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

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No Guarantees, Only Life

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 18, 2025
  • The Fables of Power

📖The Mob Boss and His Golden Tower 🗼

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 14, 2025October 14, 2025
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The Illusion of Victory: Wars Without Stability

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 12, 2025November 10, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

From Encyclopedia to Google: Searching for De Gaulle

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 11, 2025
  • Politics & Society

🌿Epilogue: If We Only Knew

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 9, 2025
  • Russia & Ukraine

The Human Cost: “What is the point of it all?”

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 8, 2025October 12, 2025
  • The Fables of Power

📖 The Witch Who Wanted the Palace 🧹

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 7, 2025
  • Culture

Butterflies, Phantoms, and the Memory of Delight

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 5, 2025November 9, 2025
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Lessons from Moldova: Europe’s Mirror

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 2, 2025
  • European Union

Between Pessimism and Disillusion: A Rejoinder to Jean-Dominique Giuliani

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 1, 2025October 1, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

📖 The Rat Catcher of Harmelen 🐀

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on September 30, 2025September 30, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

Tears and Yin-Yang

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on September 27, 2025November 10, 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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