The aircraft that became a bird’s nest
I like to look up obscure videos on Youtube that coincide with my own interests. It’s as far from linear TV as you can get; it’s often about →
Culture
The legislator, the people and the nation
What constitutes a nation? Is it its people, culture, habits and customs or its legal framework – or all of it? On whose authority did the ancient legislators →
False economy
Now that electricity and petrol are becoming painfully expensive, there’s every reason to reassess your personal spending. The first thing you notice is all those little monthly payments →
The conspiracy of conspiracy theories
The concept of conspiracy theory is said to have been launched by the CIA after the assassination of John F Kennedy. There were lots of different ideas floating →
The right of abortion, a left or right position?
Abortion is constantly brought up as a talking point in debates, especially in election years. And often the right positions itself against, and the left for. In progressive →
The West already died in the trenches of the First World War
Can be read as a stand-alone, or as a continuation of the previous article. I swept the glass, took out the pad again, and Archibald Iratus began →
The Count and the Lost Battle
This time I was about to give up, after an endless wandering through the gates of Jungfrugatan; how could it be so difficult to find an address that →
Things that are classy when the rich do it, but shabby when the poor do it
There is a difference between people and people, whether you are eccentric or a babbling fool, a collector or hoarder, etc. Often it depends on your position in →
The return of the family and clan
The Taliban in Afghanistan (the very epitome of conservative and backward reactionaries) have a very developed and intricate system of clans. Ethnically, they belong to the Pashtuns, the →
