Provoking Putin: How new laws are silencing Russians

How new laws balance

T he 2010 Constitution has made dramatic changes to the Budget process. These open it up to a wider set of actors, particularly giving citizens and MPs a greater role, and fundamentally reducing the traditional, undemocratic and nearly unlimited powers of the Executive. Yet, radical changes in the Budget process can lead to confusion about roles. This must not become an excuse for poor fi nanci...

Interculturalism and New Russians in Berlin

In his paper, "Interculturalism and New Russians in Berlin" Giacomo Bottá discusses aspects of the community of Russian artists in contemporary (post-1989) Berlin. The Berlin-based Russendisko night has been held in Tel Aviv, Milan, or Frankfurt, where enthusiastic people danced to songs of obscure Russian bands. In 2004, a new CD compilation, Russensoul, was published and in 2005 Karaoke, the ...

Food Taxes: How Likely Are Likely Effects?

Are Miracles Violations of the Laws of Nature?

Classical theism holds that God rules the world not only indirectly, by the natural laws established with creation, but through actions or direct interventions that interfere with natural processes and human actions. These direct interventions are usually called miracles. Modern Western philosophy, at least starting from Spinoza and Hume, has defined miracles as “violations of the laws of natur...

New readmission laws: Catholic providers are positioned to lead.