I'm not sure I've learned anything new about life; but I've had to think harder about death and what comes after for other people.
The East European small countries have a sense of betrayal, of having been forgotten by Western leaders.
I know exactly how and where I am going to die. The only question is when.
I grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception.
Today, neither Left nor Right can find their footing.
It does irritate me when I am described as a controversialist and commentator on Israel.