Author Archives: Bert Hielema

THIS WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS. ­ This week reminded me of WAR. Visions of wartime welled up in me. I vividly remember May 10 1940, now more than 85 years ago, the day Germany invaded the Netherlands. That day … Continue reading →

TRUMP’S THREESOME TRAITS.                                                                       Three psycho-analysts, this past week, have given their verdict on Trump’s psychic state, and it is devastating. In the New York Times I read that: “From a psychoanalytic perspective, his narcissism is malignant in the sense … Continue reading →

ON THE MERITS OF READING BOOKS. I take a break from global insanity.                                                                Going back 86 years. When I was 11 years old, I contracted a bladder infection. Nowadays, almost any illness is treated with penicillin with quick results, but … Continue reading →

THE AGE OF THE ANTICHRIST. Human nature.                                                                   By some quirk of history, the Antichrist is in power because ‘Christians’ have put him there. Just as Jesus was arrested, tortured, sentenced to death by the church of his day – motivated … Continue reading →

ANOTHER ‘TOWER OF BABEL’ EVENT IS AT HAND. The New God. The old world is dying,” Antonio Gramsci once wrote. “And the new world struggles to be born.” In such interregnums, the Italian Marxist philosopher suggested, “every act, even the … Continue reading →

DON’T SHUN WORDLY WISDOM: Test all things. Dr. Barry Commoner defined the four laws of Ecology some 70 years ago. They have stood the tests of time. To me they rate as biblical. These four laws are easily understood, and … Continue reading →