Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize
By Nicholas Kristof
796. October 11, 2009 7:27 am Link
The Nobel Peace Prize for Obama at this point indebts him and is a bit embarrassing. But he hinted at this already himself, which moderates the shame. It was after all not his own initiative. And rejecting it would enhance the embarrassment. He may have already done more than we are aware of. Yet our attention is now turned to the nature of the Nobel Prize. Obama was given the peace prize for being black and peaceful, obviously such an achievement for a man of his colour that he deserved it. We have to understand we are talking about Scandinavia. In most Northern countries we see this type of compassion.
Room for Debate The Polanski Uproar September 29, 2009, 7:10 pm
The Polanski Uproar By The Editors
1145. October 5, 2009 5:50 am Link
I think the sentence on Polanski couldn’t be that terrible. He will not get the death penalty whose ghost is yet everywhere in the law as a shadow. But why did he flee? Perhaps he disagreed. Did he flee a sentence, or did he flee a system? Despite the many millions of deaths I have counted as a result of the devious exploitation of the victim role, I am still surprised at the mass ignorance concerning women. Polanski must have been extremely shy or very lonely, which I can fully understand, seeing the monsters in their short skirts. If you ignore them, you are even a greater criminal.
— Jaap den Haan
September 22, 2009, 3:01 pm
Climate Change Is on the Map, and in the Spotlight
September 23, 2009 5:46 am Link
Nearly all scientists agree that the climate has changed by human action, and the other way round. Better health care without paying attention to climate change is folly. Radioactivity plays a bigger role than believed. What is most influenced by pollution in general is the hormonal system. The increase in production of estrogen has been remarkable, this is not only true about women, as we can see from the picture society gives. The increase in smell, a particularly female sense, is also marked. This is seen as an advancement, but may very well be at the cost of other senses, such as sight, and common sense. That’s why many people don’t see this.
— Jaap den Haan
August 26, 2009, 11:26 am Answers About Astronomy in New York
By The New York Times
August 28, 2009 10:45 am Link
In December 2008 Share International said that in the near future a large, bright star would appear in the sky visible throughout the world, night and day, as a sign of the first interview with the Christ, not by his real name, Maitreya, on a major US television program. Since then sightings of such a mysterious star have been reported around the world; many were sent to Share.
I have seen a star in the sky in December I gathered was Venus. It was perhaps five to ten times brighter, and especially bigger than any star I have seen, but I was not interested in proof. In August I saw a star that one night was sinking, the next day rising. I then happened to visit the countryside, and being outside I saw it again at night. I went to show it to my mother, but it suddenly seemed to have disappeared as I searched, as if I was a fool, and then it reappeared from nothing, it was unbelievable. It went on decreasing and increasing several times, and even disappeared twice more again in a clear sky to return to its original intensity, as we watched. It is worth having a look. I have been fooled.
Green Roofs: Are They Worth the Expense?
May 20, 2009 Link
The grass is always greener on the other side.
— Jaap den HaanMay 19, 2009 Link
Maybe God will see more easily how well we are trying, but this will not save the planet. Maybe it does help to lift green a bit higher although, for trees can’t grow so high anymore.
12. August 29, 2009 11:18 am Link
While the land was looted, landscape painting became very popular. And when health insurance costs became so high, it was a pity you didn’t get ill. Our private health is our landscape painting.— Jaap den Haan
Bush Weighs In on His Legacy
By Michael Falcone9/11
A theory based on the qualities of an object will prevent its being unfolded according to its objects; and he who arranges topics in reference to their causes will cease to value them according to their results. Thus the jurisprudence of every nation will show that, when law becomes a science and a system, it ceases to be justice. The errors into which a blind devotion to principles of classification has led the common law will be seen by observing how often the legislature has been obliged to come forward to restore the equity its scheme had lost.
Landon
— Jaap den Haan
Reactions From Around the World
By The New York TimesNew York Times correspondents are sharing reactions from around the world to the election of Barack Obama.
Rational construction of the economy will lead to justice. The people who only want enough to live are more than ready for change.
— Jaap den Haan
Markets Rise Cautiously in Europe and Asia
November 3, 2008, 7:57 am
Greenspan Concedes Error on Regulation
October 24, 2008, 7:13 amA green span is a long span.
— Posted by Jaap den Haan
Answer the Questions
October 10, 2008 LinkThe enduring effects of a crisis can be only forestalled by a reorientation of priorities by all the governments of the world. Housing and food in all fairness can be seen as basic, and to share these simple things from free will as joy instead of being the object of worry, envy and blackmail. Education ought to follow this understanding in all naturalness without compression, not to paralyze the obvious by repetition.
— Jaap den Haan
2008
10:52 am
This rise could well be temporary. Those who have stood behind unbridled rule of market forces having caused the recent collapse were stunned at the outcome of their own making, but are just trying to recuperate in the same way.
— Posted by Jaap den Haan