In our wild youth, we used to say that people were “on the list” if we had a bone to pick with them. Unfortunately, we didn’t have such a list, as it would have been far too long and unwieldy. Today, I would probably keep positive lists instead. Unfortunately, that would be more manageable! Jaques […]
This article was originally published in Danish on December 5, 2025. War is one of the fundamental conditions of humanity, and it was originally a factor of selection. The best were those who survived. However, war has developed into mass extermination, where it is often the best who are killed. During the Thirty Years’ War, what is […]
Bent Melchior 1929–2021 This article was originally published in Danish on July 30, 2021. Bent Melchior. (Photo: Cropped, the uncropped picture here: Embassy of Poland, Copenhagen, CC BY 3.0 PL) As is well known, Denmark has just been relieved of its former chief rabbi and chief Jew, Bent Melchior. Judging by the press coverage, one would immediately think that […]
This article was originally published in Danish on October 24, 2025. A narrative is essentially just a derivation of the English word for a story, a piece of fiction written for educational, entertainment, or aesthetic purposes (from the Latin narratio). In “modern Danish,” however, it is increasingly a story that is presented and intended to be interpreted in […]
This article was originally published in Danish on January 20, 2020. A Facebook friend of mine recently announced that he would be spending less time on Facebook in the future – simply because he couldn’t bear to read all the twisted nonsense national-minded people sometimes spout in this forum. I’ve known the person in question for […]
The Arch of Titus in Rome east of the Roman Forum. This relief depicts the triumph after the capture of Jerusalem in 70 AD, when Titus put an end to the Jewish revolt. Roman soldiers carry spoils of war from the conquered Jerusalem, including the seven-armed candlestick. This article was originally published in Danish on January 14, […]
Reposted from: Danmarks Frihedsraad This article was originally published in Danish on December 30, 2017. Povl H. Riis-Knudsen Just 50 short years ago, you would have been considered delusional if you had told anyone what Denmark would look like in the year 2024. In your wildest nightmare, you would not have been able to imagine a multicultural […]
