Technology and Society

The Technical Architecture of German Online Surveillance, Censorship, and Control

Publius / 2026-04-13

The German state and its European partners have built, and are continuing to build, a comprehensive system for monitoring, attributing, and controlling online activity. This paper describes the likely …

Religion

The Moral Failure of the Catholic Church in Germany

Publius / 2026-04-03

A Catholic friend recently suggested that what Germany needs is faith. I am sympathetic to that view. Germany is one of the most secularized societies in Europe, and the consequences are visible in …

Constitutional Law

The Irreconcilability of US Constitutional Principles and the German FDGO

Publius / 2026-03-13

Ongoing political and regulatory conflicts between the United States and Europe — over digital regulation, platform governance, speech restrictions, AI policy, and data protection — are frequently …