UPDATE (11/27/2009): The Title “Why Germany Wants to Ban the Cult of Scientology” is now back on the index, but the permalink still isn’t. UPDATE (11/13/2009): It seems Google has taken the permalink for this article out of its index completely. You will still see articles linking to this post, but you won’t find it [...]
A university where students learn to meditate? Consciousness based education and world peace? It actually all sounds quite beautiful if it doesn’t so alarmingly resonate with the Scientological agenda of world domination. In any case the famed director David Lynch has been touring Europe these couple of weeks to promote and found universities to teach [...]
For many expats, one of their biggest gripes is how expensive books are in Germany, especially imported English books. The Buchpreisbindungsgesetz not only stipulates a book’s price but also prohibits publishers and bookstores to sell it for any less. The idea is to protect the value of books as a cultural heritage by exempting it [...]
It is 1984. The totalitarian state of paranoia and terror George Orwell immortalized in his cautionary tale half a century ago is really happening right in front of our eyes. This is East Germany, where Stasi, the ruthless GDR secret police, “shield and sword” of the regime, spies on its citizens to find everything there’s [...]
