Category Archives: USA

A Real Journalist

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Muller

“A real journalist is one who understands, at a cellular level, and doesn’t shy away from, the adversarial relationship between government and press.” That’s what the New York Times’ Public Editor Margaret Sullivan has suggested yesterday when commenting on almost … Continue reading →

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“… we must move beyond a mindset of perpetual war”

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Muller

After five years, President Obama returned to Berlin today and delivered another “historical” speech for about 4000 invited guests and probably millions watching him on TV. A bit boring (since we had already heard Mayor Klaus Wowereit and Chancellor Angela … Continue reading →

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Dashed Hopes

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Muller

President Barack Obama visits Berlin on Tuesday and Wednesday next week for the second time. Five years ago the then campaigning presidential hopeful gave one of his numerous “historical” speeches in front of the Victory Column (commemorating the Prussian victory … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Benthem’s Panopticon

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Muller

We might owe whistle-blowers Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden (after Daniel Ellsberg) nothing else than the future. We got a final wake-up call. What Snowden has revealed is what all had long feared in nightmares but could not imagine to … Continue reading →

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NSA Targets US Citizens And, Well, Mainly Iranians

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Muller

The Guardian has revealed this week America’s further decline into the Home of Big Brother. Now, the National Security Agency (NSA) has even developed a powerful data mining tool, called Boundless Informant, that details and maps by country the enormous … Continue reading →

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