My Two Cents

There are many topics about which one could write in these times. The economic crisis provides a welcome forum for all kinds of hobby augurs...

The stocks are down. Banks go bankrupt. It just proves what I always knew: this system does not work. Does not work over long-term. Works fi...

In recent weeks, here in the UK there has been a lot of discussion and TV broadcasting about India and Pakistan, as this is now the 60th ann...

In a few days, there will be an anniversary being "celebrated", or better "commemorated", both in UK and in most fo the ...

There are many things going on about which I would like to comment on. Among current events Iraq keeps being in the news. Today the news is ...

After Prime Minister Tony Blair left office a few weeks ago, an era came to an end. Very charismatic, with radiating optimism, he brought a ...

So the president of the US thinks that the sentence against the former aide of Vice-President Cheney, "Scooter" Libby, is too hars...

Yesterday there were two failed car bomb attacks in London. Today another car fire attack at Glasgow Airport. The UK terror scene appears to...

A week ago, Knighthood was given to Salman Rushdie . And immediately, worldwide concern rose about this decision, that it might spark terror...

The academics here in the UK who worked towards the boycott of Israel academis had become somewhat quiet in the past few weeks: The Anti Def...

Yesterday, the UK's University and College Union (UCU) , which represents 120,000 academics in Higher Education, had a debate about issu...

One can be quite opposed to US politics and the current US administration - but President Bush showed some real class yesterday when he join...

What a horrible story. My condolences go out to all who lost someone in that event. There are no words which can describe this appropriately...

15 British soldiers had been captured by Iran, then they were released. I have not commented on the whole story yet, although there would be...

You probably have read and heard about this incident: in Iraq, in the first days of the war in 2003, two US pilots shot at a UK convoy and k...

Once again, a suicide bomber has brought death to people who just were shopping, this time in Israel - just read the news on BBC or on your...

Last week, one of the main news was the Stern Report on Climate Change written for the UK government. Here in the UK, this led to an intens...

So now the sentence has been spoken. Will this bring peace to the region? No, on the contrary: this verdict will be seen as the victory of o...

It is heart-breaking to read, hear, and watch news from Iraq - these news seem to get worse every day. The big bothersome truth is that this...

Already a long time ago, when I first had access to the internet and set up a web server in 1994, I thought that it would be great to use th...