Topics culture #253: Some Thoughts on Structures and Systems by Philipp Kneis April 30, 2024 politics #252: Some Reflections on Israel, Gaza, and Protests by Philipp Kneis April 28, 2024 culture #251: A Tale of Four Dunes by Philipp Kneis April 28, 2024 politics #250: Take a Moment to Build Your Soul by Philipp Kneis April 15, 2024 culture #249: The Resistance Against Wokeness, Part II: Addressing Religious Objections by Philipp Kneis March 5, 2024 culture #248: The Resistance Against Wokeness, Part I by Philipp Kneis February 26, 2024 politics #247: Politics After Resentment by Philipp Kneis February 25, 2024 history #246: Navalny’s Killing Exposes Putin’s Weakness by Philipp Kneis February 19, 2024 history #245: Tucker Carlson Reveals Putin’s Fear and Delusion by Philipp Kneis February 9, 2024 history #244: When Aliens Attack, What Will We Do? Reflections on Western Hesitancy in the Face of Russian Aggression by Philipp Kneis February 9, 2024 film #243: Living in a Time of Frustration: Are We Living in Babylon 5, Season 5? by Philipp Kneis January 29, 2024 politics #242: On the Difference between Opposition and an Anti-Democratic Stance by Philipp Kneis January 28, 2024 music µ#11: More Content on philjohn.com by Philipp Kneis January 14, 2024 history #241: The War Against Israel by Philipp Kneis December 5, 2023 music µ#11: Symphony 5, Movement I by Philipp Kneis November 16, 2023 culture #240: Hope, Duty & the Future by Philipp Kneis November 12, 2023 history #239: Is History Helpful for Solving Conflicts? by Philipp Kneis November 12, 2023 politics #238: Kristallnacht, 85 Years Later by Philipp Kneis November 10, 2023 politics #237: No, Israel is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza by Philipp Kneis October 29, 2023 life #236: Things are Not OK. We Should Be Able to Admit It by Philipp Kneis October 29, 2023 culture #235: Rumors of Putin’s Death by Philipp Kneis October 29, 2023 photo blog Photos: Berlin, 2001 by Philipp Kneis October 28, 2023 photo blog Photos: Pergamon Museum, 2003/05 by Philipp Kneis October 28, 2023 politics #234: Israel is Neither Colonizer Nor Apartheid State by Philipp Kneis October 25, 2023 culture #233: On Equity and Equality of Opportunity by Philipp Kneis October 23, 2023 politics #232: The Downside of the Emotional Appeal by Philipp Kneis October 23, 2023 politics #231: Centrism Is a Methodology, Not Primarily an Ideology by Philipp Kneis October 21, 2023 history #230: Against Hamas, Against Antisemitism, Against Antizionism by Philipp Kneis October 15, 2023 life #229: Fighting for Love in Times of War by Philipp Kneis October 9, 2023 media #228: Hamas Attacked Israel by Philipp Kneis October 7, 2023 politics #227: Whatever Your Politics, There is No Reason to Support Putin by Philipp Kneis October 7, 2023 culture #226: We Must Not Give Up on Global Democracy by Philipp Kneis October 6, 2023 culture #225: Religion, Transcendence & Nature by Philipp Kneis October 5, 2023 politics #224: The Individual and Society by Philipp Kneis September 30, 2023 Uncategorized µ#10: More Content on Erratic Attempts YouTube Channel by Philipp Kneis September 26, 2023 poetry Φ: Poem: Life Is A Wake by Philipp Kneis August 21, 2023 poetry Φ: Poem: Qaddish, Part 2.4 by Philipp Kneis August 21, 2023 politics #223: Should Ukraine Be More Thankful and Less Demanding? by Philipp Kneis August 10, 2023 culture #222: Science Fiction and Comics Have Always Been Woke, or: Of Course Women and Minorities Can Be Heroes! by Philipp Kneis August 3, 2023 history #221: Does Putin Want to Negotiate? by Philipp Kneis July 29, 2023 politics #220: Russia’s Only Interests Are Terror and Destruction. It Must Be Defeated by Philipp Kneis July 1, 2023 history #219: Some Reflections on Fukuyama and the End of History by Philipp Kneis June 24, 2023 culture #218: The West Is Not in Decline by Philipp Kneis June 20, 2023 history #217: Thoughts on June 17: The GDR Was an Inhumane Dictatorship by Philipp Kneis June 17, 2023 politics #216: What to Make of Recent UFO Revelations by David Grusch by Philipp Kneis June 12, 2023 culture #215: Commonsense Diversity by Philipp Kneis June 12, 