So the European Union is in crisis. My wife finds my gloating inappropriate, since it is in no small part owed to the far right that the dog was killed. For her, the European Constitution represents a small step towards European unity. I see no such unity, but rather a constant maneuvering by the Leisure [...]

The IE team is working out the default settings for tabbed browsing in IE7. Since MS has a gargantuan R&D budget, chances are that behavior of tabs in IE will be an improvement over Firefox.
However, since Firefox is an open-source project, any improvement that IE introduces can and likely will be emulated by Firefox enthousiasts [...]

Today I’m playing Jeroen again. It’s an annual tradition at our company to play the local chess-master, in a big simultaneous game. He usually wins at every board. It’s amazing watching him do it, it looks so easy.
This year I even came up with a strategy. I looked through his game record, and found that [...]

Yukos Simplifies Corporate Structure:
Group Menatep, Yukos’ main shareholder, said it has hired former European Union internal markets commissioner Frits Bolkestein to join its international advisory board.

EU leaders dream up secret ‘plan B’ to rescue treaty if French say Non

Als meerwaardezoeker, die we allemaal wel eens pretenderen te zijn–maar feitelijk is het uit pure wanhoop over de schrale kost die elders in prime-time wordt gedumpt, zijn we al wel eens aangewezen op Canvas. En omdat de driejarige tussen zeven en acht naar bed moet, wisselen we de routine van Jip & Janneke wat graag [...]

Black market organ trade is Baghdad’s new growth industry
Who didn’t see this one coming?

While our own government has been parroting the neo-liberal dribble of how cutting taxes for businesses and cutting spending on welfare will revive our economy, the Nordic countries, owners of the best welfare system in the world–and the highest taxes–have been doing rather well with clever policies like investing in education.
Why Nordic states lead the [...]