Fiction
The weather is fine now, but this morning it was snowing, I think with flakes already melting, they fell straight down, close together and quite… Read More »Fiction
The radio, Ding Ling, the Internet and Shen Congwen
Because radio provides a safe border crossing to the outside world in pandemic times, we often listen to it. That goes well until 9:30 in… Read More »The radio, Ding Ling, the Internet and Shen Congwen
What kind of political knowledge is useful?
Yesterday I answered the question of how Rutte could have let the parliamentary drama of 1/2 April happen. Does that answer contain knowledge? And if… Read More »What kind of political knowledge is useful?
Caught by a white lie?
How to explain that a prime minister who has led governments for 10 years and, shortly after another resounding election victory finds himself back, in… Read More »Caught by a white lie?
Thinking of Holland …
Thinking of Holland, broad rivers I see, passing slowly through endless horizons is my clumsy translation of a world-famous quote (in the Netherlands that is,… Read More »Thinking of Holland …
Clashing truths in the Netherlands around April 1, 2021
I think that the parliamentary meeting of April 1 in the Netherlands showed conflicting religious and scientific truths as they can work in the political… Read More »Clashing truths in the Netherlands around April 1, 2021
Clashing Religious Truths
My OCT thesis (on clashing truths) is about confrontations between religious and scientific truths. Looking around me learns that serious clashes also take place between… Read More »Clashing Religious Truths
The first wave and beyond: China and the USA
For every jurisdiction, the first encounter with the COVID-19 virus has been a challenge of how to respond to a pandemic. It was China’s turn… Read More »The first wave and beyond: China and the USA
The COVID-Situation per March 20, 2021
Below is another global overview of the COVID situation as I can currently make. Worldwide, after all it is a pandemic. I cut the world… Read More »The COVID-Situation per March 20, 2021
Clashing Truths
My OCT thesis (on conflicting truths) is the following: Clashes between religious and scientific truths arise either when core cultural values threaten to limit the… Read More »Clashing Truths