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Regions and CountriesJune 7, 2011
Germany—Appearance and Reality
Amid economic stagnation, polls show increasing skepticism about the competence of German elites. Can a resurgent Green Party bring political renewal?
Norman Birnbaum
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PoliticsDecember 7, 2010
What WikiLeaks Does—And Doesn’t—Tell Us About Germany
State Department cables have exposed the secret collusion of German politicians with the United States. But our media have missed the really big story: the striking rise in popularity of the Green party and continued support for the welfare state.
Norman Birnbaum
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US Wars and Military ActionFebruary 1, 2010
General Petraeus, PhD, at the University
Gen. David Petraeus pays a visit to Georgetown, where he takes questions but doesn’t always answer them.
Norman Birnbaum
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Political FiguresAugust 28, 2009
Memories of Ted Kennedy
Senator Kennedy was recognized worldwide as a leader of the American left. What is less recognized is his connection to a social justice-oriented Catholic faith.
Norman Birnbaum
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PoliticsApril 23, 2009
The Left Forum–Or, Why City Hall Doesn’t Listen
Whoever now governs the country (a point on which there was no agreement) is likely to remain resolutely indifferent to the message of Left Forum 2009.
Norman Birnbaum
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Journalists and JournalismMarch 18, 2009
Miseries of ‘Il Manifesto’
Italy’s small, independent, radical daily is an indispensable voice on the left.
Norman Birnbaum
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Autobiography and MemoirMarch 11, 2009
The Half-Forgotten Prophet: C. Wright Mills
A half-century later, re-evaluating the works of C. Wright Mills, in The Politics of Truth.
Norman Birnbaum
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Election 2008July 26, 2008
Obama’s Berlin Visit
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.
Norman Birnbaum
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Books and IdeasAugust 18, 2006
The Strange Silence of Günter Grass
By concealing for a near-lifetime that he had served in the Waffen SS, literary giant Günter Grass treated himself with an indulgence he did not hesitate to deem a moral defect in others. And for that, we are all losers.
Norman Birnbaum
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Foreign PolicyAugust 5, 2006
Is Israel Good for the Jews?
An American Jewish identity that centers on unconditional defense of Israel is not healthy–for either American Jews or Israel.
Norman Birnbaum