nominated for both Best Novel (for The Last Colony) and Best Fan Writer, which I think is pretty neat. This guy should be nominated for the best blog, if you ask me. - ptw
Speech by Richard von Weizsacker, President of the Federal Republic of Germany,
in the Bundestag during the Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the End of the War in Europe and of National Socialist Tyranny,
May 8, 1985
On June 18, 1815, a battle was fought near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, which should be Napoleon's last. An Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition, comprising an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington combined with a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher. The defeat at Waterloo ended Napoleon's rule as Emperor of the French, and made way for a shift in the European balance of power.
a website which brings together research into the nature and role of hostility and violence in contemporary life, and explores how violence is portrayed in media, art, and literature
I\'m declaring September 11 \"International Enough Day.\" Enough flag-waving, enough violence, enough nationalism. Enough already. September 11 was not an American tragedy, it was a human tragedy. It was a tragedy not just for the people in the US who die
Seit Wochen überziehen sich die Türkei und Griechenland im Erdgasstreit gegenseitig mit Vorwürfen. Nun bringt Ankara ein weiteres gefährliches Szenario ins Spiel, droht für den Fall einer Ausdehnung der Territorialgewässer in der Ägäis offen mit einer militärischen Auseinandersetzung. Athen spricht von „Größenwahn“: „Wenn das kein Kriegsgrund ist, was denn sonst?", so Griechenlands Vizepräsident.
112 years ago, famous american writer Stephen Crane died at age 28. Despite of his youth, he already had become one of the icons of american literature. Most famous is his american civil war novel 'The Red Badge of Courage', which has been read by almost every american high school kid.
From the page: "Written last month, this straightforward account of life in Iraq by a Marine officer was initially sent just to a small group of family and friends. His honest but wry narration and unusually frank dissection of the mission contrasts sharp
A. Nitschke. Der Friede und die Unruhestifter: Herausforderungen deutschsprachiger
Schriftsteller im 20. Jahrhundert, 145, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main, (1973)