The world offers many stellar examples to countries and / or nations that want to plan their development. Chief among them are the Scandinavian countries. We'll take a look at Finland. Read more »
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Where is best to be a single woman?
I’m supposed to do some work, but my thoughts are jumping around the world. The weather outside is frightful: after an Easter week-end with temperatures of 10 C and over, today we’re close to 0, it’s snowing and the wind is pushing the window toward me. And I’m thinking of a woman. Maybe more.. Read more »
What’s in a handshake?
society |
People seem to place an undue importance on the handshakes of the powerful, rich and famous. Let us take a quick look at the American presidents and their different approach. Read more »
Protestantism–Religion Glossary III
Understanding religion is tough even for those who were lucky enough to receive a non-abusive education. Navigating the numerous inadequacies and misunderstandings that surround this subject is a multidisciplinary endeavour, involving psychology, history, economics and to a certain extent, religion. Read more »
Donald E Cameron and the German Collective Guilt
history |
Most people who travel extensively through Europe will inevitably come to the conclusion that most German people they meet seem to still feel, five decades post-Holocaust, a sense of collective guilt for their parents’ and grandparents’ crimes. I always wondered where is that coming from. Read more »
Weird tales of high-school sex and redemption
A spat of sex news have recently awaken me from my innocent slumber. Most are disturbing, some are interesting and some - I already forgot. Read more »
End of history: Hegel, Kojeve, Marx and Fukuyama
A very recent debate hosted by TVO reminded me of Fukuyama’s famous essay. The plan is to summarize it and eventually discuss it. Read more »
Cuchet Cave and Radon Gas
There is a relatively recently discovered cave in France that has some astounding prehistoric paintings on its walls, most likely the oldest in the world. It also has, as most caves, a high concentration of the toxic Radon gas. Read more »
Moleeds, stamps and copyrights
Charles Fleischer's very recent stand-up number at TED Talks is based on stamps. He claims that this is so because he doesn't have to worry about copyrights. We happen to disagree. Read more »
When economists investigate marriage I
Economists don't have a reputation for being exceedingly sexy. They weren't perceived as funny either, but not long ago a "stand-up economist" popped up. Here we're looking at two studies where economists try to figure marital bliss. Read more »
A Decline in Civility or just a selfish request 4 respekt?
society |
There's a lot to say on this subject, but for the moment, I would rather mention only the recent CTV documentary "The Decline in Civility". Read more »
Rudyard Kipling, jingoism and Victorian ideals
If by Rudyard Kipling was one of my favourite poems in my childhood. Since then, my views have changed. It seems that the story behind the poem is not all that compelling. Read more »
Amiri vs USA or Narseh vs Rome
The latest round of spy stories - more specifically, the Iranian nuclear scientist who oscillated between being abducted and being a defector - reminds me of an old episode from the Roman - Persian war. Read more »
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