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Obama: Filling a Vacuum in Berlin
Norman Birnbaum: A nation whose citizens have been largely turned off to politics held Barack Obama in a fervent embrace, viewing America once again as a place of new possibilities.
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Green Days
Foreign Leaders & Political Figures
Anson Rabinbach: The biography of Joschka Fischer tells the story of postwar Germany.
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German GWOT Misfire
Neil Smith: The government is using antiterrorist laws to suppress political dissent.
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I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
Andreas Huyssen: The reasons for Günter Grass's silence about his membership in the Waffen SS remain safely hidden in his new memoir.
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Why It Happened the Way It Did
Richard J. Evans: Ian Kershaw's latest work analyzes ten decisions that shaped the outcome of World War II.
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Faraway, So Close
Omer Bartov: In his memoir Five Germanys I Have Known, Fritz Stern revisits his family's past and finds that he has never been quite at home.
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War Criminals, Beware
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith: Human rights advocates are pressing German courts to prosecute Donald Rumsfeld, Alberto Gonzales and other Bush Administration officials for war crimes. They just might succeed.
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Two Views of Hurricane Gustav and the Republicans
Calvin Trillin: The GOP's prayers are answered.
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The Rime of the Ancient Candidate
Calvin Trillin: A home in every port.
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Management Styles
Calvin Trillin: A different kind of identity politics.
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What the McCain Campaign Seems To Be Saying About Obama's Recently Concluded Trip Abroad
Calvin Trillin: It's a race to the bottom of world opinion.
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Phil Gramm Says We're a Nation of Whiners
Calvin Trillin: And who do you think caused the pain?
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Top McCain Aide Says That Another Terrorist Attack on the US Would Be to McCain's Advantage in the Election
Calvin Trillin: What a way to energize your base.
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A Smear-cheer for Michelle Obama
Calvin Trillin: Swiftboating with faint praise.
And to stay in control was it.
So his party took cash
With no rigmarole
And the law didn't matter a bit.
Now Helmut says he took the money,
But that's all that he wants to admit.
So we still don't know the quid pro quo,
But we know Helmut wasn't legit.
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