"A German rabbi is facing charges for performing a circumcision..."

"... less than two months after a Cologne court outraged Jews and Muslims by outlawing the procedure." "It has been many deca...

German court says a boy's right to physical integrity trumps his parents' religious interest in having him circumcised.

Jewish and Muslim groups are reportedly outraged.

"The swastika is illegal here, as is the Hitler salute."

"Germans have learned after decades of fighting their expression that the ideas behind them cannot be outlawed. But the question facing...

The Germans are annoying Professor Bainbridge.

"To be lectured on military proprieties by a people who are free to do so because they've been able to hide behind our security ski...

The German muticultural ideal — "multikulti" — has "utterly failed," says Chancellor Angela Merkel.

As Germans slip further into the belief that the country is "overrun by foreigners." How difficult — liberating? — it must feel fo...

Wizardry in Germany.

WaPo reports this amusing dialogue: Q. Which Germans do you know besides [Dallas Maverick] Dirk Nowitzki? A. Is David Hasselhoff German? I h...

"Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested."

The 100 best first lines from novels... or so says American Book Review . The "truly" is the best part, right? Ah, I'm thinkin...

Obama talks to Berlin "as a citizen — a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world."

Text. ... Tonight, I speak to you not as a candidate for President, but as a citizen -- a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow c...

Obama's rally in Berlin.

How strange is it for an American presidential candidate to have a big rally in a foreign country? Why is Obama doing this in Berlin? This ...

1925 is today's year that blog forgot.

Blogging the past today, I note: The question whether women can be jurors. Playing jazz to the head-hunters. Snakes found in Ireland. "...

The Pope sends Rush Limbaugh into ecstasy about... American exceptionalism.

Did you listen to Rush Limbaugh enthusing about the Pope yesterday? It was really quite bizarre. The Battle Hymn of the Republic was sung b...

Let's take a closer look at Ron Paul.

Here 's the transcript of Ron Paul on "Meet the Press" today. He stimulates our thoughts, and he adds important dimension to t...

Bloggingheads!

It's me and Garance Franke-Ruta. Topics and times: Do women like looking at women? (07:41) 'Momoirs' and third-wave feminists (1...

"If you protest, your husband will hit you, and if you call the police, he’s going to divorce you, and the whole community will scorn you."

Polygamy in New York City. Don’t-ask-don’t-know policies prevail in many agencies that deal with immigrant families in New York, perhaps bec...

Eric Alterman contemplates whether he has "the typical liberal tendency toward fascism."

I inspired his reverie , not because I accused him of having a tendency toward fascism. I just quoted something he happened to say while r...

"The most evil and dangerous woman in West Germany," given five life sentences...

... will be released after serving only 24 years: Brigitte Mohnhaupt, 57, qualifies for early release after serving a minimum proportion of ...

How to make a comedy about Hitler.

I'm sure you could think of a lot of rules, but surely one of them is: Don't make Hitler sympathetic . Yes, perhaps in comedy, rules...

"Local singer loses dog while in Germany."

Just checking the morning headlines. What if that 's the most exciting news of the day? It would be the best day in the history of the w...

Sacha Baron Cohen, working as a tool.

Rolling Stone has an interview with Sacha Baron Cohen that's billed as his only out-of-character interview. (Via Metafilter .) He's...

Suing Borat, in Germany, on behalf of the gypsies.

Now there's this : The state prosecutor's office in the northern city of Hamburg said the European Center for Antiziganism Research ...