The UDHR – Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the World Roosevelt works tirelessly for human rights Reading time: 2-3 minutes. In 1946, Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), widow of former President Franklin D. […]
The UDHR – From natural law to human right The difference between natural law, natural right & human right Reading time: 2-3 minutes. Natural law, natural right, and human rights are […]
Natural law – Introduction The idea that nature behaves according to fixed laws existed before the fifth century BC. For this, we must go back to the Greek philosophers who […]
My parents’ book of letters: love in postwar Flanders Peter Van Breusegem, aka Dirk of Babylon, has compiled a book consisting of the letters his parents wrote to each other during their engagement. He […]
The dose makes the poison: showtime Wiebe: “Time to go to the show.” I’m not tired, but I long for home. Normally at this time I’m answering my emails and […]
Wormwood or The dose makes the poison: Falstaff It is a wondrous setting for the kick-off meeting: Brigitte, Wiebe and Rafels. It’s rather like Erwin and the detective club. It had been […]
The dose makes the poison: Restaurant The morning consultation I can start right away, several hours in a row until it’s empty. Every time you think, I’m almost there, someone […]
The dose makes the poison: Doctor Rafels Doctor Rafels My turn to take over the story. Wiebe, for we call each other by our first names, comes to consult me at regular intervals with varying […]
Wormwood or The dose makes the poison: Brigitte Ash scattering On the spreading field. An old liveried servant walks around with an upturned censer, from which the ash comes streaming out. The […]
Wormwood or The dose makes the poison: Fast forward Funeral ceremony For Wiebe, the whole story began a year earlier, in 1997. I can still see myself walking on Steenstraat. It lay torn up, a […]