2023 culture #214: “Race” as the Experience of Dehumanization by Philipp Kneis June 11, 2023 politics #213: Poem: The Worst Kind of Animal by Philipp Kneis May 16, 2023 culture #212: We Need to Build the Future Now: Spaceflight is not Optional by Philipp Kneis May 16, 2023 life #211: Is the Pandemic Over? by Philipp Kneis May 11, 2023 culture #210: Why (Some Degree of) Identity Politics is Necessary by Philipp Kneis April 27, 2023 culture #209: We Need to Control Artificial Intelligence by Philipp Kneis April 1, 2023 culture #208: The Perversion of Everything Russian: From Leningrad to Mariupol by Philipp Kneis March 27, 2023 history #207: Democracy Only Works with a Strong Separation of Powers by Philipp Kneis February 14, 2023 history #206: The Importance of Being Political by Philipp Kneis January 18, 2023 culture #205: If You Want Peace: Why We Must Help Ukraine by Philipp Kneis January 16, 2023 culture #204: Poem: Путин, идиот (Putin, You Idiot) by Philipp Kneis December 28, 2022 culture #203: The Puzzling Resistance Against Anti-Racism by Philipp Kneis December 27, 2022 culture #202: Fear Not: Why We Need to be Optimistic About the Future by Philipp Kneis December 27, 2022 culture #201: Adventures in Artificial Intelligence: An Evening with ChatGBT by Philipp Kneis December 11, 2022 musings #200: The Nature Around Us by Philipp Kneis December 10, 2022 culture #199: Why Positionality Matters by Philipp Kneis December 6, 2022 culture #198: LGBTQ Rights are Human Rights by Philipp Kneis November 21, 2022 culture #197: We Have Good Reasons for Hope by Philipp Kneis November 8, 2022 poetry #196: Poem: I Need to Believe by Philipp Kneis October 9, 2022 history #195: Fake “Referenda” Prove that Putin Doesn’t Want to Negotiate by Philipp Kneis September 25, 2022 personal #194: No, the Pandemic is Not Yet Over by Philipp Kneis September 19, 2022 history #193: De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bene: We Owe Respect to the Dead by Philipp Kneis September 10, 2022 politics #192: Biden Needs to Unite, not Demonize: In a Democracy, the “Other Side” Is Not the Enemy by Philipp Kneis September 4, 2022 history #191: Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev by Philipp Kneis August 30, 2022 history #190: On the Ability of Russians to Suffer their Government by Philipp Kneis August 27, 2022 culture #189: Soviet Monuments Need To Go by Philipp Kneis August 27, 2022 culture #188: What Is “The West” Today? From “Civilization” to Cooperation by Philipp Kneis August 27, 2022 culture #187: Words Are Not Violence by Philipp Kneis August 17, 2022 culture #186: Salman Rushdie and the Case for Free Speech by Philipp Kneis August 17, 2022 poetry #185: Poem: Sometimes, There’s Nothing To Say by Philipp Kneis August 14, 2022 politics #184: Anecdotal Thinking, Science, Religion, and Policy by Philipp Kneis August 11, 2022 history #183: What Are Russians Thinking? by Philipp Kneis July 31, 2022 life #182: Reflections on Identity, Purpose, and the Active Life by Philipp Kneis July 31, 2022 culture #181: Are We too Stupid for the Internet? by Philipp Kneis July 30, 2022 politics #180: Let Biden Be Biden by Philipp Kneis July 26, 2022 culture #179: Ecce Homo: Wokeness Beyond Caricatures by Philipp Kneis July 20, 2022 history #178: Russia Deserves Better by Philipp Kneis July 14, 2022 media #177: Thinking Beyond Caricatures by Philipp Kneis July 11, 2022 history #176: Get Brexit Undone by Philipp Kneis July 9, 2022 politics #175: The Metaverse Is Not The Solution by Philipp Kneis July 9, 2022 nature #174: Climate Change Can Only Be Countered With Technological Innovation by Philipp Kneis July 9, 2022 history #173: Putin and Lavrov Demonstrate the Weakness of Today’s Russia by Philipp Kneis July 9, 2022 poetry #172: Poem: The Fleeting Self by Philipp Kneis July 5, 2022 life #171: Writing as Witnessing by Philipp Kneis June 22, 2022 history #170: Sanctions Against Russia Are Working – And Need to Be Even Stronger by Philipp Kneis June 21, 2022 politics #169: What Russia Claims to Want Is Irrelevant Now by Philipp Kneis June 7, 2022 politics #168: Why Must Ukraine Win? by Philipp Kneis