More healthy thoughts
on March 22, 2010 by Reckless Rose in U.S.A., Comments (0)
You can watch live coverage of the debate in the House of Representatives here, as a friend pointed out to me. Politicians, they always give you reasons to start writing. […]
Last straw
on March 21, 2010 by Reckless Rose in U.S.A., Comments (0)
Some comments given on the American health care proposal in Dutch newspapers miss the crucial point, so I thought it was time to get back at the issue quickly. People […]
GM crops in Europe
on March 17, 2010 by Reckless Rose in Europe, Nature, Comments (4)
After thirteen long years, the European Commission has finally adopted a bill approving the use of four different genetically modified (GM) crops, three of which are species of corn and […]
Elections in Iraq
on March 14, 2010 by Reckless Rose in Arab World, Politics, Comments (0)
Another crucial phase for Iraq’s future has passed. How does one sum up the March 7th parliamentary elections? Not with a one-liner. Starting with voter turn-out estimates, said to lay […]
The Colonel’s Jihad
on March 12, 2010 by Reckless Rose in Religion, Comments (0)
Sometimes you read and not much seems to happen in your brain. You seem to just passively interpret and, with a bit of luck, store the information. In my case […]
The damp rag and Farage
on March 5, 2010 by Reckless Rose in Europe, Politics, U.K., Comments (5)
Some politicians often cross lines themselves, and position themselves outside the borderlines of rational conversation. Some do not. One who clearly does not is ‘our’ president, Herman van Rompuy. An […]
Dutch municipal elections & overestimation of ‘right’ rise
on March 4, 2010 by Reckless Rose in Politics, Comments (1)
March third municipal elections were held in the Netherlands. After the recent fall of our government, the general prognosis was that ring winged, libertarian parties would do well, while those […]
US’s anti-missile shields in Europe
on March 3, 2010 by Reckless Rose in Europe, Politics, U.S.A., Comments (0)
America’s defense plans suddenly look a lot less cowardly than they did last year when it was announced that the anti-missile plans in Poland and the Czech Republic would not […]
Unnatural ethics & relativism
on February 24, 2010 by Reckless Rose in Philosophy, Religion, Comments (0)
Nature is fact, leading to descriptive and explanatory accounts, while morality concerns values and norms. So in an often heard fallacy evolution is somehow tied to ethical randomness. How do […]
The Dutch government falls; leaving Uruzgan
on February 20, 2010 by Reckless Rose in Europe, Comments (0)
Last week the United Nations officially made a request to the Dutch government to lengthen their stay in Afghan province Uruzgan. However much the CDA (Christian Democracts) would like to […]