December 14, 2024 This week, the Dutch government informed its citizens—and as part of the Kingdom, this includes us—to prepare for the...

Misconceptions About Public Administration: The Difference Between Opinions and Findings December 13, 2024 During a December 10, 2024,...

Survival vs. Democracy: The Struggles of the 80% December 13, 2024 For the 80% of the population surviving on 3,000 guilders or less per...

Curaçao: A Land of Poverty and Inequality December 11, 2024 According to curaçao.nu, 80% of the population in Curaçao survives on an...

From Rural Serenity to Overdevelopment: What’s Next for Jan Thiel? December 10, 2024 We moved to this area nearly thirty years ago. Back...

Is Prevention the Cure We Ignore? December 9, 2024 If you sit down in any public space, it becomes painfully clear: our population must...

December 8, 2024 As I wait for more information about the tragic explosion in The Hague that claimed lives, and while the final F1 race...

December 7, 2024: A Day After the Elections on Aruba December 7, 2024 It’s Saturday, December 7, 2024, the day after the parliamentary...

Sucking Up, 75 Years and the Culture of Silence Why not an angstculture or a look-away culture instead? That’s the question I’ll ask...

The President’s Son December 3. 2024 According to recent reports, President Biden has granted a presidential pardon to his son as he...

2024 on Curaçao: Recovery, Resilience, and the Cost of Leadership November 30, 2024 As I sip my morning coffee and scroll through the...

Coincidence? I Think Not November 29, 2024 Yesterday, I sat at Magic Café with my daughter, enjoying coffee. We often use these moments...

Why I’d Make an Exception for Thanksgiving November 28, 2024 I am not a fan of importing traditions from elsewhere. Take Halloween, for...

Is Science Losing Its Way? Reflections on Passion, Truth, and Funding November 27, 2024 For some time now, I have felt that something is...

Too Many Conferences, Too Little Time: Keeping Up with Curaçao November 26, 2024 It seems like conference season is in full swing in...

Invest Willemstad: A Sustainable Future or a Missed Opportunity? November 25, 2024 The fifth edition of the Invest Willemstad conference...

The Death of the Middle-Class Dream November 23, 2024 There was a time when the dream of my schoolmates was simple: a comfortable...

Why Nations Fail: Lessons from the Top November 21, 2024 The book Eenzaam aan de top ("Alone at the Top") focuses on the elite, a subject...

Fascinated by the Top: What Does It Really Mean to Lead? November 21, 2024 We have an enduring fascination with those at the top—those...

Time Flies: 2025 Is Just Around the Corner November 19, 2024 2024 has been a good year for me personally and professionally, and I’m...