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Last Days! Before the bell tolls: 12 of the Best
Jan 5, 2022

December 2021

Twelve Days of Christmas
The best 2nd Opinion posts, unlocked and free-to-air
Dec 24, 2021
A good price for betrayal
Rutte IV: the principle and the paradox + 12 Days of Christmas
Dec 18, 2021
Shell quits
Oil giant moves primary stock market listing - and climate battle - to London
Dec 5, 2021

November 2021

The COP that couldn't kill coal
But Dutch MPs forced a U-turn from the Netherlands
Nov 13, 2021

October 2021

The narco-terror of Frau Antje
For once, criticism doesn't offend
Oct 30, 2021
No, Germany isn't "more like us"
Unlike their Dutch peers, Berlin’s politicians are re-inventing their government
Oct 15, 2021

September 2021

How to be cool
Sigrid Kaag talks tough, and Shell takes rap for "carbon-neutral" tankers
Sep 26, 2021

July 2021

Carrot. Stick. Muddle. Hope.
Brussels sets 'Fit for 55' net zero agenda, but better offsetting is key to curb emissions
Jul 30, 2021
The brother, the lawyer, now the journalist
The narco-state vs. Peter R. de Vries, crime reporter (1956-2021)
Jul 19, 2021
Last Day Free: summer six-pack
Six of the Best posts unlocked in the 2nd Opinion archive
Jul 11, 2021
Unlocked: Shell on trial, Bob Dylan's 80th, Belfast in flames, Dutch Sex Ed, and more
Free for one week only, six of the best 2ndOpinion posts from Q2, 2021
Jul 3, 2021
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