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Berlin’s Identity Crisis

What's Wrong with Berlin? I have lived in Berlin. I have explored Berlin. Like most Berliners, I love Berlin. But it's more like a love/hate relationship. Berlin is a city that doesn't really know what it wants to be when it grows up. More than seven years after BER...

Make Prosperity, Not War

For Americans that grew up during the Cold War (like me) or are interested in modern history, coming to Germany can be an eye-opening experience.  I'm not talking about the events of the Cold War itself, but the fact that so many threats that we were told about as...