Idealist virtue politics is the wrong policy approach at the wrong time.
Category: Risk-Monger
The Industry Complex (Part 2): The Hate Industry
How many decisions are based today not on benefits but on hatred of industry?
The Industry Complex (Part 1): The Tobacconisation of Industry
Most industries don’t think they’re being tobacconised. They’re delusional.
Ten Regulatory Steps for a Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture
The EU lacks a positive agricultural development strategy.
THE Science, THE Environment, THE Climate… Abusing the “The” in Risk Issues
When activists claim “the” science on “the” environment, they’re abusing perceptions.
Nudging or Wedging: Why we Don’t Do What’s “Good” for Us
Nudging or precaution: How can I force you to change your behaviour?
How Green Ideologies are Relegating the EU to Third World Status
Europe’s Great Green Leap Backwards has delivered poverty and hardship.
Why Sexual Abuse is Endemic in the Belgian Academe
The story of why I will not return to the academe
Definitions matter
Who is defining the terms in food and agriculture debates?
No Respect for Reality: The EU’s Food Security Crisis Strategy
The EU’s solution to the food crisis: more organic farming and agroecology.
The Green Death: How the EU’s Farm2Famine Strategy will Affect a Post-Ukraine World
In times of crisis, we need realpolitik, not ideologues expressing virtue.
A Lost, Leaderless West Surrenders the Ukraine
The safest place in the Ukraine is along the pipelines supplying Russian gas to Europe.
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