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Samsom en financiële onderdrukking

Posted on September 20, 2014 by admin

Eén korte opmerking van Diederik Samsom, in een interview na de Troonrede van de nieuwe koning, verbaasde mij. Hij beweerde dat het zo langzamerhand tijd werd om Nederlandse pensioenfondsen aan te zetten om hun geld in ‘BV Nederland’ in plaats … Continue reading →

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While technology has lured millions to abandon books in favour of films, YouTube videos and Spotify, it has also made literature more readily available as keen readers are no longer cumbered by heavy books. They only need the appropriate gadgets … Continue reading →

Posted on November 18, 2012 by admin | Comments Off on Exposition

Scylla and Charybdis

Posted on March 1, 2012 by admin

Amidst all the Greek turmoil, the phrase “between Scylla and Charybdis” – in Greek mythology, seafarers could avoid only one of the two monsters when passing through the Strait of Messina – has hardly occurred. Despite the obvious link to … Continue reading →

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No Second Troy

Posted on November 9, 2011 by admin

In one version of the Troy legend, the priestess Cassandra warns the people of Troy of the city’s impending doom and the perils of the wooden horse left to them as a gift. Her clairvoyance was a gift from the … Continue reading →

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European government?

Posted on October 10, 2011 by admin

Eurosceptics might see Merkel and Sarkozy’s proposal as a worrying step towards tighter European integration, but it is a necessary measure which sounds more dramatic than it is. Sarkozy glorifies a biannual meeting of the Eurozone countries’ leaders as an … Continue reading →

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