Dardis McNamee
Dardis McNamee is the Editor in Chief of METROPOLE. Over a long career in journalism she has written for The New York Times, Conde Nast Traveler in New York, the Wall Street Journal Europe and Die Zeit in Vienna, as well as having been a speechwriter to two US ambassadors to Austria. She was awarded the 2007 Kemper Award for Excellence in Teaching for her work at the Department of Media Communications for Webster University Worldwide. In 2010, she was granted Austrian Citizenship of Honor (Ehrenstaatsbürgerschaft) for outstanding contributions to the Austrian Republic
How to: Get the Hang of Wiener Schmäh
Schmäh may not be the first thing you notice when you arrive in Vienna. But it comes up soon enough
In school, for example: My children were astonished to discover that copying from classmates (“das...
Opinion: Déjà vu All Over Again
With the Neue Mittelschule, reformers tried one-size-fits-all – with dismal results. Education Minister Heinz Faßmann’s pragmatic approach deserves a chance
As I listen to the latest round of policy boxing over the new Pädagogik-Paket (Teaching...
Rethinking Nationalism
At the root of Europe’s malaise is a philosophical paradox over what it means to be human
On a summer afternoon in 1991 soon aft er the collapse of the Soviet Union, political philosopher Isaiah...
Dining on the Danube at the Scenic Ufertaverne
At the Ufertaverne of the Hofbauer Segelschule, great food and wine is only half the draw
It’s a sunny Sunday in Vienna, with a light breeze. A great day to be on the water. From...
Has #MeToo Gone Too Far?
Lifetimes of understandable resentment can boil over into presumptions of guilt. This is dangerous. And when important public careers are ruined, everybody loses
As former Green Party defense spokesman Peter Pilz returns to Parliament this...
Servas, Michi!
After a quarter century, Vienna’s popular Mayor Michael Häupl leaves behind a city more prosperous, international and innovative – yet still humane. That’s saying a lot.
The 1st of May marked a revival of sorts...
Die Creme de la Creme: Where to Find Great Austrian Cuisine Around the World
Long underestimated, Austria's culinary traditions are being reinvented and coming into their own
by Bart de Vries & Dardis McNamee
After language, a culture is defined perhaps most intimately by its cuisine, what Austrian star chef...
Book Review: “The Marshall Plan Since 1947” Recalls America’s Role in Post WWII Europe
70 years later, the Marshall Plan remains a model for foreign aid policy in everybody’s interest.
In retrospect, the past seems inevitable. But even in late 1947, a discouraged US Secretary of State George C....
