Another Perspective

“I Have an Immigrant at Home” (President Stubb)   Karl Balloch  Picture this for a second. You’ve moved to a country where everything , the sounds, the silences, the way people queue at the bus stop , feels slightly off.…

Reflecting on Independence Day For Those Who Have Learned to Call Finland Home Karl Balloch On 6 December 2025, immigrants, second-generation Finns, and long-term residents came together to celebrate Finland’s I08th independence Day in Helsinki.Comparing to previous year, there were…

 Mindset Is More Important Than Language: What Helps Immigrants Feel at Home  Karl Balloch   When people talk about how to help immigrants integrate into the host society… They usually say: “They need to learn the local language.” Yes, speaking the…

Ilpo and Arbaz Building Trust and Community By Karl Balloch Here’s a short story for you. A story about hardship, kindness—and the power of gratitude. Once upon a time, a young man named Arbaz was living a prosperous life in…

A new world beyond the shadows Karl Balloch   Alexander the Great (who was tutored by Aristotle from the age of 13 to 16, died at the age of 33, and advertised his death as a beggar) had to cope…

Hope and believing Karl Balloch Kurt Paul Richter (February 20, 1894 – December 21, 1988) was a biologist, psychologist, and geneticist. He was a professor at Johns Hopkins who conducted a famous and cruel experiment on the psychology of drowning rats in…