Here are a few thoughts about free trade (when I’ve had time to reflect and research a bit more, I plan to publish a more high-brow version on The Thinking Pot; this post reflects primarily my first responses and gut reaction). Free and famous There is a lot in the …
Originally published under the title “What are Quakers doing at the EU?” in the newsletter Around Europe (Quaker Council for European Affairs, or QCEA) There is a wide variety of non-governmental organisations in Brussels and in Strasbourg. Many are the EU advocacy offices of global organisations. Some are faith groups promoting …
One often sees luxury housing developments advertised as ‘exclusive’. The positive implication of this has always puzzled me. Exclusive means someone is excluded: it inspires me to ask who is excluded. And yet when I ask, those around me don’t seem to hear my question as a pointed criticism, as …
I have just spent most of a day thinking about a friend who recently died. I had the opportunity to join her …
Someone has died, someone I know who was around my age. I didn’t know her for long, but I feel I had …
What to do in a situation when one side is being violated? It seems straightforward to chose the victim’s side – but …
I have met evil. I can tell you I would not have even thought to say those words before meeting evil a …
[Originally posted on the Quaker Council for European Affairs blog: qceablog.wordpress.com] One of the decisions this week at the Council of Europe Parliamentary …
[Originally published on the Quaker Council for European Affairs blog, qceablog.wordpress.com] Before I start, I might note that some of the topics …
[Originally published on the Quaker Council for European Affairs website, qceablog.wordpress.com] As an inhabitant of the Brussels ‘bubble’, I would say that …