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

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The Silence At Margraten

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on November 7, 2025
The Leaking Roof of Europe
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The Leaking Roof of Global Europe

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on November 7, 2025
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📖 The Sleeping Beauty of Bruxelles 🏰

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on November 4, 2025
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D66 and the Cost of Compromise

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on November 3, 2025
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The Silent Gift

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on November 2, 2025
A symbolic image merging a 17th-century European map with soft nuclear motifs, evoking Westphalia’s legacy and the fragility of peace.
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Westphalia in the Atomic Age

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 31, 2025November 9, 2025
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Morning Reflection: Democracy Without Conviction

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 30, 2025
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📖 The Emperor’s New Walls 🧱

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 28, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

Principles for Living: Virtue, Dignity, and the Cycles of Nature

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 26, 2025
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Elephants and Windmills

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 24, 2025
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📖 The Jester of NATO 🤡

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 21, 2025October 27, 2025
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Living in Vladimir Putin’s Head

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 19, 2025October 20, 2025

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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 Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) writer, activist, and noble prize winner and most relevant to the meaning of this quote, a holocaust survivor.

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