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62Atheism, Buddhism, and Religion
During the latest Universal Congress of Esperanto, in Copenhagen last north hemisphere summer, I visited a meeting with Esperanto-speaking Atheists. The subject of the discussion was "Are Atheists Against Religion?" The question may seem to be...
0 comments65WikiLeaks Quo Vadis?
WikiLeaks has just been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. It is true that, as an organization and a collective, they are doing a good and valuable job. Let's hope, however, that the Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee - and WikiLleaks themselves -...
0 comments72A Pecking Order of Languages
Some countries are said to be neutral. The meaning of this may vary; in World War 2, when Ireland was officially neutral, some Irish said that they knew perfectly well whom they were neutral against. Some...
2 comments58Lulu.com and the freedom of expression
Some years ago, I dicovered an enterprise called Lulu, which proved to be a quite useful way for self-publishing. I went ahead and published some of my books through them. You can find them at ...
6 comments65The Poor Goths
What do Gothic architecture, Gothic letters, Gothic literature and Gothic Metal have in common? Of course, you say; they are all Gothic. Wrong. What they have in common is the fact that they all are not Gothic at all. Just as Vandalism doesn't...
3 comments46Nobel Peace Prize to Esperanto Organization?
The Universal Esperanto Association (UEA) has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by eight British parlamentarians (four labour, two tories, two liberal democrats) - see http://tinyurl.com/ydbovps ! ...
2 comments58Is Esperanto a Frankenstein's Monster?
You may think so, if you start reading Esther Schor's article in The New Republic at http://tinyurl.com/ylqf3zm With LL Zamenhof as Victor Frankenstein. Or at least that Esperanto is a Pinocchio, with...
0 comments73The Wind of Google in the Flag of Esperanto
The 15th of December, 2009, Google used its so-called doodle - a picture replacing one of the letters in its logotype - to honour the initiator of Esperanto, LL Zamenhof, who was born exactly 150 years...
6 comments60War is Peace, Mr. President?
"War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength." These are the three slogans of Ingsoc in George Orwell's novel "1984". President Obama, who has caught the opportunity when receiving the Nobel...
7 comments48The Human Right to Apostate
It is written in the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml : Article 18. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom...
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