http://www.georgemaschke.net Musings of an American in Holland Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:33:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Although the summer solstice actually occurred on 21 June 2008 at 01:59 hours Central European Daylight time, the 20th was the longest day of the year, and I decided to bike out to the dunes along the North Sea coast to greet the sunrise and bid the sun farewell on ... http://www.georgemaschke.net/2008/06/25/summer-soltice-in-the-hague-sunrise-sunset/ The Hague's Stadhuis, or city hall, regularly hosts free art exhibitions. Passing through the cathedral-ceilinged atrium today, I encountered what appeared to be a colossal representation of the lifeless head of U.S. President George W. Bush. Sure enough, it's a vinyl-covered nylon fabric sculpture by contemporary American artist Paul McCarthy ... http://www.georgemaschke.net/2008/06/07/george-w-bush-in-the-hague/ As American drivers come to grips with $4.00-a-gallon gasoline and presidential hopeful John McCain suggests a temporary "tax holiday," it's worth noting that in some places, it's been a long time since gas was so cheap as that. The photo you see here shows fuel prices at my neighborhood gas ... http://www.georgemaschke.net/2008/05/11/the-high-cost-of-gasoline-is-relative/ A clever parody of the bizarre fusion between evangelical Christianity and nationalism in America: http://www.georgemaschke.net/2008/05/11/a-music-video-to-watch-while-you-skip-church-this-sunday/ For the first time in a long time, there is a candidate for president of the United States whom I can enthusiastically support: Barack Obama. I'm deeply impressed by his intelligence and candor, and in particular his early public opposition to the invasion and occupation of Iraq and the fact ... http://www.georgemaschke.net/2008/05/11/barack-obama-for-president/ Hello, my name is George Maschke, and welcome to my home page! I am in the process of developing this site around the open source package, WordPress. If you wish to contact me, you can reach me by e-mail to maschke [at] zonnet.nl. http://www.georgemaschke.net/2007/03/10/hello-world/