Archive - SwissChris

By holding one means the disposition of one's own character. Ethics and morals have a say in one's holding, if you let them.

13 hrs ago • Christian Wehrli

Democracy is a daily demo of how the power of the people works, or could work. Of course, democracy was an idea of the Greeks.

Nov 13 • Christian Wehrli

"You're oddly quiet today." "That's just my own kind." Hurrah, a word can be so wonderfully changeable.

Nov 12 • Christian Wehrli

Schomberg, where hospitality lives.

My everyday facial expression doesn't speak directly. Doesn't speak volumes either. My face's default setting tends toward surprised. So it was again…

Nov 11 • Christian Wehrli

Where do you see yourself in three years?

There are questions that start grating on you within the first three words. Yet it comes — or came — inevitably during the job interview or the annual…

Nov 10 • Christian Wehrli

Nasty Canadian.

The nasty Canadian shows up looking just like the unfriendly Swiss, the humourless German, or the arrogant American. Types that appear in rhetorical…

Nov 9 • Christian Wehrli

"That's totally good." or "He's totally out to lunch." is not a totalitarian word. After all, it came from Latin. Has any Latin speaker ever been caught…

Nov 8 • Christian Wehrli

Criticism, at every mention, immediately carries that negative "how-dare-you" flavour.

Nov 7 • Christian Wehrli

Pithy to the Core

Anyone who doesn't duck in time is bound to get hit by one message or another. Some hit the mind, others the feelings, and some just shoot into empty…

Nov 6 • Christian Wehrli

The Lobby Waits

"Please wait in the lobby." Fair enough, pleasant enough, if you get to spend the wait in the hotel hall. Then they showed up, and in groups no less…

Nov 5 • Christian Wehrli

Elbows Up. Hands Down.

Two scenarios from American voting behaviour are still stuck in my bones. 2016 with Hillary Clinton and 2024 with Kamala Harris. Expectations are not…

Nov 4 • Christian Wehrli

E-Day in the USA

Today is E-Day in the United States. "Act as if I were on the ballot," said the sitting American president. As if that weren't enough irony for a…

Nov 3 • Christian Wehrli

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