Archive for the 'Politics' Category

Congratulations Mr. President!

Friday, October 9th, 2009

You´re probably just as surprised as I was to hear about President Obama being awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
In my opinion, Obama fully deserves this award. It is remarkable what he has already achieved since taking office. His style of diplomacy and his long-term thinking are hopefully introducing a new era of international collaboration in a [...]

finally I’m back

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

First of all my apologies for not posting frequently during the past two months. For more than 9 weeks, I’ ve been traveling without spending a single night at home.
In mid-July I spent one week in Barcelona, Spain, before I headed to Washington D.C. and New York City for a two-week conference. During the conference [...]

What does not kill us only makes us stronger

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

U.S. President Barack Obama’s address to Congress on Tuesday marks the beginning of a new era and is a clear break with the past. Unfortunately I was not able to watch his speech live on February 24th because I was traveling a lot this week. However, I watched it on the Internet yesterday evening and [...]