New Books, or, How To Look Smug While At The Pool
In a month’s time, I’ll be travelling to Italy with (probably) my brother-in-law-to-be to where my parents are supposed to be (a campsite just south of Florence, Tuscany). I’ll bring...
‘Project Democracy’ Almost At An End, Winners Will Soon Be Decided
To the left: people protesting the banking sector. To the right: people protesting Monsanto, the assumed winner of Project Democracy The long running experiment called ‘Democracy’, which has run...
Peter Singer – One World (Summary)
Here is another summary of a book. This time, it’s Peter Singer’s “One World”, which I had to study for part two of “Democracy & Justice” (Democratie & Rechtvaardigheid). Again,...
A Silent Reminder of Yesterday’s Dealings
Yesterday, a Sunday, saw the Leiden Marathon take place. There are multiple reasons why this interested me, running itself isn’t one of them. The first reason is that my sister...
The 2013 Summer Hit?
Last year I quite accurately predicted in April Rudimental’s “Feel the Love” would be the summer hit of 2012. This year, I’m willing to make another prediction. Macklemore & Ryan...
The Leiden High School-Shooting Hoax?
On saturday, some nutcase posted this on 4chan. Because I live in Leiden, this sparked my interest. Not only mine, but also that of the police. Every high school is...
Robert A. Dahl – On Democracy (Summary)
This is a summary of Robert A. Dahl’s book ‘On Democracy’ (1998). It is written in English, due to possible translation issues, but, for full disclosure, my native language is...
Putin is visiting Amsterdam, Amnesty jumps on the Bandwagen
I noticed these pictures on my facebook-feed, made an Imgur-album of them and they are currently featuring on the frontpage of Reddit, just below the news of Thatcher’s death. All...
A Eulogy for Chavez
Our good friend, the great leader of the magnificent people of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, has passed away. A day of mourning for all of us, but if you’re one of...
