Subcategories within the Category “Politics”:
- Brexit
- Conspiracy Theories
- Coronavirus
- Democracy
- Ethnicity, Race & Racism
- Europe
- Freedom
- Free Speech
- Globalization
- Ukraine & Russia
- Utopia
List of all Posts in the Category “Politics”:
- #347: Could We Handle UAP Disclosure? (6/18/2026)
- #346: Sine Ira et Studio: Without Anger and Passion (6/18/2026)
- #345: What Does AI Want? Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence, Biological Intelligence, Sentience and Personhood (6/15/2026)
- #343: Appreciative Critique (5/22/2026)
- #342: Lessons From Hungary’s Election (5/8/2026)
- #341: How Radical Should You Be In Your Belief? (5/7/2026)
- #340: Russia is Not Winning This War. Ukraine Still Needs Our Support (5/6/2026)
- #339: Strategic Ambiguity (3/12/2026)
- #338: At the Borders of the Human: UAP Disclosure, the Paranormal Counterpublic, and the Mediatization of American Political Culture (2/17/2026)
- #337: The Olympics Are Political (2/12/2026)
- #336: Russia & the Futility of Empire (2/10/2026)
- #335: Moderation is Unpopular but Needed (1/31/2026)
- #334: The True Iranian Revolution Is Happening Now (1/10/2026)
- #333: Maduro Captured: Global Implications (1/4/2026)
- #331: A Weakened Putin Tries to Manipulate Trump (Again). Perception vs. Reality, Part III (12/29/2025)
- #330: US vs Europe: Tone It Down. Perception vs. Reality, Part II (12/17/2025)
- #329: Russia Is Weaponizing Perception: Perception vs. Reality, Part I (12/17/2025)
- #328: The New (In)Security Strategy? (12/8/2025)
- #327: Sometimes, Boring Is Good: Finding Meaning in Moderation (12/2/2025)
- #326: Putin Does Not Want Peace (12/2/2025)
- #325: Why Russia’s 28 Points Will Fail: Ukraine Has Agency & Support (11/22/2025)
- #324: Ukraine Is Fighting Corruption: Our Support Is More Important Than Ever (11/16/2025)
- #323: Did Sanity Prevail? Government Shutdowns Still Make No Sense (11/10/2025)
- #322: Putin Fears Russia’s Breakup. A Brief Lesson in Russian Propaganda (11/6/2025)
- #321: The Problem with Populism: Why Democracy Needs More Than Simple Answers (11/5/2025)
- #320: Peace Without Cease-Fire Makes No Sense (10/27/2025)
- #319: Russia Demands Surrender (10/21/2025)
- #317: Between Enlightenment and Obscurity: Restoring the Democratic Promise of Science (10/13/2025)
- #316: Finally, A Chance for Peace in the Middle East? (10/13/2025)
- #314: Preserve Your Democracy. A Conversation with Konstantin Samoilov (10/2/2025)
- #313: Government Shutdowns Make No Sense – Specifically This One (10/1/2025)
- #312: Big Loss for Putin: Moldova Votes Pro EU (9/29/2025)
- #311: A.I. and Civic Responsibility (9/26/2025)
- #310: Dare to be Centrist, Aka, Why Centrism Is Necessary (9/22/2025)
- #309: Against Group-Think (9/17/2025)
- #308: Think Before You Post: How Social Media Affirms Our Worst Tendencies — And What We Can Do About It (9/15/2025)
- #307: Charlie Kirk Killed. The Curse of Political Violence (9/10/2025)
- #306: On Happiness (9/8/2025)
- #305: How to Stay Human in an AI World: The Power of Authentic Communication (9/4/2025)
- #304: Challenging the West? The 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Summit in Tianjin (9/4/2025)
- #303: What Is Bias? How Do You See It in Artificial Intelligence? (8/31/2025)
- #302: Can Ukraine Just Give Up? (8/31/2025)
- #301: Does Putin Love Russia? (8/31/2025)
- #299: Democracy Beats Dictatorship Anytime (8/27/2025)
