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At the end of the year, people in the Netherlands are able to switch from a different private health care insurer. We basically are able to choose from basic, legally determined packages and topping these with additional health care plans (which contain issues uninsured by the basis package). Below, I give you my opinion about [...]
While driving home, my car radio was tuned into a Business radio station. They were discussing Barack Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment plan. Obama proposed his plans in this online address. His goals sound noble; e.g. investing in better roads, sustainable energy, and giving workers a tax cut. Supposedly, the stock markets reacted positively on [...]
The last few issues on my blog all dealt with looking beyond your nose. It seems in a world that has become more interconnected, we at the same time developed or held on to shortsightedness, a localism. It seems logical that even in a connected world, the individual interprets everything from within his own context. [...]
It’s been a month since I’ve posted and a lot has happened. We’re still speaking crisis big time. I’m having good fun checking out CNBC’s and newspapers’ headlines. Judging them, we should be lucky to be alive. What I find most disconcerting is the lack of insight or intellectual analysis. We’re swinging from debating on [...]
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Think again. Is this really a crisis? Or more a cleanup from a mess previously created? Sure, lots is going in the financial markets. We’re shifting grounds somewhat, but who says at the end of the day American Capitalism will be non-existent? In my opinion, stop the gross exaggeration and look again. For instance, see [...]
The many boat trips and sunny days, countered with many more rainy days, sprouted a need for change within me this summer. Our minds can be flickering and require change all the time, so I questioned myself how much of this change was my mind’s idea and how much was actually needed. After contemplating, I [...]
The rain is pouring down gathering in the sails and slowly dripping on my raingear. It’s summertime and I’m on a sailboat up north on one of the Frisian lakes. The wind is pretty impressive but after 20 minutes on the lake we see lightning strike shortly followed by thunder, and decide to turn around.
One [...]
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