Reason

The noise and the substance

The debate on taxation must be opened. It is necessary to start from the weakness that all observers of the Greek economy have highlighted: the disproportionately large part of the taxable material that remains undisclosed, mainly because its disclosure would rattle established interests and have a heavy political cost. 

JusMin Ion: The August 10 case does not end here; let's wait for reasoning

Justice Minister Stelian Ion said on Friday that the August 10 case does not end here, urging the public to wait for the reasoning behind rejecting the request to reopen the case.      "It is very important to wait for the reasoning behind the decision to reject that request to reopen the case.

‘Political correctness’ and the continental shelf

The average Greek naturally feels concerned and insecure about the persisting tension in Greek-Turkish relations.

All sorts of pundits and journalists that are purported champions of the notions of "political correctness" and "equal distance" are here presented with a good opportunity to express their opinion in public.

Big surprise

Greece is the only member-state of the European Union that has failed to implement provisions that would allow its citizens living outside the country to exercise their electoral rights in their place of residence.

When reason does not work

For decades, I have been a believer in human reason. By that, I don't mean that I have been a hardcore French rationalist who thinks that we can find all truths through reason. But still I thought that through reason we can begin to understand the world we are living in, analyze our issues, and discuss our problems.