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Samsom en financiële onderdrukking
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
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
Scylla and Charybdis
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
No Second Troy
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