Hannes Stein, born in Munich, Germany, in 1965, works as a cultural and political correspondent for Die Welt. He has published two novels and his third, Der Weltreporter (The World Reporter), will be published this winter by Galiani Berlin.
Not Germany’s Bob Dylan—He's Germany’s Wolf Biermann
Wolf Biermann, eighty-five today, outlasted Nazism and then communism. Happy birthday.
The Wall and I
Author Hannes Stein made it into East Berlin one day—almost.
The Contender
Annalena Baerbock and the German Green party might just be ready to take the reins in September.
The Wild Waltz of Democracy
If Don Camillo and Peppone could figure out how to compromise, there’s hope for the Republican Party yet.
Meatballs and Millionaires
Dearest AOC, fly with me to Sweden. A lovely place, but you might not want to live there.