June 6, 2022 religion #167: The Pseudo-Problem of Theodicy and the Nature of Divinity by Philipp Kneis June 5, 2022 history #166: Reflections on Memorial Day by Philipp Kneis May 31, 2022 history #165: Realpolitik Is About Appeasing Power, not Reality or Morality by Philipp Kneis May 26, 2022 life #164: The Answer to Death is Life by Philipp Kneis May 25, 2022 history #163: Putin’s Russia Celebrates Its Own Fascism by Philipp Kneis May 8, 2022 culture #162: Seize the Day by Philipp Kneis May 2, 2022 culture #161: Poem: We All by Philipp Kneis April 28, 2022 Erratic Attempts Topical Index, since 2014 Culture Media Music Poetry TV History Life Musings Personal Politics Tag: Brexit Tag: Conspiracy Theories Tag: Coronavirus Tag: Democracy Tag: Europe Tag: Freedom Tag: Free Speech Tag: Globalization Tag: Ethnicity, Race & Racism Tag: Ukraine and Russia Tag: Utopia Religion Science Diary Topical Threads, 1998-2014 Politics Iraq Israel/Palestine Terror Domestic Politics: US Domestic Politics: Germany Yugoslavia Other Personal States of Mind / Crises Death Religion Random Thoughts Art History Nature Time Various Writing Concerning this Web Site Writing in General Share this:EmailMoreWhatsAppRedditLinkedInFacebookTumblrTwitterLike Loading...
culture #249: The Resistance Against Wokeness, Part II: Addressing Religious Objections by Philipp Kneis March 5, 2024
history #244: When Aliens Attack, What Will We Do? Reflections on Western Hesitancy in the Face of Russian Aggression by Philipp Kneis February 9, 2024
film #243: Living in a Time of Frustration: Are We Living in Babylon 5, Season 5? by Philipp Kneis January 29, 2024
politics #242: On the Difference between Opposition and an Anti-Democratic Stance by Philipp Kneis January 28, 2024
politics #231: Centrism Is a Methodology, Not Primarily an Ideology by Philipp Kneis October 21, 2023
history #230: Against Hamas, Against Antisemitism, Against Antizionism by Philipp Kneis October 15, 2023
politics #227: Whatever Your Politics, There is No Reason to Support Putin by Philipp Kneis October 7, 2023
Uncategorized µ#10: More Content on Erratic Attempts YouTube Channel by Philipp Kneis September 26, 2023
culture #222: Science Fiction and Comics Have Always Been Woke, or: Of Course Women and Minorities Can Be Heroes! by Philipp Kneis August 3, 2023
politics #220: Russia’s Only Interests Are Terror and Destruction. It Must Be Defeated by Philipp Kneis July 1, 2023
history #217: Thoughts on June 17: The GDR Was an Inhumane Dictatorship by Philipp Kneis June 17, 2023
culture #212: We Need to Build the Future Now: Spaceflight is not Optional by Philipp Kneis May 16, 2023
culture #208: The Perversion of Everything Russian: From Leningrad to Mariupol by Philipp Kneis March 27, 2023
history #207: Democracy Only Works with a Strong Separation of Powers by Philipp Kneis February 14, 2023
culture #202: Fear Not: Why We Need to be Optimistic About the Future by Philipp Kneis December 27, 2022
culture #201: Adventures in Artificial Intelligence: An Evening with ChatGBT by Philipp Kneis December 11, 2022
history #195: Fake “Referenda” Prove that Putin Doesn’t Want to Negotiate by Philipp Kneis September 25, 2022
history #193: De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bene: We Owe Respect to the Dead by Philipp Kneis September 10, 2022
politics #192: Biden Needs to Unite, not Demonize: In a Democracy, the “Other Side” Is Not the Enemy by Philipp Kneis September 4, 2022
culture #188: What Is “The West” Today? From “Civilization” to Cooperation by Philipp Kneis August 27, 2022
nature #174: Climate Change Can Only Be Countered With Technological Innovation by Philipp Kneis July 9, 2022
history #173: Putin and Lavrov Demonstrate the Weakness of Today’s Russia by Philipp Kneis July 9, 2022
history #170: Sanctions Against Russia Are Working – And Need to Be Even Stronger by Philipp Kneis June 21, 2022
religion #167: The Pseudo-Problem of Theodicy and the Nature of Divinity by Philipp Kneis June 5, 2022
history #165: Realpolitik Is About Appeasing Power, not Reality or Morality by Philipp Kneis May 26, 2022
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