- #298: Ukraine Can and Will Win. Why and How? (8/27/2025)
- #297: Europe Must Step Up to Support Ukraine (8/22/2025)
- #296: Putin’s Mistakes (8/20/2025)
- #295: Trump Met Putin – The Aftermath (8/15/2025)
- #293: AI Extends Knowledge – If We Have Some Already (8/15/2025)
- #292: Trump Meets Putin: What to Expect? (8/14/2025)
- #291: Whenever You Negotiate, You Need to Know the Details. (8/11/2025)
- #290: On Criticism vs. Hate (8/6/2025)
- #289: How We Speak to Each Other Matters (8/4/2025)
- #288: On Russophobia (7/31/2025)
- #287: The Need For Dialog (7/30/2025)
- #286: Democracy Needs Humility (7/28/2025)
- #285: Ukraine Is Not Perfect,But Still Deserves Our Support (7/25/2025)
- #284: Ukrainian Democracy Lives (7/24/2025)
- #282: Enough Already. Hamas is Sufficiently Weakened, and People Need a Future (7/23/2025)
- #281: A.I. Requires us to Know and Think More, Not Less. Some Reflections, With a Fascinating Bonus Response from AI (7/22/2025)
- #280: How Pseudo-Wokeness has Destroyed the Original Meaning of “Woke” (7/19/2025)
- #278: We Hate Everyone: Against the Politics of Vitriol (6/24/2025)
- #276: Is There an Easy and Fast Way to Know What is True or False? (5/12/2025)
- #274: The Root Cause of the Russian-Ukrainian War (5/12/2025)
- #273: Peace Needs Justice: It Matters How to Make Peace in Ukraine (4/24/2025)
- #272: Is This All a Brilliant Plan? (3/4/2025)
- #271: Does Zelenskyy Want Peace? (3/3/2025)
- #270: Our Soft Power and Reputation Are at Stake with Ukraine (2/22/2025)
- #269: Trump’s Toxic Negotiation Style Echoes Putin’s Propaganda (2/19/2025)
- #268: Peace in Ukraine – Trying to Stay Calm and Carry On (2/19/2025)
- #267: Are the United States Abandoning Europe? (2/14/2025)
- #266: Adventures in Artificial Intelligence Part II: Truth Matters (1/28/2025)
- µ#13: Finally Finished: The Garden (12/31/2024)
- #265: Ukraine Wants Peace and Russia Must Lose (12/16/2024)
- #264: Freedom from Assad (12/8/2024)
- #263: Don’t Believe Putin’s Lies. He Can (and Must) Be Defeated (11/25/2024)
- #262: Defeating Russia is the Path to Make America Great Again (11/17/2024)
- #261: If You Govern Against the People, You Will Fail (11/8/2024)
- #260: Now That Happened: After the Election, All Our Work Continues (11/6/2024)
- #259: These Insults Need to Stop (10/31/2024)
- #258: Ukraine Must Win. Understanding Russia’s Imperial Ambitions in Ukraine (9/24/2024)
- #256: Words Are Not Violence, But They Can Promote It (7/16/2024)
- #255: Reflections on Recent Developments in the War Against Ukraine (6/20/2024)
- #254: What If I’m Wrong? (6/13/2024)
- #253: Some Thoughts on Structures and Systems (4/30/2024)
- #252: Some Reflections on Israel, Gaza, and Protests (4/28/2024)
- #250: Take a Moment to Build Your Soul (4/15/2024)
- #249: The Resistance Against Wokeness, Part II: Addressing Religious Objections (3/5/2024)
- #248: The Resistance Against Wokeness, Part I (2/26/2024)
- #247: Politics After Resentment (2/25/2024)
- #246: Navalny’s Killing Exposes Putin’s Weakness (2/19/2024)
- #245: Tucker Carlson Reveals Putin’s Fear and Delusion (2/9/2024)
- #244: When Aliens Attack, What Will We Do? Reflections on Western Hesitancy in the Face of Russian Aggression (2/9/2024)
- #243: Living in a Time of Frustration: Are We Living in Babylon 5, Season 5? (1/29/2024)
- #242: On the Difference between Opposition and an Anti-Democratic Stance (1/28/2024)
- #241: The War Against Israel (12/5/2023)
