One for all, all for one
On October 4th 2001, a mere there weeks after 9/11, NATO invoked article 5 of the treaty for the first time in its history. Bluntly speaking, this article says that an attack on one is considered an...
View ArticleEvolution vs. Genesis
Today I published an article on the blog Homologous Legs about the everlasting discussion between evolution theory and Genesis. Please find the article here .
View ArticleBook: People like us, by Joris Luyendijk
No matter how many fancy internet applications become available to us, language barriers are still very real. As it was with the book I wanted to talk about today: People like us from Joris Luyendijk....
View ArticleRussia still loves Stalin
History would have looked different without mr. Joseph Stalin. Several massive events this man can write on his resume, like the Great Purge in the late thirties, during which at least 600,000 people...
View ArticleSuccess, personally.
For a couple of months now, I have been thinking a lot about long and short term goals – and therewith, you could say, about purpose – which has attracted my attention to definitions of success. Fellow...
View ArticleAzerbaijani bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade – still in jail
Two days ago Emin Milli turned thirty. He celebrated this in his prison cell, where he and his friend Adnan have been enjoying forced state hospitality ever since they were attacked by two muscle men...
View ArticleObamacare and the banality of the health insurance discussion
Health care is both a complex and an emotional topic. On the one hand one life is all we have and as such it should be protected and nurtured but on the other hand each one of us is responsible for his...
View ArticleUpdate: Abu Omar rendition trial ends
The trial around the kidnapping of the Egyptian imam Abu Omar has been concluded. See for a short update my post on Filip Spagnoli’s blog here.
View ArticleAzerbaijani bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade – sentenced
Last week the two Azerbaijan bloggers we blogged about, were convicted for hooliganism. Despite international pressure they were sentenced to an outrageous two and two and a half years in jail. (Go...
View ArticleBlue buckets for equal rights
Peaceful protest against injustice can take many forms. Very common is the gathering of a group, walking in concert through the streets with banners and shouting paroles. Writing letters, discussing...
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