Author Archives: Bert Hielema

Year 9-16 Is nothing sacred anymore? Is everything to be challenged? A doctor-friend told us years ago that since plants today are grown in poorer soil, they contain fewer vitamins, fewer minerals and fewer anti-toxins, so he advised us to … Continue reading →

Year 9-15 Leave it to Gordon Brown, the British Prime Minister. This severe Scot, son of a Presbyterian Minister, the closest you can get to being a dour Dutchman like me, is also not afraid to face reality. Brown’s most … Continue reading →

Year 9-14 “I screwed up” said President Obama last week. He also admitted that if he can’t solve the money crisis, he will be a one term president. Why is there a money crisis? The simple answer is that money … Continue reading →

Year 9-13. “What is the aim of education?” or “Why do I write my column?” A Harvard University report says that “The aim of a liberal education is to unsettle presumptions, to de-familiarize the familiar, to reveal what is going … Continue reading →

Year 9-12 Remember Dr. Henry Kissinger former Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon? Even today when this esteemed diplomat speaks, the world listens. Last week he stated that we, as a global community, either solve our problems together or, … Continue reading →

Year 9-11 Barack Hussein Obama is now the 44th president of the United States, an exceptional man called to serve in exceptional times, facing exceptional challenges. Until the World Trade Center calamity, President Bush was just hanging in there, only … Continue reading →