Embracing the Open Futrure
I should give our government a bit of praise for a change. The 9-Euro ticket is a very good initiative. The Sanctions on Russia give fossil fuel companies a windfall. Their profits are soaring. Meanwhile, many citizens cannot shoulder the burden of increased transport costs.
Last year, the citizens of Berlin voted to re-socialize housing. The current Berlin Government is determined to obstruct the will of the people.
The will of the people is never reflected in politics. I am not even going to claim superiority for living in Europe. In fact, the main problem is that our leaders always want to emulate the U.S. as much as possible. This is worrying. Because the U.S. bears all the…
If politicians consistently fail to protect children, it is because they want to. Yes, it is all over the news here in Germany as well. 18 children and a teacher got shot. There is one reason we see it in the news over here. It is due to the fact…
How many women’s magazines are there exactly? Whenever my parents go on holiday, my mum makes sure she has reading material. This is usually in the form of a stack of women’s magazines, such as the one above. Today, I accompanied my dad, as he was securing a fresh supply…
But it could never stand alone This week, I stumbled over the news of a proposed car ban in Berlin. Let me backtrack a bit. Some time ago, I wrote a piece where I claimed that Berlin has decent transit systems. This makes owning cars almost obsolete. I understand, that…
How good of a reader are you? And how well-developed are the reading competencies of your students? Today I had an epiphany about reading competencies at work. I was doing a creative project with a bunch of 8-graders. The project was not my invention, so I will not take credit…
Dealing with it was long overdue. It is time for a #MeToo movement when it comes to bullying I have been living in Denmark for 25 years. When you have been living in a foreign country for so long, it inevitably becomes a second home. Even if you, like me…
I received a last-minute invitation to give a speech at the Peace Justice Conference. Here is the script I made. Good morning,It is nice to see that so many of you have decided to join this peace conference. These days, one might get a strange impression from an event like this.…
There is nothing wrong with values like freedom, democracy, and human rights. I have been fighting and teaching about it for nearly 2 decades now. But there is a difference between values and opportunistic arguments.
