Historical events
I write this blog for two reasons. Firstly, it’s a fun story and secondly, an easy way to explain what a financial bubble is. Strange as it may sound, this story is true. That is the story when tulips were the cause of the financial bubble in the Netherlands. Netherlands and tulips The Netherlands…
In the spring of 2014, something happened that has not happened in Europe after World War II. One country annexes part of another country. In this case, it was Crimea that was annexed by Russia. A carefully planned annexation as a direct result of Putin’s desire to control his Slavic neighbors as he has…
You may remember when Ukraine won the Melodi Grand Prix in 2016? The Crimean Tatar singer Jamala sang the song in 1944. The song was about Joseph Stalin’s ethnic cleansing of the Crimean Tatars. The population that had always lived on the Crimean peninsula. What happened and why? May 18, 1944 a black day…
The Eurovision Song Contest is full of political events. A military coup was started, protest songs and international markings in rather large numbers. Politics has no place in the Eurovision Song Contest, some say. Why don’t I say, what is different about lyrics with a political content than lyrics about love? I will take…
Some are too young to remember Apartheid in South Africa. Others may not know exactly what it was. When I was young and politically active, the fight against Apartheid was something that engaged me. I was a member of the Joint Council for Southern Africa (now the Joint Council for Africa). Forms of action…
Charles Dickens was a unique English author. The author of the poor is often said of him. Charles Dickens was a popular writer also while he was alive. Today, several of his works are still alive, they stand as bauts in the history of literature. I myself am a big admirer of Charles Dickens…