Author Archives: Ernst

Recently there were in HBL various articles about a number of infrastructure projects – well, to be more exact it was always about projects for railway lines: one line to Kirkenes on the shore of the Polar Ocean, one via … Continue reading →

In Hbl of last Sunday (3.02.19) the very appreciable Anna-Lena Laurén had a piece titled “Människovärdet i det forna Sovjet och Finland”, where she was refreshing her suspicion (on occasion of the events in that meanwhile ill-reputed Esperi Care-vårdhem) that … Continue reading →

Recently, during these days when the Finnish parties are preparing for the upcoming election campaign, both Vänsterförbundet and De Gröne were announcing very ambitious aims concerning the protection of the climate. Very good! Only, when the question arises how to … Continue reading →

It was already a bit before I read in today’s Hbl (Sö 27.01) that “EU-länder ställer Maduro inför ultimatum” that I read on Facebook that Timo Soini had publicly taken the side of the USA in the conflict (to which … Continue reading →

After recently some 8300 people were reminding the Finnish government that it would be high time to do somethng about the climate, the next question might be WHAT to do. Greta Thunberg, the Swedish guest speaker at the demonstration, is … Continue reading →

Among the many emails which I get every day there are always a number which come from US organizations which support Trump and his Republicans, and I have (so far) not unsubscribed these because I wish to get now and … Continue reading →

In Hbl of Sö 30.09.18 there was a long article about the plans to build a railway line to the Arctic Ocean. The idea is that ships which come via Nordostpassagen from the east should get occasion to put part … Continue reading →

It is of course a question whether and how Confucius was in the habit of fighting (if he ever did), but Bertolt Brecht was (obviously) so impressed by Confucius’ intelligence that he wrote a number of small pieces in which … Continue reading →

In Hbl of 15 September Richard Nordgren (nyhetschef) had a krönoka titled “Brandsprutepropaganda är svår at stoppa” in which he pointed to the habit of politicians like Trump and Putin of producing a picture of reality by simple but obstinate … Continue reading →

I do not remember any more how it came to my knowledge that there exists a book by one Hans Norebrink which is titled “Socialismens nederlag och människans natur”. Anyway it came to my attention in spring, I ordered it, … Continue reading →