In the summer of 2021, I had the pleasure of attending a hybrid congress in Berlin: Die Grünen were kicking off their election campaign. The
It’s the end of summer, we’re back home from long days in the sun and on the water, and it’s back to classes and many
Managing your hybrid course with Cornelsen’s Basis for Business Summary This 30-minute talk aimed to give Business English trainers an overview of lessons learned in
Last Friday on the train in Erfurt there was a very ugly case of xenophobia and racism directed against a young Syrian. A German man
Saturday Night Live has picked up on current political events in the USA. The comedy series opens this week’s episode with a fictional Minnesota morning
Another one bites the dust. Comedian George Carlin (May 12, 1937- June 22, 2008) was a very funny guy who hated bigotry. The first host of Saturday Night Live, he said, “I think it is the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.” Noone understood better that you need to use dirty words if you want to remain pure at heart.
Pro Life is Anti-Woman (1996)
Soft language (1990)
The famous one: Seven dirty words (1978)
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Here is Carlin’s last interview, with Jan Dixit in Psychology Today, on June 23, 2008.