Archive - Awesome Fence Posts

A Gym Full of Dummies

Eighty years ago, World War Two ended. To some, the heroes who brought freedom and democracy to Western Europe are the real villains.

May 9 •

Friedrich Weibel

April 2025

American Lent: The Metaphysics of Import Duties

Giving up something that is good for you is not really what Lent is all about

Apr 4 •

Friedrich Weibel

March 2025

One Seventh of a President

The Executive Branch Needs an Overhaul, in the United States and elsewhere.

Mar 18 •

Friedrich Weibel

Carnival, Colonialism, and Cuckoldry

Diplomatic Decadence and Ritualized Sodomy in the Oval Office

Mar 5 •

Friedrich Weibel

February 2025

The German Question

The recent German election results visualize old divisions and one old question

Feb 26 •

Friedrich Weibel

The Language of Democracy

The way we talk and write reflects the state of our democracies.

Feb 19 •

Friedrich Weibel

January 2025

The New Imperialism: Should Switzerland Buy Minnesota?

If Trump can buy Greenland, shopping for new territories may become the latest version of imperial longings.

Jan 30 •

Friedrich Weibel

meGa! Will Trump Make Germany Great Again?

Trump’s threat to abandon NATO and Europe are of grave concern to the world’s democracies. But it is his lust for empire building that should really…

Jan 26 •

Friedrich Weibel

In Defense of the Flying Pig

The revival of republican virtues will depend on the acknowledgement of things humble and improbable.

Jan 6

December 2024

What Working Class?

The breast beating of post-election blues therapy once again confesses to sins of omission in the department of let’s understand the working class. What…

Dec 12, 2024 •

Friedrich Weibel

November 2024

Crime and Punishment: We the People vs Donald Trump

This election is about justice. About justice for all. About the sacredness of the law. And about We the People – who make sure it stays that way.

Nov 1, 2024 •

Friedrich Weibel

October 2024

Why Harris-Walz Will Win, According to Trump

Donald Trump would like to have worked at McDonald’s earlier, but did not, and his trying to play catch up with Kamala Harris amounts to admitting he…

Oct 29, 2024 •

Friedrich Weibel

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