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• Expect a Viktor Orbán Win Next Month

  By H. David Baer on March 22, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  This article was published in The Bulwark. Not only do I predict what will happen in Hungary’s election, but I explain why making this prediction is easy – because Hungary’s not a democracy. This first two paragraphs of the article… Read More ›

• The Long Walk of the Navajo Nation

  By H. David Baer on March 6, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  In this episode of BaerTalk I talk about the history of the Navajo people with Patrick Moore, Executive Director of New Mexico Historic Sites, and Manuelito Wheeler, Director of the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Arizona. The Navajo Nation… Read More ›

• Interview with Zoltán Fleck, Chair of Péter Márki-Zay’s Constitutional Working Group

  By H. David Baer on January 5, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Zoltán Fleck is a Professor of Law and Sociology at the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest. He was recently appointed by Péter Márki-Zay, the leader of Hungary’s democratic opposition, to head up a working group tasked with examining constitutional… Read More ›

• Are Science and Religion Compatible?

  By H. David Baer on January 1, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Stephen M. Barr joins me on the podcast to discuss the relationship between science and religion. A member of the American Physical Society, Stephen Barr is an accomplished theoretical particle physicist. He is also a practicing Christian, President of the… Read More ›

• A Last Conversation with Eva Balogh about Hungary

  By H. David Baer on December 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  This is an unusual and special episode of BaerTalk. Originally, it was a session of a class I team-teach at Texas Lutheran University called “Democracies in Crisis.” I invited two experts, Dalibor Rohac and Eva Balogh, to speak to the… Read More ›

• Orbán’s Biographer – My Interview with József Debreczeni

  By H. David Baer on November 3, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  József Debreczeni is a former Hungarian politician who served as a personal advisor to Viktor Orbán between 1994 and 1996. Since then Debreczeni has written extensively on Hungarian politics and public life. His enormous output has helped to document Hungary’s… Read More ›

• What is the Christian Attitude Toward Hunting?

  By H. David Baer on October 31, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Predation and hunting would appear to be an essential feature of the natural world. Many animals hunt each other, and many humans hunt animals. Indeed, prehistoric man hunted to survive. Today, of course, things have changed. Hunting is not a… Read More ›

• CPAC Is Going to Hungary, Never Mind Viktor Orban’s Attacks on Churches

  By H. David Baer on October 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Here’s a short piece about Hungary that I wrote for The Unhttps://theunpopulist.substack.com/Populist, a substack newsletter started by Shikha Dalmia which is committed to defending liberal democracy and opposing the rise of authoritarianism around the globe. “In his Metamorphoses, written after… Read More ›

• Is America Getting Less Religious?

  By H. David Baer on October 3, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The United States is unique among countries in the developed world for its high levels of religious participation. The wave of secularization that swept through Europe in the 20th century seemed to pass our country by. In recent years, however,… Read More ›

• Three Myths About Viktor Orbán and His Remaking of Hungary

  By H. David Baer on September 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  This article was published in The Bulwark. Below is a teaser. You can read the full article by clicking the link at the bottom of the post. “When Hungarian armies invaded Europe around A.D. 900, shooting arrows from horseback and… Read More ›