We are taught we need school, and preferably college, to prepare us for ‘the real world’. We are taught we need a steady job, and we need a mortgaged house. […]
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Author: Peter A. Dykstra
Ten pro-monarchy arguments debunked
The crowning of a new king should be a reason like no other to talk about the institution of monarchy and its place (if it has any) in modern-day society. […]
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Billionaire puppet show
Yesterday was the last Queen’s Day in The Netherlands, for that was when Queen Beatrix abdicated and her son Willem-Alexander became king. Although the minority opposing monarchy seems to be […]
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Religion: time to grow up
Pope Benedict XVI has finished his last day at the Vatican – the first pope since 1415 to resign his papacy rather than remaining pope until death. There has been […]
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