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Jan Dehn's Blog
Commentary on the world



A feast for the senses in Figueres
The Dalí Theatre & Museum in Figueres is quite something. It houses the best collection of Dalí works anywhere in the world.

Jan Dehn
Sep 28, 20251 min read


Political lying is out of control
Lying in Western politics has assumed unprecedented scale and severity. Democratic reform is urgently needed to resurrect political integrity.

Jan Dehn
Sep 27, 20259 min read


Autumn morning mountain biking
Mountain biking in the hills above Cabrils and Argentona is rewarding on autumn mornings.

Jan Dehn
Sep 24, 20251 min read


The ghost in mine 3
Many men died in the mines in Svalbard. They say the mines are haunted. I went to check for myself.

Jan Dehn
Sep 24, 20251 min read


Robert and I
Robert Redford and I acted together before I quit my Hollywood career. Robert sadly passed away today.

Jan Dehn
Sep 16, 20252 min read


Asia's Gen Z is waking up
Asia's middle classes are growing faster than middle classes anywhere else. We should therefore not be surprised to see Asia's Gen Z take the lead in reforming the world.

Jan Dehn
Sep 15, 20253 min read


Ban Israel from international sports and culture
The case for banning Israeli participation in international sports and culture is even stronger than the case against Apartheid South Africa.

Jan Dehn
Sep 13, 20252 min read


Argentina is stuck in a bad equilibrium
Milei suffered a great defeat in the BA legislative elections. Argentina is returning to old ways. And it is all due to the constitution.

Jan Dehn
Sep 8, 20255 min read


Eastern Pyrenees road trip
Eastern Pyrenees is among the least visited parts of the famous mountain range. Head up to Sant Joan de les Abadesses and Beget.

Jan Dehn
Aug 30, 20254 min read


William Powell and the Anarchist Cookbook
William Powell was vilified in the wake of the Columbine High School massacre for his book "The Anarchist Cookbook". However, he is not the man he was made out to be. He was the best teacher I ever had.

Jan Dehn
Aug 26, 20258 min read


Trump - just not cut out for it
Trump adores dictators, but he does not have what it takes to be one. Not enough brains, not enough balls. He will go down in history a clown.

Jan Dehn
Aug 25, 20252 min read


First tourist in Rwanda
I was among the very first tourists to return to Rwanda after the genocide. From the outside, the country seemed to have restored some kind of normality. From the inside, it was not quite like that.

Jan Dehn
Aug 23, 20259 min read


Trump's Brownshirts
Trump is building a personal army, which will be eerily similar to Hitler's Brownshirts. However, America is still fast asleep.

Jan Dehn
Aug 12, 20253 min read


The Dark Side of Culture (10): Success
Success is the highest virtue in American society. The flip-side is that America's losers get a raw deal. Understand American politics by understanding the country's cultural underpinnings.

Jan Dehn
Aug 9, 20258 min read


On swamps
Trump promised to 'drain the swamp', but in his desperation to stamp out the symptoms of his policy mistakes he is dramatically increasing the reach of the US government. Not what his supporters voted for.

Jan Dehn
Aug 4, 20255 min read


China - least imperialistic major power ever
The West has gone to war with China on the misguided belief that tariffs can fix trade imbalances. There is a far better way.

Jan Dehn
Aug 1, 20257 min read


The US-EU trade deal
The US-EU trade deal has been touted as a Trump win. It is not. In fact, it is a big US own goal and here is why.

Jan Dehn
Jul 29, 20254 min read


Israel is a death cult
The precedents for Israel’s genocide in Gaza include Biafra, the Holodomor, and the Warsaw Ghetto.

Jan Dehn
Jul 24, 20251 min read


The new ICE age
The massive funding increase for ICE is worrisome. ICE can now expel 12m immigrants, but who will occupy the cells in the new prisons once the immigrants are gone?

Jan Dehn
Jul 21, 20253 min read


Katavi
Nothing transforms itself with such remorseless indifference and speed than Katavi National Park. Heaven in July, hell by September.

Jan Dehn
Jul 8, 20256 min read
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