Landschlacht, Switzerland, 14 March 2017 Pick up a newspaper. Read a book. Explore the Internet. And the thinking man is left with one conclusion… There is much that is wrong in the world: disease, division, war, terror, discrimination, denied opportunities, environmental degradation and pollution, a scarcity of water, unequal distribution of resources, hunger and starvation,… Continue reading A Revolution of One: The Power of Passion
Tag: US elections 2016
Deserving democracy?
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 9 March 2017 As a Canadian who grew up exposed to American culture, and now as an expat with a fair number of American friends, the US remains for me what Allan Fotheringham called “the Excited States of America”. Above: Allan Fotheringham and his wife Anne For Americans always seem overly agitated by everything.… Continue reading Deserving democracy?
Strange bedfellows?
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 5 December 2016 The older one gets the more one realises that perception is everything. And in every country´s elections it is perception that determines the rise and fall of a nation´s ruling elite. Perception in American elections seems usually shaped by factors such as military records, marital status, religious adherance, place of origin,… Continue reading Strange bedfellows?
“…and then I built a school.”
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 25 October 2016 Watching the present American elections feels akin to watching a drunk publicly soil himself – you want to look away but the drunk is so loud and obvious and different from your common experience that you can´t keep yourself from staring. There is so much that feels repugnant and offputting about… Continue reading “…and then I built a school.”