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Léon Cornelissen
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Economist, rambler, cinephile, Wagnerite, chess aficionado
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OK, regardless of source, credit where due: That's a great headline.
“The acting administrator of NASA, Sean Duffy, reaffirmed on Thursday that the 1969 landing of U.S. astronauts on the moon did, in fact, take place.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
Kim Kardashian, We Have Indeed Been to the Moon, NASA Says
www.nytimes.com
“…it is time for a new Nordic trend.

Luckily, #Finland has just the thing: sisu—a personality trait or philosophy combining inner strength, perseverance and a can-do attitude towards adversity.”
“The ideological shape of the #Netherlands may not have changed very much.

But the mood has.”
“De hardnekkige mythe dat een apolitiek zakenkabinet meer soelaas biedt dan een politieke ministerraad kan eindelijk worden begraven.

Politiek kan toch niet worden overgelaten aan ondernemers, technocraten of ambtenaren.

Dat is de les die Schoof ons leerde.”

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Column | Schoof: de meest machteloze premier sinds de bevrijding
Ondanks alle opwinding over de uitslag, die ik niet ken omdat deze column ruim voor het sluiten der stembussen moest zijn ingeleverd, is daags na de verkiezingen ook aan de orde wat premier Schoof eig...
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“Die eurobonds komen er dus.

De vraag voor u vandaag in het stemhokje is: gaat de volgende Nederlandse coalitie die komst zo lang mogelijk traineren en frustreren, zonder veel effect op de uitkomst?

Of gaan onze ministers actief meesturen en meebeslissen,…” [1/2]

fd.nl/opinie/15756...
Meesturen of tegenstribbelen?
De eurobonds gaan er komen, voorspelt FD-columnist Mathijs Bouman. Gaan onze toekomstige ministers actief meebeslissen, zodat Nederland er het meeste van profiteert?
fd.nl
“Friendly bridge-builders like Mr Bontenbal, Mr Jetten or even the increasingly genial Mr Timmermans may find their time has come.

Will the Dutch punish failure, or reward the populist who blames everyone else?”
The Netherlands’ election today is one of the biggest in the world! …in terms of the number of parties taking part, anyway. 18 to 27 parties on the ballot, depending on where you vote. My summary here (not sure this link will work, trying it out): view.e.economist.com?qs=2fc80d322...
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One would think it would give journalists at the NYT, CBS, and CNN pause that Teen Vogue & People Magazine offer better coverage of political news these days, but 🤷‍♂️
We are in a timeline in which People Magazine is publishing legit hard-hitting news headlines while CBS and CNN publicly humiliate themselves.

I don’t like this timeline. But I’m loving People Magazine right now.
“Persoonlijk verlang ik vooral terug naar de tijd dat ik een eitje van m’n scharrelende kippen kon oppeuzelen, zonder zorgen over de poly- en perfluoralkylstoffen die ik daarmee binnenkrijg.

En naar de kikkers in de sloot.”
"We moeten wel terug naar het Nederland van de schoolplaten, met blije blonde kinderen en herkauwende koeien. Maar niet naar die van de ‘sloot en plas’, vol salamanders, kikkervisjes, libellen en waterlelies..."
fd.nl/opinie/15751...
Giftige nostalgie
Vroeger was alles beter, vinden de populisten. Behalve ons water. Daar zat te weinig landbouwgif, microplastic en pfas in.
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“…stand by his smoked-fish counter, watching as the fish was sliced so thin that you could read the New York Times through it; or bite into his own Nova, the best anywhere, on the best bagel, with the best schmear, in the best city in the world.”

economist.com/obituary/202...
Saul Zabar was king of the Upper West Side
New York’s most famous lox-smith died on October 7th, aged 97
economist.com
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On screen the late actress radiated an extraordinary emotional openness: listening and reacting perfectly to her co-stars, often with an element of whimsy and seeming spontaneity. We remember her life
Diane Keaton brought an offbeat charm to every role
The actress, who died on October 11th, was also known for her sense of style
econ.st
“…there’s a good chance the impact won’t be nearly as bad as the last bubble.

Granted, that’s not good news.

But it could be worse.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...
Opinion | A.I. Sure Looks Like a Bubble. Watch Out When It Pops.
www.nytimes.com
“Diplomats joke darkly that #China’s latest trade rules copy existing American restrictions so precisely, down to their ‘long-arm’ moves to control supply chains anywhere on earth, that officials in Washington should sue for intellectual-property theft.”

www.economist.com/internationa...
China tries shock-and-awe on Donald Trump
Xi Jinping bets that dramatic escalation is the way to win a trade war
www.economist.com