Second Open Letter to the WEF-Switzerland
To the WEF-Switzerland (post festum) St. Gallen, 24 January 2026 Dear WEF-Switzerland, Now it’s over. Now it’s behind us. It was even more spectacular, even more appalling than last year: private jets, presidential suites, a security circus—and the Magic Mountain, not barrier-free, as your backdrop. But the finest moment was the Great Speech by the […]
Zweiter Offener Brief an die WEF-Schweiz
An die WEF-Schweiz (post festum) St. Gallen, am 25. Januar 2026 Liebe WEF-Schweiz Jetzt ist es vorbei. Jetzt haben wir es hinter uns. Es war noch spektakulärer, noch grässlicher als vergangenes Jahr: Privatjets, Präsidenten-Suiten, Sicherheitszirkus – und der Zauberberg als nicht barrierefreie Kulisse. Am schönsten aber war die Große Rede des Großen Wüterichs. Davon könnt […]
To WEF Switzerland
To WEF Switzerland St. Gallen, 15 January 2026 Dear WEF-Switzerland, The Great Bully—the man who governs by threat and blackmail—is in the process of swallowing Greenland, and you are rolling out the red carpet for him. He will arrive with the largest delegation Davos has ever seen: aircraft, swarms of security personnel, helicopters, dozens of […]
An die WEF-Schweiz
An die WEF-Schweiz St. Gallen, am 15. Januar 2026 Liebe WEF-Schweiz Der Große Wüterich – der Mann, der mit Drohung und Erpressung regiert – ist dabei, sich Grönland einzuverleiben, und Sie legen ihm den roten Teppich aus. Er wird mit der größten Delegation, die Davos je gesehen hat, eintreffen: Flugzeuge, jede Menge Sicherheitsbeamte, Helikopter, Dutzende […]
I Read the News Today, Oh Boy
I Read the News Today, Oh Boy
It was on page nine, Metro section, tucked below the fold like something shameful. A boy—thirteen—had gone missing. “Misprocessed,” the paper said, as if he were a faulty upload or a form with a smudge. He vanished
There is a crack in everything
Long before the Dutch arrived with their dikes and deeds. Before the grid was drawn and the sewer laid. Before the men in boots came to measure madness with clipboards and good intentions
I Was Born by the River
The snake found us before the book did. Before the myth. Before the title. We were just looking for an apartment. It was 2002. Jan and I were living…