Berlin

Tacheles: Bohemian Berlin's Coolest Landmark To Be Sold Off To The Highest Bidder

The Independent | Tony Paterson | Posted 01.06.2009 | World

Read More: Tacheles, Berlin Bohemia Coop, Tacheles Auction, East Berlin, Berlin Bohemia, East Germany, Germany, Mitte District, Europe, World War II, Tacheles Sale, Berlin, World News

The building is Berlin's counter- culture temple - a vast graffiti-smeared and bomb-damaged former department store that boasts two bars, a restaurant...

Read Whole Story

Berlin Memorial To Gay Victims Of Nazis Vandalized

AP | Posted 12.16.2008 | World

Read More: Nazi Gay Victims Memorial Memorial, Nazi Gay Victims, Berlin Memorial Vandalized, Berlin Memorial, Nazis, Germany, Berlin, World News

BERLIN — Berlin's memorial to gay victims of the Nazis has been vandalized for the second time in four months. Berlin police say a window on th...

Read Whole Story

Jewish Estate Shows 2 Paintings Originally Stolen By The Nazis

AP | MELISSA EDDY | Posted 12.10.2008 | World

Read More: Nazis Stolen Art Jewish Estate, Europe, Art, Nazis, Nazis Steal Art, Nazis Art Returned, Max Stern Estate, Berlin, World News

BERLIN — Two paintings that the Nazis forced a Jewish art dealer to sell off in the 1930s have been returned to his estate, and its heirs said W...

Read Whole Story

Eleven Other Countries with Big Auto Industry Problems

Steve Parker | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Renault, Chrysler, France, Suv, Cars, Spain, Prague, Ford, London, Madrid, Liverpool, General Motors, Japanese Cars, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Brussels, Zaragoza, Asia, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, Czech Republic, Berlin, Saabs, Renault Nissan, Member of Parliament, Gm, Volvo, British, Angela Merkel, Jeep, Japan, Europe, Opel, China, Antwerp, Business News
Steve Parker

Here's some of what's happening, mostly with GM, in Europe and Asia, two markets outside the U.S. hit hardest by the slowing automobile business.

Read Post

View From Europe: Hillary Would Be Great As Madame Secretary

Steve Kettmann | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Secretary of State, Afghanistan, France, Germany, Obama's Cabinet, Obama, Europe, Paris, Hillary Clinton, Berlin, Obama Cabinet, Obama Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Clinton Secretary of State, Politics News
Steve Kettmann

choice of Hillary Clinton to be his Secretary of State would represent a great show of respect to our allies that he wants the best available person to handle the job of being his top diplomat.

Read Post

Born In The U.S.A. - Expats Look Back

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Young Voters, Obama Berlin, Obama, Expats, America, 2008 Election, Obama Reaction Abroad, Berlin, Politics News
Stefan Sirucek

If America is indeed on the path to being cool again we might see a wave of this sort of voluntary repatriation.

Read Post

Virtual Obama, Virtual JFK

Norman MacAfee | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Eisenhower, Koji Masutani, Vietnam, Berlin, Laos, James Blight, Documentary Film, Obama, Lbj, Jfk, Cuba, Barack Obama, Politics News
Norman MacAfee

I urge you to see a new film, Virtual JFK: Vietnam, If Kennedy Had Lived, by Koji Masutani, now at the Film Forum in New York through September 30.

Read Post

Shoes Steal The Shows: Spring 2009's Walk On The Wild Side (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post | Willow Lindley | Posted 09.22.2008 | Style

Read More: Cathy Pill, New York, Marc Jacobs, Fashion Shows, Aminaka Wilmont, Label Scherer Gonzalez, London, Spring 2009 Trends, Paris, Proenza Schouler, Madrid, Fashion Week 2009, Fashion, Runway, Carlos Diez, Basso&brooke, Shoes, Fashion Week, Spring 2009, Berlin, Wooyoungmi, Slideshow, Luxury, Fashion/Apparel, Style News

With Spring 2009 trends stomping down runways worldwide it seems designers from Madrid to London to Paris to Milan to New York are complimenting, or e...

