A couple of days ago one newspaper reported that the residents in Tokyo turned off all but essential electric devices in their houses to avoid a total blackout. The reporter listed many gadgets used by the Japanese, making their lives easier, more comfortable or just funnier – a toilet seat warmer included. Over the last century developing engineering, science and…

Some time ago I purposely started losing weight. Quite soon the result became pretty noticeable and people began asking me about my ‘miraculous’ diet. I surprisingly discovered two things. First one was that almost everybody appeared to be a diet specialist, suggesting for me the best ways to lose weight. The second one was an easiness of finding reasons (or…

The deadly earthquake took many lives and damaged many buildings in Christchurch in New Zealand. The disaster affected people of different age, race, beliefs; poor and rich alike; believers and non-believers. The Anglican Cathedral became a symbol of the catastrophe. In some way it’s also an unspoken question about God in such horrible event. Five weeks ago we listened to…

The parliamentary election in the Republic of Ireland last Thursday took place in the shadow of an enormously deep economic recession. The new government will have to make incredibly tough and painful decisions. The worst possible scenario is what we saw in the streets of Greece in recent times. Our country has also been affected by economic problems – there…

1989 was a year when the nations of Eastern Europe one by one overthrew communist regimes, dependent on the Soviet Union, and recovered their countries for themselves. The downfall of communism started in Poland, although the best known sign of that process was the fall of the Berlin Wall. I remember the parliamentary election in Poland in 1989; the first…