

Authoritative answers to the questions most frequently asked about exceptionally gifted children.

Exceptionally gifted children are in fact entirely normal, neither freaks nor geniuses way off the Richter scale. They merely happen to be extremely intelligent which means their ...

The baby is crying; it is hungry. Most parents would pop open a jar of pureed fruits or vegetables, since the many producers of canned baby food seem to have snatched the task of cooking from new parents' hands. But the number of mothers and fathers who wish to cook their own fresh baby food is ...