Child abuse and New Zealand
So, I noticed that last week's referendum results in New Zealand went largely unnoticed here on Kos. The non-binding referendum, forced by public petition, was on whether a relatively recent law...
View ArticleThe Muslim threat to Europe
Yup, that's my topic for today. I was reminded of it when I read Johann Hari's recent post explains the many reasons why he believes the Republican party is turning into a cult of sorts.. Among their...
View ArticleCNN thinks you're an idiot, you know...
I caught Crooks & Liars once again calling, like so many others, for CNN to dump Lou Dobbs.Personally, I got to thinking why I haven't actually seen his show. I figured it out pretty fast. See,...
View ArticleThe AP touts the Neocon world view. Again.
Once again, the AP shows blatant right-wing bias, now on the subject of Obama's changed plans for the missile defense. Their headline:"Poles, Czechs: US missile defense shift a betrayal"That's simply...
View ArticleWhat the Norwegians were thinking
Okay, so I want to put in my few cents on Obama's Nobel Prize. Being half-Swedish and an academic to boot, I happen to know a thing or two about the prizes. I've been to the banquet at Stockholm city...
View ArticleTruth is, the Nobel committees don't give a s--t.
Here I was with a long diary on the state of European and Scandinavian Social Democracy that I was looking forward to not having anyone read, when this whole Nobel thing came along and upset my...
View ArticleA new and clever way to do desalination
A lot of folks get skeptical when they read about a new technological innovation that's promising to save the world or whatever. I can sympathize with that - it's the goal of every start-up out there...
View ArticleDeepak Chopra vs. Quantum Mechanics
The opposition to science doesn't seem to know any party bounds. On the right, global-warming skepticism is the rule, evolution a minority 'opinion', and if WorldNetDaily is to be believed, soy turns...
View ArticleDear Michael Moore
Dear Michael Moore:I read your diary. While I can't claim to be any kind of official representative of the Swedish government, I am however a half-Swedish American, who's lived in both countries for...
View ArticleCould we give Syria some attention?
Today (Thursday) President Obama intends to give a speech on US foreign policy in the Middle East. It's believed that he will outline a vision of the new US policy in the wake of the Arab Spring.In the...
View ArticleYesterday we stood together in mourning, tomorrow the fight continues.
As an American-Swedish dual citizen, I was on vacation in Sweden, having just returned from a trip over to Finland, when the news of the bombing and massacre in neighboring Norway broke. It affected me...
View ArticleAn economic success story you're not likely to hear about
The Nordic countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland) have long served as models for worldly progressives everywhere. They're indisputably some the most left-leaning of the developed,...
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