Etiket: opinion
Opinion | types of people – NRC
After reading a lot of prestigious works by many scientists, I’ve come to the conclusion that all these smart guys don’t understand shit. What have they given us, except vague…
Opinion | Abroad – NRC
During their holiday in Twente, my parents take a bike ride through the area. After they have crossed the border into Germany about a hundred meters, my mother exclaims: “It…
Opinion | Strange behavior – NRC
Our garden is quiet, the feed silo is no longer visited by the pair of great tits. We haven’t seen the female for a week. We saw the male again…
Opinion | Heavy – NRC
I do weekly shopping. In the bend between the fresh and the nuts, I use my whole body to steer the full cart through the inside bend, trying not to…
Opinion | BOEMELTJE – NRC
In the train on the way from Utrecht to Leiden. In 1988, as a conscientious objector, I took the same bum daily, commuting to my alternative service at Leiden University.…
OUR OPINION. “Incomprehension about the Reuzegom statement is understandable. Not a witch hunt” | Opinion
Even almost a week after the verdict, there is still a lot of incomprehension for the judgment in the Reuzegom case. Understandable. It is not easy to understand why, in…
Opinion | Doctor’s coat – NRC
I can immediately see that this is a remarkable phone repair business. The boy behind the counter is helping a woman in a real white doctor’s coat. Well, I guess…
Don’t kill the debate with expletives: reserve terms like ‘fascist’ and ‘Nazi’ for the people who actually deserve them | opinion
Discussions about social issues often die because of the urge to disqualify each other with labels, says Job van Amerongen. He calls for extreme restraint in the use of expletives.…
OUR OPINION. “Putting Vlaams Belang voters away as scum is stupid and not without risk” | Exclusively for subscribers
COLUMN. Freddy Husqvarna always does his job. don’t die. Don’t stop. Never sick. Never falls out. Freddy is the ideal employee Columnist Jan Segers adopted Freddy Husqvarna, a robot mower.…
Opinion | Bad – NRC
I find three vapes in my thirteen-year-old daughter’s jacket pocket. I put them next to her plate on the kitchen table, where she is eating a sandwich. “Here are your…