Author Archives: Ylva Rancken-Lutz

We are what we read

….and we read according to what class we belong to. The reality presented to us is also very different depending on what we read, according to  Kajsa Ekis Ekman on Dagens Nyheters kultursida. The newspapers create different sorts of realities for us. I remember my mother in-law talking about this phenomenon with me concerning her son-in-laws […]

Emil Jensens nyårsdikt är värd några minuter av vår tid 2013!

Emil Jensens hela Mellansnack i SR 1.1 2013

Lets Rise Up Singing and Change Our National Anthem!

Yes, lets! Because by singing together we get strength to keep on working for a better world and our national anthem is out of date! The community sing-along movement is thriving the the US as it is in Scandinavia. There is a difference in the choice of songs though.  Here in Finland and in Sweden […]

Astrids Lindgren Pomperipossa

Ja den historien har man ju hört om…..

Scandinavian countries are fulfilling the American dream better than America these days

CNN reports this morning: The truth is, Scandinavian countries are fulfilling a huge part of the American dream better than America these days. Thankfully, we’re still an innovation powerhouse, and we need to spend more on R&D rather than cutting those budgets. And perhaps we need to target some of that innovative thinking towards restoring the […]

Why Even Tragedy Gets A Laugh

Flora Lichtman and Ira Flatow talks to comedian Tig Notaro who found out she had breast cancer and incorporated the news into her stand-up routine—and got quite a few laughs from the audience.  Robert Provine joins the discussion and talks about the origins of laughter, what separates the amusing from the truly funny, and why even […]

Typefaces – an intriguing world from Baskerville’s 1700 to Obama’s change campaign 2008

When I am writing this text on my blog this Sunday morning I have no way of changing my font (if I don’t pay extra).  The font I use – Georgia – was chosen by some pro designed at Devpress who designed the theme I am using for my blog. My theme Origin is “a light, elegant […]

Kooperativ vårdcentral i Stockholm medan Raseborg strävar bakåt

Det låter ju helt otroligt!  Och när den tanken (att det är så otroligt) slagit mig undrar jag varför det låter så helt otroligt…. Jo, för att allt mer har kommuner både i Finland och i Sverige övergått till att privatisera vård och omsorg och lägga ut på entreprenad. Socialistiska läkare som startar vårdcentralen skriver: […]

More money……

***Alternativa julklappar kan köpas från Emmaus i Ekenäs***

Du kan stöda skolgång för frigivna barnslavar i Pakistan genom att köpa SOLROSADRESSER. Du kan understöda daghemmet Cuna Nazareth i Lima/Peru som ger meningsfull sysselsättning och omsorg för 120 barn som kommer från fattiga familjer. Verksamheten stöder du genom ett Cuna-kort värd 5e. Genom att köpa TRÄDADRESS tryggar du behovet av mat och arbete för ursprungsbefolkningen […]