Dario Fo has a Nobel prize in literature, not economy or politics. Being an actor, singer, writer or playwright doesn’t prepare him for running a country. We need a surreal fantasist like Beppe Grillo to rescue […]
Polish becomes England’s second language. I’ve worked in Switzerland for decades, with swarms of well paid Brits, who wouldn’t go back to their beloved country for anything in the world. I am now spending some […]
The only way to be in the driver seat in business or in an alliance is to be at the front, participating actively, not dragging your heels. An in or out vote is a good […]
Should the European Union and the European Space Agency, ESA spend money to get Europeans on Mars? Post on G+: https://plus.google.com/108549873871553806005/posts/8hie7CmfXh9 Sounds like a good idea. Nations (and Unions) need big bold aims, to energise scientific research, the […]
The Economist: “Many mobile operators offer child-tracking at extra cost, but the number of free tracking applications is growing fast. Parents in Japan and America are the keenest on such gizmos. Europeans, seemingly more relaxed […]
You would expect that within a single market, European viewers could enjoy TV services without the necessity to buy proprietary devices for each operator. That was the spirit of an EU directive, which has been […]
The author of Would a common European language help? discussed the question whether Europe should have a common language. My take: Esperanto was a charming idea, except that first French, then English became more popular. […]
Looking at events in the Arab world, you have the impression that the whole region is fuelled by a gigantic inferiority complex – a dangerous condition, considering what it did to post-WWI Germany. This opinion […]
Robert Fisk: Al-Qa’ida cashes in as the scorpion gets in among the good guys. The good part with that part of the world is that damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Whatever we […]
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/revealed-inside-story-of-us-envoys-assassination-8135797.html The point of embassies and diplomacy is to maintain relations between states and governments, even in a time of ubiquitous, instant telecommunications. The whole point of attacking embassies is to make civilised relations […]
The Sun using an intern to strip for ‘nude Prince Harry’ pictures is shameful. The question nobody seems to ask is not whether the Sun should publish the pictures of prince Harry, but why in […]
Jeff Jarvis says: “Creators don’t need protection from copying. That’s futile. Copying can’t be stopped. Thus copying is no longer a way to exploit the value of creation.” (Full story here: Copyright or creators’ rights?).
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