Thru Other Eyes

Rosh Hashanah 2011 - Shana Tova -- Happy New Year

2011-09-27T21:08:15+02:00

There are many themes that are relevant for Rosh Hashanah and the ten days of awe that follow, cluminating in Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The image that comes this year to my mind is that of the holiday...

Nationale Dodenherdenking (Remembrance Day) 2011

2011-05-04T17:35:54+02:00

Tonight at 8 PM we celebrate Remembrance Day in honor of all our citizens who died in WW-2 and in any armed conflict since then. In Amsterdam, one of the sub-themes of Remembrance Day this year is generating awareness of...

Pesach - Its time to celebrate Freedom

2011-04-18T16:01:10+02:00

Tonight Jews all over the world start celebrating the week long festival of Passover, or in Hebrew, Pesach. Although the holiday has many features, its primary focus is of course the story of how the ancient Israelite tribes become free...

If They Only Had a Pair Between Them #Jan25

2011-02-03T22:24:30+01:00

One pair between them, that would be enough. But NO! Our governments’ inability to make a difference in aiding the pro-democracy movement in Egypt is our collective shame. Their cowardice, their calculated ‘real politiek,’ their inability to say the truth...

Egyptian Freedom Fighters. I salute you!

2011-02-03T22:08:34+01:00

Watching events unfold in Egypt and following Twitter has me convinced that tomorrow is going to be the Day of Reckoning. A 'lighter' day today. Brute attacks to muzzle the media. A veritable PR-offensive which can only have been designed...

Laptopless and lost

2010-12-16T18:33:36+01:00

My Macbook is in the lab... 5-15 working days and just before all the holidays... something called "kernel panic"... leave it to my macbook to be a drama queen... it's very strange to be laptopless... gives me this feeling....

People on Crackberry

2010-12-05T12:46:44+01:00

I just returned a week ago from Laos and Cambodia which always leads to some difficult and strange feelings of cultural non-adaptation. Or as I sometimes like to call it in somewhat more popular vernacular - 'mind-fuck'. A great girlfriend...

Think like Wilders

2010-10-01T14:37:30+02:00

Bijna alles wat gezegd kan over deze regering met gedoogsteun van Wilders is al gezegd. Bijna. Gelukkig is er iets wat nog niet gezegd is dat heel veel gewicht in de schaal kan en moet leggen. Om goed in te...

My Rosh Hashanah and Ten Days of Awe 2010

2010-09-12T17:46:03+02:00

Here’s a nice thought for us: “When the power of love is more highly valued than the love of power, we shall know peace.” Maybe there is a god, one god. I don’t know. I do ponder the question though...

Nederland - De Kikker in Koud Water

2010-09-12T15:58:08+02:00

De 9-11 ‘antimoskee’ toespraak van Wilders in New York is nu achter de rug. Velen reageren met opluchting op een toespraak dat voor Wilders’ doen als gematigd gekarakteriseerd wordt. In het algemeen wordt het afgedaan als niets bijzonders, geen ophef...

Think about it

2010-09-01T00:28:10+02:00

Of course it's not 100% true, but it ain't far off. Under whose stewardship did the world's financial system and economies get fucked up? And Iraq and all the associated costs in 'blood and treasure'? And the years of neglecting...

Mail alle CDA fraktieleden

2010-08-31T19:02:35+02:00

In een handomdraai de fraktiekamer van het CDA vol laten Klinken met de ping van binnenkomende emails.

That pesky barn door

2010-08-31T12:42:25+02:00

Amazing! That pretty much sums up this breaking story about two terrorism suspects arrested this morning at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport at the request of American authorities. Although you may think the story could have been dreamt up in the writers'...

"Pap, wat deed jij in de oorloog?"

2010-03-02T16:05:49+01:00

Wat ga jij aan je nazaat vertellen over deze racistisch en xenofobische afdwaling? In naoorlogse Duitsland zijn er veel jongeren geweest die op een gegeven moment, of hardop of in stille reflectie, de vraag ooit stelde, “Pap, wat deed jij...

The Invisible Hand in your pocket

2010-02-10T19:26:18+01:00

My dear and self-proclaimed ‘Capitalist/Objectivist’ friend Steve has again challenged my thinking. In a Facebook discussion about the behavior of ‘Wall Street’ and ‘the bankers’ Steve reminded me that “They serve to make money; They don't make money to serve.”...