Sitemap - 2023 - The Endless Chain
The sixth sense at work on the information superhighway
The crime of owing more than you’ve got
Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
Death: a change of perspective
It’s only rok and role, but I like it
The Three Estates of the modern régime
Blessed are ... America’s gun laws
A slow shortcut to Saint-Louis
Sworn translators stabbed in the back by their own licensing authority
Hoe vrolijk je iemand op die in het ZH ligt?
Tea: the best drink of the day
Ich gehe eben nach draußen; es könnte etwas dauern
Sorry seems to be the hardest word
Faith, hope and charity: St Paul’s three great virtues
The privileges and burdens of statesmanship
Boots, boots, boots, boots, moving up and down again
Rules are made to be broken—by rules
How I write—Comment j'écris—Hoe ik schrijf
Tick, tick, tick: we have ways of making you tok
On migration, employment and community
To suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous translation
Some things are best left unsaid
The distinctive quality of a name
The greenhouse effect explained
Waiting For The Remains Of This Olé House
How do you know a telephone is a telephone?
On reforming the United Nations
What's the matter with me? Don't I care?
Terror on the doorsteps of Belgium
There must be no Cs for effort
The price of safety; the greed of the gatekeeper
Week-middling: Airline security; HAMAS; Muskraine
Quietly, from Belfast to Bucha
The eternal, limited lifespan of plastic
My personal acquaintance with migration
Dwelling on: gamer morality in the real world
A love that dare not speak its name
Turning without forward and reverse gears.
Junk science makes for junk justice [update 27.09.23] [UPDATE 02.10.23]
A date that will live in infamy
Rape, homosexuality and murder – compared in common parlance
A strike for justice, or a race to the booty?
Milan Kundera: a life reconstructed contra preferentem
Life's purpose: a train trip to our destiny
Exploring the unknown universe - of negotiation
If you want to know the way, don’t ask a policeman
Une épreuve titanesque de nos principes
The right side of a safe border
Please give: you'll be paid back, so that you can give again
Damages are bingo. But people like bingo.
The Brussels Congress Column and its Freedom Quarter
The capacity tariff's sword of Damocles
No names, no pack drill, no punishment
The case for Gone With The Wind
You can please some of the Henrys some of the time
Wrap-up: fortnight ending 4 June 2023
I wouldn't trust them to post a letter
Our judgment of a misadventure
Sack trucks and the Ukrainian war
Full service provision, but no mind-reading
Plain sailing for stockholders
Wrap-up of the week: W/E 19 May 2023
I am just going outside and may be some time
National anthems as propaganda
Democracy without the separation of powers is unworthy of the name
Wrap-up of the week: W/E 12 May 2023
Where is the world where I used to stay?
Position and privilege are eroding the rule of law
“Just switch the power off!” said the Justice Minister
Charles III: we love you. Yeah, yeah, yeah
Who do people think they hate?
How resolute the resolve to prevent disaster?
LA ... but confidential: a cherished memory
There's something in the water
Peter Singer: luxury is immoral
Fighting for democracy: war is no child's play
ProPublica's accusations of impropriety against Supreme Court Justice Thomas
Pure, unadulterated, extra-virgin olive oil
The rationale for stealing jewellery
As I survey the wond’rous dross
Freedom and democracy are incompatible
OpenAI, Oxfam, Delhaize and Baluwo
A far-off war of which we know little
A courageous trooper, soldiering for peace
Sanda Dia and the Reuzegom fraternity
Entrenchment in the Russo-Ukrainian War
Homosexuality and money-laundering
An approach to translating the law
A bird in the hand is worth two on the lake
Must you have an interest in peace to want to broker it?
We want freedom and fear slavery
Achieving by trying. Naturally. Life after death
"Light blue touchpaper and stand well clear."
Anarchy in the UK-raine: pondering black lines
When to buy end-of-shelf-life produce
Rochford isn't where it's at for gay men