Read Whole Story

American Embassy in Berlin Misuses September 11th Ceremony

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Germany, September 11th, Berlin, Politics News
Jacob Heilbrunn

As one of Germany's leading journalists reports, the embassy will hold a memorial ceremony for September 11th together with the Jewish Community of Berlin.

Read Post

Obama: The Change Candidate Abroad, Too

Paul Hunt | Posted 08.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Europe, Obama Foreign Policy, Berlin Speech, Berlin, Obama Berlin Speech, Obama, Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Non-American, Cynicism, Home News
Paul Hunt

Obama's candidacy has generated effective grassroots initiatives in the States and it might well do the same on this side of the Atlantic, which would be a major change in many European states.

Read Post

Obama in Berlin: Finding the Right Tone

Susan Neiman | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alleged Swooning, Europe, Obama in Germany, Irony, Berlin, Obama in Europe, Obama, Media, Republican Ads, Barack Obama, Obama's Berlin Speech, America, Obama Love, Obama Berlin Speech Great, Obama Berlin Speech, Politics News
Susan Neiman

In Berlin, Obama gave his hearers hope, not hysteria -- the hope for an America that could not only work with European nations, but even be a model for them.

Read Post

Do Americans Think - Or Just Act?

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Columnist, French, Conscious, Berlin, Obama, Linguist, Future, Verb, Past, Fareed Zakaria, Bush, Bill Kristol, Un, Global Public Square, Poop, Nyt, Who Killed Daniel Pearl, 18th Century, Josef Joffe, Think, Act, Magazine, Unconscious, Language, Cnn, Herr SpöRl, Conditional, Tense, Bernard-Henri Levy, Present, Die Zeit, German, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

What I'm really saying is Americans are unconscious. You can see it in the verbs. This isn't a value judgment, I am just intrigued by what gets in and...

Read Post

Obama, Patriotism, and Enlightenment

Steve Posner | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nationalism, Islam, Afghanistan, Enlightened, Taliban, Spiritual Path, Christian, Enlightenment, America, Self-Realization, Hindu, Patriotism, Barack Obama, Consciousness, Buddhist, Germany, Values, Jewish, Veda, Religion and Politics, Meditation, Israel, Europe, Muslim, Spirituality, Berlin, Politics News
Steve Posner

Why was Obama waxing patriotic during his foreign trip instead of touting a universal spirituality that removes the need to make cultural and political distinctions?

Read Post

Turkey Hollow Almanac: The Power of Words

David Mixner | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Berlin, Speeches, Obama, Berlin, King, Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, David Brooks, Campaign Speeches, Barack Obama, Politics News
David Mixner

As I recounted in my initial thoughts about the Obama Berlin speech, I recalled that Gandhi said we have to value our words as much as our actions. Obama understands that, and our history has shown it to be true.

Read Post

McCain: Whiner In Chief (the Angry Penguin Must Win!)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Right, Obama, Mccain, Republicans, Media Bias, Berlin, John McCain, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

Presidential contests are all about comparisons. What is different this year is that there has been a total role reversal -- the new candidate looks seasoned and the old hand looks inexperienced.

Read Post

Diminishing Hope: A Leading Palestinian Responds to Barack Obama

Steve Clemons | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Annapolis Peace Conference, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Berlin, Israel, Road Blocks, Settlements, Walls, No Walls, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Mustafa Bargouti, Barack Obama Palestinians, Obama Berlin Speech, Politics News
Steve Clemons

2008-07-26-clemonspull.jpgI interviewed non-violence advocate Mustafa Barghouti yesterday found his hope in Obama being replaced by 'disappointment.'

