Commentary Archives

Václav vs. Václav
How the Velvet Revolution's two greatest rivals met — and kept from killing each other
[May 9th, 2007]

Two Czech kings
Disappointment surrounds the comebacks of two great filmmakers
[May 2nd, 2007]

Time to ask questions
What's the 'acceptable degree of collaboration' with the StB?
[Apr 25th, 2007]

The wood for the trees
The lessons of Prague tourism at its crisis point
[Apr 18th, 2007]

President & future
Václav Klaus' reign shows the immaturity of Czech society
[Apr 11th, 2007]

On the edge
How Jiří Paroubek manages to hang on
[Apr 4th, 2007]

Be afraid
But not of global warming — the Greens are out to get us
[Mar 28th, 2007]

No comparison
Minimizing the Holocaust is too easy in the Czech Republic
[Mar 21st, 2007]

Piling it up
Another four years of uranium mining means another delay in dealing with the environmental cost
[Mar 14th, 2007]

Different worlds(?)
[Mar 7th, 2007]

Keeping focus
Or how businesses need good policy, not turf wars
[Feb 28th, 2007]

On a Reagan monument
Case for: Who else did more to restore freedom?
[Feb 21st, 2007]

Merkel's headache
Or the Czech Republic's lovely fantasy that it can wish the European constitution away
[Feb 14th, 2007]

Off base
An inside account from the ranks of the Jan. 31 protest against a proposed U.S. radar base
[Feb 7th, 2007]

Baby steps
Faltering progress toward healthy government is progress nonetheless
[Jan 31st, 2007]

Keeping warm
This winter, global climate change hits home
[Jan 24th, 2007]

Wake up, Mr. Klaus
This self-proclaimed defender of all Czech interests is as popular as ever ... even if he is all over the map
[Jan 17th, 2007]

A coming of age
Czech feminism celebrates an important milestone
[Jan 10th, 2007]

Penetrating myths
Stigma and insensitive doctors make cancer prevention much harder than it needs to be
[Jan 3rd, 2007]

Secret Santas
Why the Czech media won't report on corporate philanthropy
[Dec 20th, 2006]