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 […]
Sprokkelmaand: Revelation Dear Dirk, I am sorry but I have terrible news to report. My sister Marleen is missing. At first we did not know where she was.
Sprokkelmaand: Union Hi dad! Dad? Hello I was just eating. That’s late, were you on duty? No, I ate my soup at eight and then I wait until I’m hungry again. Blood […]
Sprokkelmaand: Approach Shhh, Adriaan is asleep as I write this. He must not wake up before six o’clock, because he has to rest for the trip. How it came to be that he is […]
Probing month: lighting Come to the root of the root of your Self. Molded from clay, but also formed from dust of certainty, guardian of the treasure of holy light.
Sprokkelmaand: Sigh An unheeded reminder from the bank falls into my hands, in unopened envelope, just when opening the book on the drunken poets of Allah.
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 […]