- #240: Hope, Duty & the Future (11/12/2023)
- #239: Is History Helpful for Solving Conflicts? (11/12/2023)
- #238: Kristallnacht, 85 Years Later (11/10/2023)
- #237: No, Israel is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza (10/29/2023)
- #236: Things are Not OK. We Should Be Able to Admit It (10/29/2023)
- #235: Rumors of Putin’s Death (10/29/2023)
- #234: Israel is Neither Colonizer Nor Apartheid State (10/25/2023)
- #233: On Equity and Equality of Opportunity (10/23/2023)
- #232: The Downside of the Emotional Appeal (10/23/2023)
- #231: Centrism Is a Methodology, Not Primarily an Ideology (10/21/2023)
- #230: Against Hamas, Against Antisemitism, Against Antizionism (10/15/2023)
- #229: Fighting for Love in Times of War (10/9/2023)
- #228: Hamas Attacked Israel (10/7/2023)
- #227: Whatever Your Politics, There is No Reason to Support Putin (10/7/2023)
- #226: We Must Not Give Up on Global Democracy (10/6/2023)
- #224: The Individual and Society (9/30/2023)
- #223: Should Ukraine Be More Thankful and Less Demanding? (8/10/2023)
- #222: Science Fiction and Comics Have Always Been Woke, or: Of Course Women and Minorities Can Be Heroes! (8/3/2023)
- #221: Does Putin Want to Negotiate? (7/29/2023)
- #220: Russia’s Only Interests Are Terror and Destruction. It Must Be Defeated (7/1/2023)
- #219: Some Reflections on Fukuyama and the End of History (6/24/2023)
- #218: The West Is Not in Decline (6/20/2023)
- #217: Thoughts on June 17: The GDR Was an Inhumane Dictatorship (6/17/2023)
- #216: What to Make of Recent UFO Revelations by David Grusch (6/12/2023)
- #215: Commonsense Diversity (6/12/2023)
- #214: “Race” as the Experience of Dehumanization (6/11/2023)
- #213: Poem: The Worst Kind of Animal (5/16/2023)
- #212: We Need to Build the Future Now: Spaceflight is not Optional (5/16/2023)
- #211: Is the Pandemic Over? (5/11/2023)
- #210: Why (Some Degree of) Identity Politics is Necessary (4/27/2023)
- #209: We Need to Control Artificial Intelligence (4/1/2023)
- #208: The Perversion of Everything Russian: From Leningrad to Mariupol (3/27/2023)
- #207: Democracy Only Works with a Strong Separation of Powers (2/14/2023)
- #206: The Importance of Being Political (1/18/2023)
- #205: If You Want Peace: Why We Must Help Ukraine (1/16/2023)
- #204: Poem: Путин, идиот (Putin, You Idiot) (12/28/2022)
- #203: The Puzzling Resistance Against Anti-Racism (12/27/2022)
- #202: Fear Not: Why We Need to be Optimistic About the Future (12/27/2022)
- #200: The Nature Around Us (12/10/2022)
- #199: Why Positionality Matters (12/6/2022)
- #198: LGBTQ Rights are Human Rights (11/21/2022)
- #197: We Have Good Reasons for Hope (11/8/2022)
- #195: Fake “Referenda” Prove that Putin Doesn’t Want to Negotiate (9/25/2022)
- #194: No, the Pandemic is Not Yet Over (9/19/2022)
- #193: De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bene: We Owe Respect to the Dead (9/10/2022)
- #192: Biden Needs to Unite, not Demonize: In a Democracy, the “Other Side” Is Not the Enemy (9/4/2022)
- #191: Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev (8/30/2022)
- #190: On the Ability of Russians to Suffer their Government (8/27/2022)
- #189: Soviet Monuments Need To Go (8/27/2022)
- #188: What Is “The West” Today? From “Civilization” to Cooperation (8/27/2022)
- #187: Words Are Not Violence (8/17/2022)
- #186: Salman Rushdie and the Case for Free Speech (8/17/2022)
- #184: Anecdotal Thinking, Science, Religion, and Policy (8/11/2022)
