http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/ en Copyright 2012 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:16:37 +0100 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss With the Ajax supervisory board all but gone - Chairman Steven ten Hage has vowed to serve the club until the last minute – wither Ajax?, asks AD. And are the board members going to be replaced by ‘a couple of garden gnomes’? ]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/02/ajax_garden_gnomes_or_saints.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/02/ajax_garden_gnomes_or_saints.php Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:16:37 +0100 Herb Prooy thinks the NS should have known that technique too is subject to Sod’s law: what can go wrong will go wrong, especially when there’s a dusting of snow on the tracks. ]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/02/herb_prooy_wake_up_ns_were_all.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/02/herb_prooy_wake_up_ns_were_all.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:38:03 +0100 Patronage of the arts isn't dead in the Netherlands thinks Paul Schnabel and he's not talking about the BankGiro lottery.]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/02/paul_schnabel_private_art_goes.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/02/paul_schnabel_private_art_goes.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:22:32 +0100 Three newspapers dedicate the editorial spot to the troubles at Dutch Rail (NS). ‘It’s winter, the trains are standing still’.]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/02/i_dont_hear_that_train_a_comin.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/02/i_dont_hear_that_train_a_comin.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:46:56 +0100 From one end of the muslim world to the other, Christians are being murdered for their faith, says Ayaan Hirsi Ali in Newsweek. ]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/02/newsweek_ayaan_hirsi_ali_the_g.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/02/newsweek_ayaan_hirsi_ali_the_g.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:04:23 +0100 Boer zoekt vrouw, the long running dating programme for farmers in search of a wife, attracts more than 5 million viewers each week. Why, asks philosopher Eva-Anne Le Coultre in Trouw. ]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/02/the_farmer_and_his_wife.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/02/the_farmer_and_his_wife.php Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:47:31 +0100 Three days of frost and we’re frantically digging out our skates with the word ‘Elfstedentocht’ ringing in our tingly ears. http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/02/carry_on_people_nothing_to_see.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/02/carry_on_people_nothing_to_see.php Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:21:59 +0100 Victims of human trafficking are looked upon as illegal aliens out to claim asylum, welfare and support. They deserve more protection than is currently available, says Conny Rijken.]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/01/victims_of_human_trafficking_h.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/01/victims_of_human_trafficking_h.php Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:49:59 +0100 The SP is soaring in the polls. Emile Roemer must be doing something right. Or is it that all the others are getting it wrong? ]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/01/sp_poll_success_is_it_the_man.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/01/sp_poll_success_is_it_the_man.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:22:37 +0100 The tax on capital assets is penalising the savers and investors the government so badly needs, writes Jan Maarten Slagter.]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/01/jan_maarten_slagter_down_with.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/01/jan_maarten_slagter_down_with.php Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:49:53 +0100 Youp van ‘t hek thinks leaky fake boobs are funny and knows for a fact (well, they said so in the bar) that the PVV is sponsored by arms dealers.]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/01/youp_van_t_hek_secretions_and.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/01/youp_van_t_hek_secretions_and.php Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:12:08 +0100 Taking on new staff in troubled times is a sensible business strategy and will pay off in terms of customer satisfaction, writes Kerrie Finch]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/01/kerrie_finch_the_growth_conund.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/01/kerrie_finch_the_growth_conund.php Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:50:19 +0100 teachers are not happy. They feel politicians have betrayed them.]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/01/teachers_strike_what_the_paper.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/01/teachers_strike_what_the_paper.php Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:03:52 +0100 We may buy gadgets with our child benefits but the system itself is not flawless, thinks Barend van Lieshout. http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/01/health_care_fraud_is_more_wide.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/01/health_care_fraud_is_more_wide.php Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:01:17 +0100 Youp van ‘t Hek thinks the queen and Henk Bleker have something in common. They have both done a lot of sighing lately albeit not for the same reasons. http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/01/youp_van_t_hek_sigh.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2012/01/youp_van_t_hek_sigh.php Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:22:43 +0100