Václav Havel: Myth and Reality
Václav Havel is known around the world as a revolutionary against communism. It is less well known that he had relatively friendly relations with the communist regime. And also that…
No time for reform. Time for saving our nation
The speech with which Eric Zemmour opened his presidential campaign is outside the usual political tradition. Although he is completely different in personality, he nevertheless represents a similar revelation to…
Populist narratives and fair debate
“Everyone – parties, activists, and citizens – must start fighting the narratives that the populists have set for us here. Because if we stick to the narrative that refugees are…
On the alliance between the rednecks and the scientists
In my public lecture this week, among other things, I talked about the challenge we face of how to combine the thinking of expert minds trained to analytical procedures with…
Global opportunity, local decline
Another bunch of economists and managers issued a proclamation on how the Czech economy should change. When one reads the aforementioned proclamation, one has the feeling that one is once…
Catch up and overtake! Stalinist education
In the Czech Republic, what Western countries already have is in full swing. Incoming Education Minister Petr Gazdík believes that children must be taught thoroughly about climate change. At the…