Guus Bosman

Sasha just called me and told me a package had arrived for me. I was very curious so I went home.

It's a Christmas present from Jonathan, Irena and Ilana!

It's a book written by Nigel Harris: Thinking the Unthinkable, the Immigration Myth Exposed. It has been on my wishlist for a long time since I read a review in Foreign Affairs about the book. It deals -obviously- with immigration but in a refreshing way:

"According to Harris, immigration considerably enriches the host nation both scientifically and culturally. Immigrants do the jobs that most native workers do not want or cannot do. Without immigration our economies would dissolve.

Nigel Harris shows exactly why and how immigration is the lifeline of the developed world's economy, using examples from all over the world to prove how immigration makes both the rich and the poor richer and acts as the final safeguard against such ugly world phenomena as racism, nationalism, and intolerance." (source: this review)

Thanks a lot guys!

The day before Christmas I received another Christmas present by mail, this time from Bulgaria. Nadia sent me a beautiful shawl. It's handmade and really nice, especially in this weather.