Female football players don't have balls

You need balls to play football. So it is obvious that being a girl just won't do as far as the guys are concerned, says Gerd von der Lippe in a devastating critique of the state of affairs in the reporting and support of women's football in Norway. [more]

Back in the ghetto

The Israeli Right nurtures the image of the nation of Israel as a bastion under eternal siege but fails to see that Israel is laying siege to the Palestinians. The window of opportunity opened by the Oslo agreement has been closed for good, fears Göran Rosenberg. [Italian version added] [more]

Must we respect religiosity?

On questions of faith and the pride of the secular society

Secular society's "supermarket of faiths" principle appears from religion's standpoint to be indifferent and mistaken. Jan Philipp Reemtsma searches for the basis for the respect between believer and non-believer that can prevent this tension from becoming intolerance. [more]

The memorandum: Roots of Serbian nationalism

An interview with Mihajlo Markovic and Vasilije Krestic

Left- and rightwing intellectuals collaborated on a document that formulated the ideology of Serbian nationalism in the 1980s and 1990s. Here, two of the authors talk about their involvement. [more]

On the dark side of history

Carlo Ginzburg talks to Trygve Riiser Gundersen

"I consider literary modernism first of all as an attempt to discover new forms of truthfulness. In that respect it is highly relevant to me as an historian." On the problems of relativism and the duty of the historian. [more]

Oasis in the desert

A conversation with Kevin Klose, President of the American National Public Radio

How NPR, the virtually only outlet for fact-based journalism in the US radio market, continues to increase its listenership. [more]

Putting queer theory into practice

What does it mean to be queer and why does it differ from being gay or lesbian? [more]

A new Europe

Romano Prodi talks to Truls Øra

In a frank interview, the President of the European Commission outlines the future for the European Union - and for himself. [more]

Weininger's Vienna

Allan Janik talks to Knut Olav Åmås

Weininger, the hate-figure of Viennese modernism, revisited. [more]

Is this the way to go?

Handling immigration in a global era

As Europe more than ever fortifies its borders against illegal immigrants, what about the increase in human trafficking? [more]

Culture and gender in neo-conservative America

Richard Goldstein talks to Knut Olav Åmås

How far has America really come when it comes to gay rights and gender equality? [more]

Sterilization in Scandinavia - a dark chapter?

What were the real motives behind Scandinavian sterilization practices? [more]

English or Norwegian?

That English has established itself as todays lingua franca is a well-established fact but what will the sociological and political implications of this trend be? Brit Mæhlum takes a look at the situation in Norway. [more]

The World is Shrinking on Newspaper

Some Thoughts on the Norwegian Press

Why is the Norwegian press so blissfully ignorant about international news coverage? Hans Magnus Enzensberger takes a look. [more]

Is this the new fascism?

The apathy and incoherence of the left are letting the Italian right have it all their own way and there are disastrous consequences in the offing, says Italy's leading playwright. [more]

A pluralist democracy

The democracies of today can remain democracies only if they are able to negotiate pluralism and communality, conflict and justice, rationality and identity. Federation is a possible response to this challenge, writes Göran Rosenberg. [more]

Mediekritikk er medienes ansvar

Arne Ruth i samtale med Knut Olav Åmås

I norsk presse er det den kollektive tolkningen av verden som har vunnet, sier Arne Ruth i en samtale med Knut Olav Åmås. Den kompakte, kollegiale samstemtheten er et alvorlig problem for mediekritikken. Massemediene må lære seg å bli vant til å bli kikket i kortene, og å få sin utøvelse av makt gransket virkelig kritisk. [more]

Filosofisk punk rock opera

Slavoj Zizek i samtale med Kjartan Fløgstad og Espen Søbye

Dei verkelege heltane i dag er reserveoffiserane i den israelske hæren som nekta å lyda ordrane dei fekk, og helikopterpilotane som flaug over flyktningleiren i Jenin og fekk ordre om å fyra av rakettane sine, men som nekta av di dei berre såg sivile mål. Det er enkelt å vera helt med sitt eige land, men vanskeleg å vera helt mot sitt eige land. Eg ser berre desse som heltar i dag, dei som ikkje følgjer sitt eige land, men som handlar mot sine eigne land, seier Slavoj Zizek. [more]