Monday, August 01, 2005

PAUL BELIEN sends me the link to, he says, "a great site in the Heart of Darkness", The Brussels Journal. Of course, being one of the writers I'd be surprised if he didn't think it's great! Anyway, the "About" description sounds actually cool:
“I believe in being free, acquiring knowledge, and telling the truth.”

The above quote from the legendary American journalist H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) sums it up pretty much. The Brussels Journal is a project set up by European journalists and writers to restore three values that are so lacking in the so-called “consensus-culture” of contemporary Europe: Freedom, the quest for Knowledge, and the Truth.

We defend freedom and, though we do not pretend to know the ultimate truth, we strive to acquire as much knowledge as possible by presenting facts and views that are hard to find in the “consensus-media” of Europe.

We are not an organisation; we are a coalition of individuals. Our contributors do not necessarily share every view represented in the articles of this website, but we know they all write with an earnest desire for the truth. What binds us is our defence of liberty and the conviction that the state exists to serve man and never the other way round.
So far I only had time to take a quick glance, but enough to think that it's worth a regular visit.

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