Author Archives: Bert Hielema

THIS WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS The hoily mess in the Middle East November 16 2014 Idleness is the source of all evil. History started in the Middle East, and it did so with a bang. The bang was the … Continue reading →

NOVEMBER 9 2014 CHURCH—ILL? I had planned to start a series about the church, but, on second thought, I abandoned this idea, even though I had lots of sources. I even wrote a book on the church, which I never … Continue reading →

PREPARING FOR COLLAPSE (10) Final Episode I could continue in this series, but other topics beckon, so this is my last one dealing with Collapse. I believe that, in the main, nobody is ever ready for Collapse, because our brains … Continue reading →

PREPARING FOR COLLAPSE (9) Will you get Ebola? I am quite sure that you’ve heard the word Ebola by now. It was named after a river in Sudan, where, on July 6 1976, a storekeeper, identified only by the initials … Continue reading →

PREPARING FOR COLLAPSE (8) (with some help from Ilargi Meijer)                                                               … Continue reading →

PREPARING FOR COLLAPSE (7) Margaret MacMillan, an Oxford historian who wrote “Paris 1919” and “The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914,” says the US president is right that we probably are more aware of what’s going on around … Continue reading →