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Call for approval August 17 redundant?
Sunday, December 27th, 2009Today 60 years ago that the sovereignty of Indonesia took place. A recent call in the run here, in NRC, at first sight clear: "Government! Acknowledge August 17, 1945 as the date of Indonesian independence! "After having read the letter more, by Peter de Reuver, Nico Schulte Nordholt, Nelleke Noordervliet [...]
67,000 x Dutch colonial past
Friday, November 6th, 2009The Indian platform should stop claiming reparations. Put up for change in Dutch collective consciousness, for it is not an Indian but a Dutch issue. Read more on Wereldjournalisten.nl>> Share this post:
I prefer Europe
Thursday, May 21st, 2009With the European elections coming up, I realize that my passport nationality prefer "European" would be. I could identify with me more than 'Dutch'. This has primarily to do with it that I am often ashamed of what this narrow, noisy Netherlands commonplace. Asylum seekers in prison cells empty [...]
The scientific process at a university
Friday, February 24th, 2005Rust for magazine, I interviewed Robert von Friedburg, scientific director of the FHKW (EUR). Research is an area that universities are still distinguished from colleges. What is the strategic importance of research for a university, and how does FHKW deal with that? How does someone funding for research and why is it so important [...]
Fundraising by UNICEF, Greenpeace and War Child
Wednesday, October 20th, 2004For rust I wrote an article about how Unicef, Greenpeace and War Child fundraising. The occasion was a study that found that ads for poverty reduction had been pathetic. By Martin Bijl (UNICEF), Annette Cornel Lisse (War Child) and Jan Willem Dol (Greenpeace), I discussed this conclusion. They did not agree with these findings [...]