- #183: What Are Russians Thinking? (7/31/2022)
- #182: Reflections on Identity, Purpose, and the Active Life (7/31/2022)
- #181: Are We too Stupid for the Internet? (7/30/2022)
- #180: Let Biden Be Biden (7/26/2022)
- #179: Ecce Homo: Wokeness Beyond Caricatures (7/20/2022)
- #178: Russia Deserves Better (7/14/2022)
- #177: Thinking Beyond Caricatures (7/11/2022)
- #176: Get Brexit Undone (7/9/2022)
- #175: The Metaverse Is Not The Solution (7/9/2022)
- #174: Climate Change Can Only Be Countered With Technological Innovation (7/9/2022)
- #173: Putin and Lavrov Demonstrate the Weakness of Today’s Russia (7/9/2022)
- #171: Writing as Witnessing (6/22/2022)
- #170: Sanctions Against Russia Are Working – And Need to Be Even Stronger (6/21/2022)
- #169: What Russia Claims to Want Is Irrelevant Now (6/7/2022)
- #168: Why Must Ukraine Win? (6/6/2022)
- #166: Reflections on Memorial Day (5/31/2022)
- #165: Realpolitik Is About Appeasing Power, not Reality or Morality (5/26/2022)
- #163: Putin’s Russia Celebrates Its Own Fascism (5/8/2022)
- #160: Victim Blaming Par Excellence: Russia Complains About Those Helping Ukraine (4/21/2022)
- #159: Stop the Ukrainian Genocide (4/6/2022)
- µ#8: Will Smith Apologized; Let It Go (4/4/2022)
- #158: Russia’s Entire “Special Operation” Is a War Crime (3/18/2022)
- #157: Liars Lie. Stop Believing Putin and Lavrov (3/17/2022)
- #156: Politics, Arts and Sports: Some Erratic Reflections (3/17/2022)
- #155: Dear Russia: Make It Stop (3/12/2022)
- #154: Against Putin: Yes. Against Russia: No. (3/7/2022)
- #153: The Monstrosity of Vladimir Putin: We Have Learned Nothing From History (3/4/2022)
- #152: Democracy vs. Tyranny, or: How Does It Feel to Live in a Dictatorship? (3/2/2022)
- #151: Putin Is a Fascist per Definition (3/2/2022)
- #149: As Putin Is Orchestrating to Commit Genocide… (3/1/2022)
- #148: Putin Does Not Care About Russia. It’s a Russian Leader’s Tradition (2/28/2022)
- #147: Why Should We Care About Ukraine? A Pragmatic Answer (2/27/2022)
- #146: The Fall of the Soviet Union Was the Greatest Event of the Late 20th Century (2/27/2022)
- #145: Putin Has Never Been Threatened By NATO (2/27/2022)
- #144: Putin’s War Against Ukraine Is a War Against All of Us (2/24/2022)
- #143: The Madness of the Czar: Putin’s Incoherent Speech (2/22/2022)
- #142: Oh, Canada… (2/22/2022)
- #141: Is Wearing a Star of David Labeled “Unvaccinated” Anti-Semitic? (2/20/2022)
- #140: We Need Vaccine Mandates After All (2/19/2022)
- #139: Nature Demands Humility: Lessons from Jurassic Park World (2/14/2022)
- #138: The West Is not Weak, But It Has Lacked Commitment (2/14/2022)
- #136: Is Putin the Aggressor? (2/5/2022)
- #135: Conspiracy Belief, Science, Ego and Humility (2/3/2022)
- #134: If People Apologize for Their Mistake, They Should Not Be Cancelled (2/3/2022)
- #133: Am I Really Not Paying Attention If I Am Not Outraged? (1/31/2022)
- #131: Please Stop this Fascination with End-Times Rhetoric (1/26/2022)
- #130: German Hypocrisy: How to Claim to be a Moral Leader While Acting Like an International Free-Loader. A Polemic (1/25/2022)
- #128: Russia Is Part of the West (1/19/2022)
- #127: We Cannot Overcome Racism If We Talk About “Race” all the Time (1/18/2022)
- #126: NATO Is Not Threatening Russia, and Putin Knows It. Some Thoughts on Solutions. (1/17/2022)
- #125: Eliminating the Filibuster Is Political Stupidity (1/15/2022)