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Normally, my credit card company bores me with payment reminders. But this message is different: they’ve detected a suspicious transaction and blocked my card. Did I spend the exact same amount ten times at different branches of the same store chain the day before? It’s possible, of course. I could have cashed in on a bunch of discounts with a stack of coupons at different shops (‘Two max per customer!’).

Since 2017, the Rector Magnificus of our university imparts the following words to young doctors immediately after they have received their degree certificates: ‘Dear learned doctor [….….] Let me congratulate you also on behalf of the university with your acquired dignity. From now on you have the right to use the title of doctor.

Het artikel van de protestantse predikant en classisvoorzitter Wim de Ruyter uit Maasland over ‘Theologische wetenschap vergt meer dan traditie herkauwen’ (Nederlands Dagblad, 11 juli) riep bij mij de nodige vragen op. 1. wanneer u op de PDF-button rechtsonder klikt, krijgt u het printvenster 2. u maakt dan de afdrukkeuze PDF 3. u kiest vervolgens save 4. het wordt nu opgeslagen als PDF 5.