Monthly Archives: October 2010

Positioning – or lying to win votes. Are we falling for it?

It is (municipal) election time in my part of the world and the campaigns (including the mud-slinging ones) are out in force. To play the straight guy is to risk losing these days. So go out and smear your opponents … Continue reading

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The Savage within us

I get sent “interesting” videos by friends, fans and strangers, but a couple I received recently turned my stomach. One was of a raid by soldiers on a village in a country that will remain unnamed; the soldiers—for they were … Continue reading

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