a lamb with no guiding light

Thoughts on Finnish politics and other utterly fascinating topics.

2008-03-02

What makes Finnish kids so smart?

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Many say it's the diet of fish and berries. Wall Street Journal disagrees, offering another PISA-inspired look at the Finnish school sy...
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2008-03-01

Poll: Coalition 23.2, Soc Dems 22.5, Centre 22.0

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The Centre Party dropped to third in Taloustutkimus's latest poll (fi). The National Coalition Party lead for the third poll in a row, ...
2008-02-29

Digi-spin

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While I'm commenting on headlines, consider the following: Verkkouutiset (fi): "Nearly one in ten without a digital receiver"...

Headline of the day

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Helsingin Sanomat (fi): "The Kremlin wants to buy 3200 white mice". Don't we all? The article says they refuse to say what us...
2008-02-28

Digi-TV for thee, but not for me

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I haven't bought a digital receiver yet and I'm feeling kind of proud for it. I fully expect my intellect to soar over the weekend ....
2008-02-26

Then there were nine

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If you've been trying to figure out who is the biggest no-hoper in the Social Democratic Party chair election, vacillating between Kimmo...
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2008-02-25

Oh no! Society is decaying!

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Quoth Justice Minister Tuija Brax (Green League): [Brax] was quoted as saying by Aamulehti on Saturday that the country's democracy fac...
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2008-02-22

What I like about Matti Vanhanen

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This is part two in an on-going series where I list three things I like about a prominent Finnish politician. After President Tarja Halonen ...
2008-02-21

What I like about Tarja Halonen

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Blogs can focus too much on politicians' flaws. I'm not sure if you've noticed, but even this blog right here has sometimes gott...
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2008-02-20

Kanerva's ambitious EU foreign policy agenda

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In a recent speech (fi), Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva (National Coalition Party) said there should be majority decision making in Europea...
2008-02-18

Filatov leads

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MTV3 asked board members of the Social Democratic Party's district organizations who should become the next party leader. The results (...
2008-02-17

An issue with significance for the society as a whole

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Vanhanen versus Ruusunen got underway on Friday ( alas ): Petteri Sotamaa, Mr Vanhanen's barrister, told the court that Ms Ruusunen...
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