List of author's articles, page 4
Winners almost always start the game with huge advantages
While theoretically open to the best possible candidates, the competition for elite jobs is actually rigged.
Grandparents are the most important audience of the climate strike
While older people are the least willing to change their habits, they are also most likely to vote.
What are we protecting Europe from?
The European Commission does not want to protect us from the sushi that Commissioners have for lunch. They mean migrants.
What to ask politicians about drugs
Slovak politics has entered a sort of time machine as it debates the meaning of Michal Truban admitting he used drugs in the past
You can’t win if you don’t lose
Social media has fueled a desire to appear successful at all times.
What kind of people actually become politicians?
Politicians really are different from the rest of us — and not in a good way.
What about regional disparities in air quality?
The European market for dirty diesel will increasingly concentrate on Central and Eastern Europe.
General Ripper might be right
Trump provides another apex example of life imitating art.
Why politics resemble Game of Thrones
People don’t trust the media they consume, consume it anyway, are unwilling to pay for something better.
Is Dumbo popular because we are dumb?
We are increasingly willing to buy the same things over and over again.
What do European elections and Eurovision have in common?
Votes in the song contest say a lot about how closely attached people feel to the rest of Europe.
Exactly zero voters cast ballots based with EC leadership in mind
Why will so few Europeans vote in European elections? Because of meetings like the recent one in Sibiu.
The house is on fire
Technology has been hijacked and we tend to conflate technology with the things we are letting technology companies do.
Parties like Kotleba's ĽSNS are winning elections now
An authoritarian drift has occurred almost entirely without overtly authoritarian parties in government.
Don’t worry, be happy
How happiness influences politics.
China is shopping in southern Europe
News this week should trigger serious concern that the EU is on the verge of full disintegration. But not the news you think.
Central Europe has a branding problem
Čaputová winning would be a great story, but the odds are it will hardly register internationally.
Grandparents have a bigger problem than millenials
Older people are increasingly likely to use social media daily. They are also less likely to know where their news is coming from.
Brexit has bolstered public support for the EU
Ireland, the smaller country, now negotiates from a position of strength — because of EU membership.
Theresa May at least has the courage to try
May keeps her job because nobody else is capable, or willing, to take on the impossible task of Brexit.
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