current affairs

Plagiarism and Moral Relativism

In books, current affairs on 20 February 2010 with no comments

It has recently been discovered that a critically acclaimed young German author, 17, has plagiarised parts of her novel “Axolotl Roadkill”. In one case, she lifted an entire page from an obscure book with few, if any, changes. The German feuilleton and ‘literary establishment’ have been discussing this for the last few weeks, accomplishing nothing. [...]

Killing your own citizens

In current affairs on 31 January 2010 with no comments

The operations, approved by President Obama and begun six weeks ago, involve several dozen troops from the U.S. military’s clandestine Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), whose main mission is tracking and killing suspected terrorists. The American advisers do not take part in raids in Yemen, but help plan missions, develop tactics and provide weapons and munitions. Highly [...]