I wrote an article on the Irish No vote to EU, in which I make the rather unpopular argument that EU treaty modifications are so complex that they are not suitable for referenda. The Irish no-vote is an indirect consequence of the 1987 decision by the Irish Supreme Court, requiring Ireland to always put all EU [...]
UFOs do not exist, at least in Britain, based on the files made public by the UK Ministry of Defence. Of course, if you wear a tin-foil hat, you would not believe the government, so it makes no difference to you. For me, it is further proof that the human brain can create all kinds [...]
The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.
Albert Einstein in a private letter to be auctioned soon, which leaves no doubt [...]
This post is not about anything specific, it is a reflection on something I was thinking about recently.
I have always been a person who is prone to rooting for the underdog. I do not exactly know why it is so, but something about being second has always appealed to me. I kind of resent [...]
Some people might say that these days all that matters is appearance. People judge other people very quickly based on their initial perceptions, which are based on some preconceived notions of who they are. People like to project their own feelings and issues on to other people and in this way they sometimes might not [...]
In Estonia the MPs expenses that they have claimed for reimbursement by the taxpayers have been a constant source of ricidule. The groceries, the “meetings with voters”, etc.
Now it seems that the UK public also finally is able to join in the “fun”: this Guardian article reveals expenses claimed by Tony Blair and other UK [...]
Today is the International Women’s Day. Started out as a political celebration, the Soviet Union countries and former east bloc countries celebrate it as a kind of mix between Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day, which kind of goes against the idea of why the day was concieved. Too often it is celebrated here to reinforce [...]
I have been reading/listening/watching numerous lists of best of 2007 and I thought in my opinion is the person of the year. In Estonia it is without doubt prime minister Andrus Ansip who not only hit the jackpot at the parliamentary elections in the Spring, but managed to create a coalition government excluding the Centre [...]
The OECD study shows that Estonian 15-year-olds are better at understanding science than those from most other countries. The best are the Finnish.
I think the result is so good despite our education system, not because of it. It is interesting to see that neighbour countries Latvia, Lithuania and Russia are below average in the rankings. [...]
Today is the first day of the 90th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia. My personal relationship with my country is a little complicated: I like to think about myself as a citizen of the world or Europe, Estonia seems way too small for me. Even more important than that is my dislike of authority, [...]
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