Read Post

Friday Talking Points [40] -- Obama Shines, McCain Whines

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Gaffe, Gop, Bill of Rights, First Amendment, Speech, Giants, Atlas, Pakistan, Berlin, Czechoslovakia, Free Speech, Whine, Canada, Democratic, Iraq, Campaign, National Convention, Minimum Wage, Redskins, Oil Spill, 2008, Midotw, Victory Column, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Democratic National Convention, Mississippi, Risk, Dncc, Tiergarten, John McCain, Germany, Football, Whiny, Oil Rig, Democrat, 2008 Elections, Democratic National Convention Committee, 08, Photo-Op, Nfl, Democrats, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Senior Moment, Presidential, Elections, Desperation, Free Speech Zones, 08 Campaign, Mddotw, Talking Heads, Convention, 2008 Presidential Race, Afghanistan, Burning Down the House, Mississippi River, Democrat-Lite, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...

Read Post

Six Reasons McCain's Lucky He Didn't Make It On That Oil Rig

William Bradley | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign, Oil, Steve Schmidt, John McCain, Berlin, George W. Bush, Politics News
William Bradley

Here are six reasons McCain is very fortunate he ended up at Schmidt's Sausage Haus in Ohio Friday, rather than on a pitching oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

Read Post

Bereft in Berlin

Marc Kusnetz | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: David Brooks, Reagan, Obama, Kennedy, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Berlin, Barack Obama Rhetoric, Political Rhetoric, Obama Berlin Speech, Politics News
Marc Kusnetz

Each time Obama steps on a new stage, the press criticizes his rhetoric as high-falutin' but devoid of content. Do they think Berlin was the perfect time to announce a new initiative for the earned income tax credit?

Read Post

Three American Freedom Speeches In Berlin

John Tomasic | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Obama Berlin Speech, Obama European Tour, Obama Europe, Senator Obama, Obama Berlin, Obama Kennedy Berlin, Obama Reagan Berlin, Obama, Prezvid, Obama Abroad, Obama Speech Berlin, Berlin, Home News
John Tomasic

For anyone who hasn't surfed over yet, PrezVid has a great three-part line up of videos, a series of what what you could call "the American Freedom Sp...

Read Post

An American In Paris

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Paris, Iran, Sarkozy, Middle East, Berlin, United Nations, Israel, Iraq, Mccain, Obama, Afghanistan, Presidential Campaign, Democrats, Merkel, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

From Kabul to Baghdad to Jerusalem, in Berlin and now in Paris, Obama's conduct abroad has earned him the right to be considered a respected presumptive commander-in-chief.

Read Post

What Barack DID Say in Berlin

Jerry Weissman | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Obama Speech, Ronald Reagan, Germany, Berlin, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jerry Weissman

If I could forecast stock performance as I do rhetoric, I could be the King of Wall Street. In my post of July 22, "What Will Barack Say in Berlin?" I...

Read Post

How Obama Can Finally Break Free in the Polls: Hillary

Jackson Williams | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Opinion Dynamics, Obama-Clinton, Mccain-Romney, Hillary, Berlin, Fox News, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Hillary Clinton, Mccain, Gallup Daily Tracking Poll, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jackson Williams

The final piece to the puzzle may well be adding Clinton's populist economic message to Obama's call for "change we can believe in."

Read Post

Berlin Was Wrong Place for Obama's Wall Speech

Steve Clemons | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Annapolis Peace Conference, John F. Kennedy, Middle East, Berlin, Amy Goodman, Ramallah, Israel, Palestine, Wall Speech, Democracy Now, Barack Obama, Obama Berlin, Barack Obama Israel, Obama Berlin Speech, Obama Israel, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Obama's speech had high points and deserves applause -- but it's ultimately forgettable because he failed to deliver the most important lines where they most mattered.

Read Post

Oh Canada, I Hid Behind You

Lea Lane | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Pitti Palace, Berlin, Vietnam War, Ottawa, Clinton Era, Barack Obama, Ferragamos, Florence, Politics News
Lea Lane

To avoid stress, and especially since Bush's re-election, I've avoided mentioning that I'm American, and have even resorted to saying that I'm from Ottawa, a lovely capital city I know a bit about.

Read Post