A blog by Leon Oudejans
The tolerance of intolerance (eg, USA vs France)
3 Apr, 2025 | Knowledge, Power
Recently, the French opposition leader Marine Le Pen was convicted for embezzlement of funds, together with 27 others. As a consequence, she cannot participate in the 2027 French presidential election, unless she wins her 2026 appeal. Quite a difference with the 2025...
Price elasticity of non-US cars
2 Apr, 2025 | Knowledge, Power
Recently, Trump announced a 25% (import) tariff on foreign-made autos and light trucks. Trump expects this will result in over $100 billion of new annual tax revenues (eg, AP News, Nikkei, National Review). What about the impact of price elasticity on American demand?...
April 1 Fool’s Day
1 Apr, 2025 | Knowledge, Love, Power
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Is Trump een amateur??
31 Mar, 2025 | Knowledge, Power
Intro LO: Mijns inziens is dit Trouw artikel een voorbeeld van onderschatting door mannen; het onderwerp van een concept blog waaraan ik werk. Vrouwen zullen Trump waarschijnlijk overschatten (o.a. "gevaar voor de wereld"). Zoals (bijna) altijd ligt de waarheid in het...
An American boycott
27 Mar, 2025 | Knowledge, Love, Power
The citizens of several American allies are (allegedly) boycotting tourism towards USA, and also some American goods, especially Tesla’s. I sympathise and agree but would not call my plans a boycott. But what’s in a name? I used to love North America and made many...
Back to the middle?
26 Mar, 2025 | Knowledge, Power
There’s an interesting Dutch political trend following the course of Trump-2025 in the Russian-Ukraine war. Dutch voters, including me, are turning away from parties (ie, PVV, NSC, BBB) that seem to abandon Ukraine, like Trump does. I’m not a fan of Ukraine but I do...
Ageing
25 Mar, 2025 | Knowledge
Ageing was never an issue for me. I’m still wondering why that is changing. My mother turned 90 last year. My father died in 1994 at 61. Last week, I turned 65. In my view, ageing is a blessing in disguise, even despite declining health. I suppose that (my) ageing is...
Do the 50 U.S. States need a President?
24 Mar, 2025 | Knowledge, Love, Power
Following the dismantling of the American federal Ministry of Education, and the transfer of its tasks to the 50 U.S. States, my blog title suddenly becomes relevant. Do California, Florida, and New York actually need (a) Trump?? “Following the American Revolutionary...
De ijsberg metafoor
21 Mar, 2025 | Knowledge, Power
Maandenlang werkte ik aan een diagram met een ijsberg metafoor qua (zichtbare) daden en woorden, en (onzichtbare) intenties. Ik bleef ontevreden want telkens ontbrak er iets dat ik niet (goed) kon benoemen. Vandaag “kantelde” ik die ijsberg weer eens. Dit keer voegde...
Fantasy novels and history, legends & myths
20 Mar, 2025 | Knowledge, Love
Late April 2019, I published my blog Crime novels and the 7 Belief systems. I’m still quite proud of its accompanying diagram. Some novel writers were surprised by that diagram because my perspective was brand new to them. This blog is about fantasy novels, which is...
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