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
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...
Opinion | Making Sense of the Central European Tragedy
What would we have done? Trying to grasp what we can never fully understand.
This year’s commemoration of the Anschluss of Austria by Nazi Germany, March 11 & 12, 1938, has been as engrossing as...
