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Reflections from the eight decade on culture, politics and the human condition

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Author: WJJH

I am a lifelong observer of the world’s contradictions — a traveller through politics, culture, and personal experience. I began writing this blog in 2003, during the Iraq war, to express concern about the course of international events. Over time, these reflections have expanded into broader meditations on truth, freedom, and the human condition. I write not to persuade, but to offer a quiet counterweight in a noisy world.
  • Democracy, Society, and Responsibility

Geert Wilders: A Leopard Doesn’t Change its Spots.

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on November 27, 2023January 8, 2026
  • Democracy, Society, and Responsibility

The Bombing of Ethics

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on November 18, 2023January 8, 2026
  • Power, Order, and the World

Israel Today: Inheriting the Wind

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 17, 2023January 8, 2026
  • Power, Order, and the World

Ukraine Dilemma: Navigating the Quagmire with Balanced Dissatisfaction

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on September 25, 2023January 8, 2026
  • Power, Order, and the World

Scipio Africanus: Build your Opponent a Golden Bridge

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on January 22, 2023January 8, 2026
  • Power, Order, and the World

A New Saga: Sleepwalking Into a Larger Conflict and Things of the Past Come Part of the Future Again

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on July 10, 2022August 3, 2025
  • Power, Order, and the World

Russia, Vladimir Putin, Ivan Ilyin, and the Bitter Fruits of History

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on June 21, 2022January 8, 2026
  • Power, Order, and the World

Ukraine: A Pawn on the Eurasian Chessboard

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on May 19, 2022February 10, 2026
  • Power, Order, and the World

Ukraine: A Conflict Thirty Years in the Making

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on April 1, 2022January 8, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

The Emperor, the Young Bull and the Orange Tribe

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on September 3, 2021January 8, 2026
  • Power, Order, and the World

Russia: A Great Weak Nation

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on February 20, 2021August 2, 2025
  • Power, Order, and the World

Transatlantic Unity at the Crossroads

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on November 20, 2020January 8, 2026

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Summary: Reflections from the eighth decade — on life, culture, and the state of the world. This blog offers quiet observations, drawn from a lifetime of watching, questioning, and remembering. The sun lowers, but still gives light.

Quote of the week: From Johan Huizinga "Civilization is not a matter of strength or wealth, but of balance, restraint and form." used in "Walking Among Memory: The Dutch Golden Age and Its Limits."

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