Book to share - September 2024 PINNEDDemocracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom (2017) by Condoleezza Rice In her book the former Secretary of State described Populism, Nativism, Isolationism, and Protectionism as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and in an interview on the... See More » (1)
The Freedom to DissentHave you seen the Munk Dialogue with Douglas Murray, Natasha Hausdorff, Mehdi Hasan and Gideon Levy on the question: Is anti-Zionism antisemitism? There was even a moment when Murray denied his infamous The Spectator piece in which he claimed one... See More » (1)
Am I right? Is this the new international boogeyman?What's the supposed difference between the Ukraine and Gaza? Has communism now become radical islam? Are all sins forgiven for amoral and indeed immoral conduct just because there's radical islam to cope with? So one is a war of imperial conquest... See More »
With mute one begets mutationIf you start to ignore someone or something then there's the possibility that you start off a mutation from reality. It's like what they say in the media today: there are two realities. No, there are not. There's only one reality with two mutations... See More » (1)
A question of survival and not moralityFollowing the current events abroad or politicking in general I like to formulate here my own stand on issues, one that I have been taking now for a while already. No subject matter on today's political landscape is more important than taking a... See More » (1)
From Russia with loveStrange, but I haven't seen that movie for a long while now. Perhaps it's because I've been depressed about the country eversince Putin took over from Jeltsin. Yes, that's a very long wile ago but in my deep core of being I haven't changed much. I'm... See More »
What's importantThere's months now something that is really upsetting me. It's the war conducted by the IDF in Gaza. Yes, I'm not against a state defending itself. No, I'm not a hypocrite because of it. I was for the defence of the Ukraine, but as some of you might... See More »
Trump and KubrickOh yes, perhaps Trump did master the Kubrick Stare, the so-called cinematic pose made famous by Jack Nicholson and Malcolm McDowell. So what? Now I've been wondering for years when it will ever end. After all a Kubrick movie would have ended by now... See More » (2)
