Theo Sommer
Theo Sommer (born 10 June 1930) is a German newspaper editor and intellectual. He has been at Die Zeit since 1958, rising to Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. He is considered one of Germany's foremost authorities on international relations and strategic issues.
Life and career
Born in Konstanz, Republic of Baden, Sommer grew up in Schwäbisch Gmünd and was educated at a National Political Institutes of Education. He attended Manchester College in Indiana and the University of Chicago, then earned a Ph.D. from the University of Tübingen.
At Die Zeit, he became Foreign Editor in 1958, Deputy Editor in 1968; Editor-in-Chief in 1973; Publisher in 1992; and became an Editor-at-Large in 2000.
Since 2004 Sommer is Editor-at-Large for the publishment Times Media, which includes the newspapers The Atlantic Times, The German Times, The Asia-Pacific Times and The African Times. He also served as Chief of Planning Staff for the German Ministry of Defence in 1969 to 1970 and is currently and Advisory Board member for the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation. He is a former member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group.
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The Swimmer
by: Sleater KinneyThe swimmer is so far from the distant shore
The only time she never feels alone
On the land her body distorts
In the water lines are true to her mind
I can hardly see you now
Are you getting closer and, you know you're the one?
They will never understand, how washed up you feel on land
The sport light of the sun, it shines on
The swimmer knows she'll never touch the floor
She can float unharmed by murky wars
And the land is as plain as her skin
But the water shines like the star in her mind
I can hardly see you now
Are you getting closer and, you know you're the one?
They will never understand, how washed up you feel on land