The Czechs, monkeys and colonialism
The Czechs cannot avoid the topic of colonialism, or responsibility for it. So good! We were a colony for more than 300 years and now we are a colony again.…
Lush fantasies of losers
The meeting in Switzerland was no peace summit. It was to be a conference of victorious powers to address how to divide or otherwise punish a defeated Russia. It’s just…
No change in sight
Those “populists and extremists” gathered again on Saturday on Wenceslas Square in Prague to call on the Fialova government to resign. It will, of course, continue to rule for the…
Intellectuals without intellect
Will the European Parliament elections in two and a half months’ time be just another nudge for the West to self-destruct, that even the measures that are being thrown at…
From a nation of its own to a failed state
Your new book on the self-destruction of the West, entitled Sobering Up, may lead some readers to wonder what role the political leadership in those countries that joined the EU…
On economic experts
The Czech trade unions organised a short strike, followed by a discussion much more interesting than the strike itself. We learned from mainstream economists that: Despite enormous technological advances, the…