socialism

11 August 2017

Royalty and national pride

There he goes again. Now Prince Henrik, the husband of Queen Margrethe, has announced that he won’t be buried with the queen in the sarcophagus in […]
28 July 2017

Curling and cajoling

At the recent Roskilde music festival, when the mob of waiting attendees was let onto the grounds, many apparently had to fight hard to get a […]
5 November 2016

Move to Denmark

You may not have noticed, but this blog has been inactive for some time. Since around the time it became apparent that Bernie Sanders was out […]
11 May 2016

Janteloven: the great leveler

Earlier I alluded to a fairly well-known but somewhat counterintuitive explanation of Denmark’s top happiness ranking: low expectations. Danes aren’t the most cheerful and effusive nationality. […]