Barbara Lippert

1 month ago | swp-berlin.org | Raphael Bossong |Kai-Olaf Lang |Barbara Lippert |Nicolai von Ondarza

The collapse of transatlantic certainties, combined with the continuing threat from Russia, requires Germany and its transatlantic-oriented socialised elites to fundamentally rethink their principles. It is the EU and cooperation with key partners that must guarantee security, prosperity, and freedom in the future and create solidarity between states and societies.

1 month ago | mediapost.com | Barbara Lippert

“You Americans are so puritanical!” That’s a direct quote from a Frenchman, an international agency CEO, I was speaking with years ago at a cocktail party at the Cannes Lions Festival. He had just introduced me to an elegant woman he described as his “mistress,” and I blinked.

1 month ago | mediapost.com | Barbara Lippert

Last week, Slate introduced its new, radically stripped-down and affordable EV pickup truck -- under $20k with EV tax credits. It’s tariff-proof (made in the USA) and so wildly customizable that the two-seat pickup (which can be covered in a variety of body wraps) can also be turned into a 5-seat SUV (with two different types of roofs.)So a bored Slate owner can affordably wrap, rewrap, or unwrap the body -- like playing with some life-sized Legos of the future.

2 months ago | mediapost.com | Barbara Lippert

Lately, self-hyping tech billionaires have become the objects of derision in our culture. Much of it has been directed at Elon “Chainsaw” Musk, who we never elected to slash our federal agencies and jobs. That his cybertrucks are exploding is just the icing on the chaos.

2 months ago | mediapost.com | Barbara Lippert

by Barbara Lippert , Columnist, 41 minutes agoSince the “White Lotus”season 3 finale aired last week, thousands of viewers have posted their own post-mortems. So let’s break down some spoilers and possibly cry over spilled  -- and spoiled -- coconutmilk. I’ve written before about how this season of WL attracted an unprecedented number of brand collaborations, signed without seeing a script, although the location was known:the Four Seasons resort on the island of Koh Samui, Thailand.