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Doom and gloom! Voters in the United Kingdom have decided to leave the European Union. Markets are tumbling, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced his resignation and politicians around the globe have expressed deep worry. Leaders of the various EU countries, as well as those in Brussels, have voiced their regret and warned of Brexit’s […]

Beitrag von eigentümlich frei*, 22. Juni 2016 Albanologinnen und Albanologen kennen sie. Die anderen nicht. Dabei war Rose Wilder Lane (1886-1968) für den US-amerikanischen Liberalismus mindestens so wichtig wie Ayn Rand. Denn Wilder Lane kannte die Sowjetunion. Und sie kannte Europa. Und beides gefiel ihr nicht. Das ist vielleicht übertrieben. In Europa lernte sie einen […]

   For weeks, the United Kingdom’s referendum on whether it should leave the European Union, a scenario known as “Brexit,” has dominated discussion in the media. The ups and downs of the debate have had a corresponding influence on financial markets. The excitement generated can produce shudders as strong as a Hollywood thriller might. But […]

by Georg Winder* Have you ever wondered how many of our habitually used terms have assumed quite different meanings or, maybe deliberately, have even taken on undertones that suggest something detrimental to what we wanted to get across?  Especially in the political discourse, these «semantic traps» they are misleading, hazardous and seriously weaken our civil […]

Bericht von Georg Winder* “Semantic Traps” – Haben Sie sich schon einmal bewusst gemacht, wie viele der uns geläufigen Begriffe bereits so umgedeutet wurden, dass diese beabsichtigt oder nicht, kaum noch dem Inhalt entsprechen, den wir eigentlich ausdrücken wollten? Gerade im politischen Diskurs sind diese «Sprachfallen» zuweilen gefährlich und bedrohen zunehmend unsere bürgerlichen Freiheiten. Um […]

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