Löcke column

Rescuers, traffickers, human trappers

by Peter Löcke // Am I in favor of saving human life? Of course I am. Do I have sympathy for human traffickers and smugglers? Of course not. It becomes problematic for

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A piano, a piano & a Lauterbach

by Peter Löcke // "Look, Grandpa, the beautiful piano. A piano, a piano." Vicco von Bülow was not just a brilliant satirist. Loriot was

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The landscape gardener

by Peter Löcke // Sahra Wagenknecht is founding a new party. In an interview with Roland Tichy, Markus Krall announces that he will soon be joining a new

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Reading time Schopenhauer

by Peter Löcke // Pirate Chancellor makes pact & double pack - With double whammy. A committee of inquiry on Faeser - Without Faeser. Ukraine on the offensive -

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The flyer in the red satchel

by Peter Löcke // Germany in 1976, shortly after the big summer vacation. Crime scene: Am Heegen grammar school in Hamburg. A flyer in the red satchel of a

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Judge for yourself!

by Peter Löcke // Three judicial reports in three days. Here an acquittal. There a suspended sentence. And finally the news that an already

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Think tanks

by Peter Löcke // Take a pen and draw nine dots on a piece of paper! Arranged in a square! You can do it. After all, I have

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The economic principle

by Peter Löcke // "Nobody. Absolutely nobody." When former State Secretary and top economist Professor Heiner Flassbeck was asked here on this channel by Markus Langemann,

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ARD without pants

by Peter Löcke // It's just as you think A couple copulating in the toilet of a pub. Not exactly a romantic place for a

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To Penny first?

by Peter Löcke // Inflation and recession. Germany in a severe economic crisis. Germany brings up the rear of all industrialized nations with the latest forecast of negative economic growth. Robert

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No use

by Peter Löcke // Small talk is not a sign of human superficiality. At least not only. A repetitive dialog is at least also a sign of superficiality.

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Letter to Justice

by Peter Löcke // Dear Justitia, dear goddess of justice, I no longer understand you or the world. Once we had a love affair, then we

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Pride

by Peter Löcke // Pride. Is pride a noble character trait or a human weakness? That's complicated. It depends on what you as a person

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Homeland films & war films

by Peter Löcke // Blossoming landscapes and clean water above an ever-blue sky. Kitschy, idyllic images in an intact world. Retarding plots about themes

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The moderator

by Peter Löcke // When emotions boil over, when opposing points of view clash, moderation is a good idea. Moderare means to moderate, steer or regulate, as the Latin

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Hot, hot, baby.

by Peter Löcke // "When will it be summer again? A summer like it used to be. Yes, with sunshine from spring to September and

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Another ban

by Peter Löcke // Convictions become recommendations. Recommendations become measures. Measures become bans chiseled into legal stone. As gentle on fundamental rights as possible, as Justice Minister Marco

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Propaganda in the letterbox

by Peter Löcke // Please do not post any advertising! The small label is affixed to many letterboxes. Whether an advertising label is regarded as useful consumer information or

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Namaste!

by Peter Löcke // One trial. Two verdicts. Sucharit Bhakdi remains innocent and guilty. Here the court's acquittal of the charge of incitement to hatred. There the media verdict of guilty

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Graichen in the cellar!

by Peter Löcke // There is one less ball on the green felt-lined billiard table in Berlin's ministries. Patrick Graichen has been sent into a well-deserved retirement.

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