# 2nd Opinion

From the front lines of Dutch minds, a candid digest of media comment and opinion in the Netherlands: "Amazingly interesting commentaries on politics, culture, international affairs and much more" - Douwe de Lange, law student.

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## [Happy 2022](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/happy-2022)

_2022-01-05_

Last Days! Before the bell tolls: 12 of the Best

## [Twelve Days of Christmas](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/twelve-days-of-christmas)

_2021-12-24_

The best 2nd Opinion posts, unlocked and free-to-air

## [A good price for betrayal](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/rutte-iv-the-case-for-principled)

_2021-12-18_

Rutte IV: the principle and the paradox + 12 Days of Christmas

## [Shell quits](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/shell-quits)

_2021-12-05_

Oil giant moves primary stock market listing - and climate battle - to London

## [The COP that couldn't kill coal](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/the-cop-that-couldnt-kill-coal)

_2021-11-13_

But Dutch MPs forced a U-turn from the Netherlands

## [The narco-terror of Frau Antje](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/the-narco-terror-of-frau-antje)

_2021-10-30_

For once, criticism doesn't offend

## [No, Germany isn't "more like us"](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/no-germany-isnt-more-like-us)

_2021-10-15_

Unlike their Dutch peers, Berlin’s politicians are re-inventing their government

## [How to be cool](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/how-to-be-cool)

_2021-09-26_

Sigrid Kaag talks tough, and Shell takes rap for "carbon-neutral" tankers

## [Carrot. Stick. Muddle. Hope.](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/carrot-stick-muddle-hope)

_2021-07-30_

Brussels sets 'Fit for 55' net zero agenda, but better offsetting is key to curb emissions

## [The brother, the lawyer, now the journalist](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/the-brother-the-lawyer-now-the-journalist)

_2021-07-19_

The narco-state vs. Peter R. de Vries, crime reporter (1956-2021)

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## [Last Day Free: summer six-pack](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/last-day-free-summer-six-pack)

_2021-07-11_

Six of the Best posts unlocked in the 2nd Opinion archive

## [Unlocked: Shell on trial, Bob Dylan's 80th, Belfast in flames, Dutch Sex Ed, and more](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/unlocked-shell-on-trial-bob-dylans)

_2021-07-03_

Free for one week only, six of the best 2ndOpinion posts from Q2, 2021

## [Kenneth Kaunda: the last of the first](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/kenneth-kaunda-the-last-of-the-first)

_2021-06-19_

Zambia's leader was the last survivor among Africa's founding fathers

## [The double-Dutch standard in Sex Ed](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/the-double-dutch-standard-in-sex)

_2021-06-12_

A double-Dutch standard in sex education means straight-talk about sex is often wishful thinking

## [An earthquake under Big Oil](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/an-earthquake-under-big-oil)

_2021-06-04_

The Dutch court, US shareholders and a policy to ban new oil and gas projects

## [A voice like sand and glue](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/a-voice-like-sand-and-glue)

_2021-05-24_

On Bob Dylan's 80th, confessions of a Bob-cat

## [VLOG: Bob Dylan at 80 + Big Oil AGMs](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/vlog-bob-dylan-at-80-big-oil-agms)

_2021-05-21_

#11, Wk 20-21

## [Deventer murder: trial and re-trial by media](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/trial-by-media)

_2021-05-14_

The handyman, the pollster and the podcast

## [VLOG: Murder, they wrote](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/vlog-murder-they-wrote)

_2021-05-11_

#10, Wk 19-21

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## [More lamb than lion](https://2ndopinion.substack.com/p/more-lamb-than-lion)

_2021-05-06_

Parliament chooses to bark, not bite