Polonia mon amour

Martin Šimečka on coming to terms with the communist past Dilema Veche – Romania After the end of the socialist dictatorships there was hope that Central Europe would be able to contribute new ideas to the Western world of politics, Slovak journalist Martin Šimečka writes. But he concludes in the weekly Dilema Veche that this [...]

Not Above the Law. No moral objection to Polanski’s arrest From The Times, September 29, 2009 The conservative daily The Times – United Kingdom, comments on the arrest of film director Roman Polanski on his entering Switzerland on the weekend. Talent and personal tragedy should not have kept Roman Polanski free When Roman Polanski won [...]