Do politicians lie? Yes, from time to time they do. That's what we all know. Hillary Clinton made it easy to disprove her creative narrative of getting into sniper fire in Bosnia in March 1996. At that time the war was over journalists quickly asserted.But often it's difficult to prove a lie as such. Factcheck.org tries to do so and provides transparency for the election campaigns the candidates are currently running in the USA. They do it by monitoring the ... weiterlesen...

Do politicians and journalists need to convince by dancing? Presumably not. Nevertheless: there must be something behind comparing the two. That is at least what we can deduce from watching the Ellen DeGeneres show these days. Every guest at "Ellen" has to dare a few dancing steps while entering the studio. That's fun most of the times for the people watching. And often it's fun for Ellen, too. It might have been different when TV host and journalist Chris Matthews ... weiterlesen...

Before starting off to our individual travels throughout the USA we did some nice group exercises for preparation. One covered travel experiences and change by this given statement: "What I learn during my Fellowship travels can change the world." The task was to form in groups of five and ask as many questions as possible and write them down on an easel pad. Each group then has to define the three most important questions. Lots of questions related to change, ... weiterlesen...

I am starting off for maybe two of the most interesting months of my life. Travelling for eight weeks throughout the USA on the multinational program of Eisenhower Fellowships I have the chance to meet outstanding people, expand my network, get to know things I may have never heard of before. Two months as Eisenhower fellow means also spending time with 23 other fellows from 23 nations all over the world with 23 personalities, 23 backgrounds and individual ... weiterlesen...

Liebe Blog-Freunde, ab morgen ändert sich mein Blog für einige Wochen. Ich werde als Eisenhower Fellow die Möglichkeit haben, durch die USA zu reisen und von dort meine Eindrücke und Erfahrungen zu beschreiben. Das wird in Englisch geschehen, damit meine Fellows und Gesprächspartner auch die Chance haben, mein Blog zu nutzen. Ich freue mich, wenn die Diskussion lebhaft weiter geht und viele sich beteiligen. Und am meisten freue ich mich, wenn Ihr interessante Dinge findet, über die ... weiterlesen...