https://wortpresse.blogger.de/ Blogger.de tra 2013-01-11T00:14:24Z en hourly 1 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z https://wortpresse.blogger.de/stories/1988165/ I spent some time in the last week-or-so sometimes reading, sometimes skimming through Richard Branson’s autobiography, “Losing my virginity“. First of all, a literary critique of the book can be quite short. The writing style itself is quite good, and it manages to grip the reader’s attention page after page. Yet sadly, it is a never-ending (over 500 pages in the end) repetition of over-excitedly narrated adventures in hot-air balloons and speed-boats, dull assortment of... Blogger.de tra Book Reviews Copyright © 2012 tra 2012-01-27T00:28:15Z https://wortpresse.blogger.de/stories/1990102/ Today, I went to watch Carnage, so I thought I might just quickly share some thoughts on the movie. Carnage is a movie about the unavoidable truths in the depths of human nature. Following the dispute of two sets of parents whose kids got into a fight, the film restricts itself very closely to the limits of the stage, especially as the movie takes place entirely in real time, and mostly in one living room. The movie does not take a moment to cut away from the escalation of dueling sets of parents,... Blogger.de tra Movie Reviews Copyright © 2012 tra 2012-01-30T00:22:59Z https://wortpresse.blogger.de/stories/2099460/ Mitt Romney has mentioned that he might be dropping the VP bomb some time very soon. Why he won’t do it at a point where a message like that should – theoretically – give him some upward momentum from the terrible mess of tax returns and his involvement at Bain Capital after 1999 is beyond me. But it does make me think that he might not have an A+ candidate at hand. So I’ve been thinking about who might be up, and who might be out. Here is my definitive list on possible and... Blogger.de tra Politik & Wirtschaft Copyright © 2012 tra 2012-07-26T19:13:10Z https://wortpresse.blogger.de/stories/2021506/ Just a quick update on the Republican primaries during the last week in less than 400 words. All in all, there were eight contests to be won, and all talk is about Santorum winning momentum. From one point of view that seems obvious. He won the big three: Kansas, Alabama and Mississippi. But let us dissect briefly what really happened, and what it means. Let’s concentrate on the Southern states, because that’s where Romney had something to prove. The rest of the country – with... Blogger.de tra Politik & Wirtschaft Copyright © 2012 tra 2012-03-14T12:33:32Z https://wortpresse.blogger.de/stories/2019474/ On February 15th, 1898 the USS Maine sunk. An explosion had ripped the ship apart, and there was no doubt who the evil-doers were: the Spanish. The cowardly Spanish, as the press would write. As the main source of public information, Newspapers quickly set the tone of the conversation. And they did by pushing heavily for military action against the Spanish colonial power on Cuba. Newspapers cited old, oftentimes second- or third-hand information as truth; they painted lurid pictures of the horrors... Blogger.de tra Politik & Wirtschaft Copyright © 2012 tra 2012-03-11T13:31:10Z https://wortpresse.blogger.de/stories/2016713/ In den letzten Tagen ging mal wieder ein haarsträubender Vergleich durch die Onlinenetzwerke. Im Gewand angeblicher Fakten und wasserdichter Vergleiche kam platter Populismus daher. „Deutschland – Alle Menschen sind gleich!?“ wurde dort gefragt und der Fall „Emmely“ dem Rücktritt von Christian Wulff gegenübergestellt. Der Vergleich ist nicht nur falsch, sondern auch unvollständig. Falsch ist der Vergleich, weil unterschiedliche Konsequenzen... Blogger.de wase Gesellschaft Copyright © 2012 wase 2012-03-07T03:23:57Z https://wortpresse.blogger.de/stories/2016960/ Super Tuesday is over, and we are none the smarter who will be the nominee for the Republican Party. Or are we? Some quick take-aways from yesterday’s elections. Romney did pretty much what was expected of him. He won six states, some of them decisively. He clearly won the delegate count. Yet, there will be some major head-aches for Romney after Super Tuesday. Mitt Romney did well as expected in Alaska, Idaho, Massachusetts and Virginia. He did worse than expected in North Dakota and Vermont.... Blogger.de tra Politik & Wirtschaft Copyright © 2012 tra 2012-03-07T13:03:59Z Search this site: q https://wortpresse.blogger.de/search