…and meanwhile in Israel
Speculation about what the Israeli intelligence services could and could not have known before the 7 October massacre has ended. Proper investigation has shown that the army had fairly accurate…
Old age wins
What determines success? Something different in every field, of course. But very often it’s intelligence, self-discipline, sometimes special talents, sometimes creativity, sometimes physical abilities…but research in recent years has consistently…
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…