I blame the Squirrel

Gender Equality … and why it takes generations to fix

One amazing thing that is happening right now (in the western world) is how we have almost reached the point where gender equality is becoming the norm (although the US is lagging behind).

Will We Ever Have Real Democracy?

As a media analyst, life on Twitter these days is difficult. There is so much negativity, so much bigotry, hatred, abuse, racism, and outright insanity. As someone tweeted a few days ago:

“Social media has been destroyed by Trump.”

What the [beep] happened to us?

Did you see this news story from earlier this week?

The Sexist Test … Flip the Gender

Not a day goes by these days without yet another story of a male executive making sexist remarks about women, their role in society and their abilities. And when I say male executive, I really mean old white males who are in a position of power.

The Last of the Angry White Men And the Future of Tomorrow

There is a fascinating thing happening in our world today, in that we are in the middle of the transformation between the disconnected and the connected. And it has a serious impact on the short term future of our political…

Let’s talk about polls

The Brexit is over. Well, the voting is anyway, and not the total mess as a result of it. But I want to make a simple point about the polls leading up to it.

My argument is that all the polls (except for a few) were absolutely spot on. And when people complain…

Failing to prove that I’m Danish, and I’m not even an immigrant

One thing that can make me really angry is when governments around the world force immigrants to prove that they are entitled to live in a country by conducting ‘culture tests’.

Brexit and the old geezers

Unless you have been hiding in a cave somewhere with no wifi, you probably know that the UK will vote on whether to stay or leave the EU on June 23rd, And the polls show an almost dead-run between the two sides.