August 2006

# 32: Man in the 21st Century, immature or mature? September 2004  
I want to talk about the modern ma: there are different types of men that I would like to review in passing:

The modern man is a highly involved man, who has a positive self-perception, is not afraid to be dependent, and who loves children.

# 31: Children too fat;  Only to be overcome through communal responsibility and shared action; June 2004 [Translated 2006]  
It is increasingly more common, youths and children who are too heavy. Children who suffer from obesity, otherwise known as ‘overweight’.  

# 22: “… Hold fast that which is good" - On the new conservatism in the Netherlands 
[Written in 2003, translated in 2006]
After the pull to the right in the Netherlands, and already before, people with conservative opinions saw their chance to step forward. Whereas before ‘conservative’ was equal to ‘not good’, now ‘the new conservatism’, or also known as ‘neo-conservatism’, was launched with great enthusiasm. 
What are then the ideas of this new conservatism?
Do they demand any kind of Counter Weight, and if yes, what kind?

July 2006

# 23: Fundamentalism [Written in 2003, translated in 2006]
"By grimly campaigning against abortion, the US president Bush has  endangered the health of millions of women, babies and children world-wide. "
(Dutch media, 3 December 2002.)
Besides neo-conservatism we must differentiate between a number of ideologies, their proponents, and the implications thereof. When one is talking about Islam, this does not always happen. 
In the countryside of an Arabic state, there are influences of Islam that take the place of religion, an ancient culture of herder-tribes, and politics of a dictatorial regime which blend naturally with one another. For an analysis one really must differentiate between them.
The West must look at itself.