An American friend asked me to explain our recent elections here in Sweden. Presumeably why one in five of us voted for a racist party with roots in Nazism? Here is an edited version of my answer.
Category: Poltiics
Opponents of Gay Marriage Don’t Understand What Marriage Is
I’ve written about this before, but in the light of the US Supreme Court striking down the Defence of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8, and the recent demonstrations against the legalization of same sex marriage in France, it needs…
“The United States Supreme Court has done all that it can to make this situation worse”
Your browser does not support iframes. Harvard Law Professor and Internet activist Lawrence Lessig took part in a panel discussion on corruption and democracy in Lund tonight. He was in the southern Swedish city to receive an honorary doctorate. The…
But no one important wants Greece to leave the euro
Greeks go to the polls this weekend to choose a new parliament. And it seems like the entire world media are calling it a choice between staying in the euro zone and leaving. But I don’t see how the pundits…
Austerity vs Stimulus – or Hoover vs FDR
Great Depression: Herbert Hoover = Austerity = Loser Franklin Roosevelt = Stimulus = Winner http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/30/opinion/keynes-was-right.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/opinion/krugman-death-of-a-fairy-tale.html?ref=paulkrugman
The French go to the polls
The French go to the polls to vote for president, originally uploaded by radiowood2000. A polling station at a school in Strasbourg, April 22, 2012. The first round of the presidential elections.
Election in France – Battle of the posters
Election in France – Battle of the posters, originally uploaded by radiowood2000. Rival candidates for the French presidency fighting for poster space, Strasbourg, April 16, 2012.
One week to the French elections
In one week people here in France go to the polls in the first round of the presidential election. The two candidates with the most votes will face off in the second round. There’s extensive coverage in the media, and…
The Modern Inquisitors
The concept of heresy arose early in the Christian Church, as alternative approaches to dogma and worship were persecuted by the dominant orthodoxy. Ironically ths first apeared as the Church itself emerged from persecution. Intolerance of “heresy” continued through the…
Anti-ACTA demonstration in Strasbourg
Anti-ACTA demonstration in Strasbourg, originally uploaded by radiowood2000. Today sees demonstrations around the world to protest against ACTA, a so-called anti-copyright treaty negotiated in secret by the United States, which critics charge will limit the Internet even more than the…