What is often called “the church struggle” refers broadly to the situation of the Christian churches in Germany from Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 to the end of the Second World War in 1945. The nature of the church At the opening of “The Church and the Jewish Question”, Bonhoeffer notes that the Aryan paragraph legislation raises questions about …
Could AI single-handedly decide the course of our history? Recently, examples of hyperrealistic, AI-generated content, such as an “interview” with former Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, who has not been able to talk to the press since a devastating ski accident in 2013; “photographs” showing former President Donald Trump being arrested in New York; and seemingly authentic student essays …
Committees are supposed to incline toward the formal and non-political aspects of decision-making and agenda-setting. The ongoing demand for the JPC to scrutinize the executive is rather political than for scrutiny. A JPC as in its present form and ambit of authority in terms of rules and regulations cannot be expected to do much in terms of substance or effectiveness …
Political reality is multivariate, although you would never know it based on news reporting, political commentary, and the rhetoric of politicians and activists alike. These filters perform the functional task of reducing complex political events to a comfortably manageable set of coherent and inter-related variables that create a plausible and meaningful picture of reality without being so demanding that they …
