October 22, 2009 | Standpoint Magazine

Connecticut: My Battle Against Google

‘I cursed and gaped. I closed and reopened the web site and there it all was again, three years of work, plus debt and lack of medical care and some rather bizarre

October 22, 2009

Dispatches·Literature·Technology

Schiller’s Poetics of Freedom

The plays of Friedrich Schiller can guide us, or offer a guide to self-guidance, so that we may preserve our freedoms in the face of conflicting moral imperatives

October 22, 2009

Critique·Literature·Philosophy

Magnus the Great

Magnus Carlsen, the 19 year-old Norwegian wunderkind, is the next chess genius

October 22, 2009

Chess

Deadly Possibilities

Your Face Tomorrow 3: Poison, Shadow and Farewell by Javier Marias

October 22, 2009

Books·Literature

Scandinavian Scandals

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson

October 22, 2009

Books·Literature·Scandinavia

Genius at Work

Michelangelo: The Artist, the Man, and His Times by William E. Wallace

October 22, 2009

Art·Books·History

Dublin’s Disappointment

‘The tone in the parks and pubs was that of disappointment. One man was ready to admit – through clenched teeth – that he wished the Brits would take over again’

October 22, 2009

EU·European Eye·Ireland

DPP Supports Human Rights Shock

I enjoyed Keir Starmer's lecture last night, and not just because he quoted recent comments by a "well-respected legal commentator".

October 22, 2009

Uncategorized

A Cry for Freedom

The collapse of the Berlin Wall was the ultimate display of “people power”, but did German reunification work? It was not about bananas — which were unavailable in East Germany — or

October 22, 2009

Features·Germany