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

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Tag: Netherlands

  • Politics & Society

D66 and the Cost of Compromise

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on November 3, 2025
  • Politics & Society

Timmermans and Wilders: A Tale of Two Visions

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on July 14, 2025October 26, 2025
  • Politics & Society

From Liberal to Lost: A Political Journey through Dutch Politics

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on July 4, 2025July 29, 2025
  • Opinion Pieces

The Weed in the Garden:  On Rob Riemen and the Return of Fascism

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on May 19, 2025August 18, 2025
  • European Union

Looking in the Mirror: Angela Merkel, Our Humanity, and the Refugees

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on July 6, 2024May 22, 2025
  • Politics & Society

The Thin Line: Democracy, Fascism, and the Silent Majority in The Netherlands

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on July 2, 2024November 9, 2025
  • Politics & Society

From Wilders to ‘Milders’: The Normalization of the Extreme-Right in Dutch Politics

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on May 28, 2024May 15, 2025
  • Politics & Society

Margraten: A Legacy of Sacrifice

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on May 4, 2024November 10, 2025
  • Politics & Society

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

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on November 27, 2023August 10, 2025
  • Politics & Society

Do Dutch People Agree with Geert Wilders Views to Ban the Quran?

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on January 8, 2018August 11, 2025

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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