Bird's Eye View

Author: Jacob Callus

  • A blunder of Napoleonic proportions

    A blunder of Napoleonic proportions

    ‘Napoleon’ tampered with events and miscalculated the man it portrayed.

  • Reframing the debate

    Reframing the debate

    Can we stop insulting and start talking? Let’s bring back respectful debates, and agree to disagree.

  • Tmurx magħhom għax tiċċappas

    Tmurx magħhom għax tiċċappas

    When reading the title of this article, you probably first thought about a parent giving some wise advice to their child about how to go about in life, what company to keep and what not to. In my case, what I was thinking about when coming up with this was the now very commonly found…

  • Earth Day 2022

    Earth Day 2022

    Our planet, our environment, our oceans and our trees. These are things which we’ve grown to appreciate and treasure beyond belief. However, we must never take them for granted. As the world continues to face numerous environmental challenges such as climate change, deforestation and pollution amongst others, it’s simply not enough for our leaders to…

  • PN vs PL: Where does the duopoly stand?

    PN vs PL: Where does the duopoly stand?

    With today being the final day of the election campaign, what’s happened, and where do PL and PN stand?

  • The University Election Leaders Debate: A retrospect

    The University Election Leaders Debate: A retrospect

    What was the leaders’ debate in a while, was the first of four major debates for the 2022 election campaign which took place at the University of Malta, with all of them including Prime Minister and PL leader, Robert Abela, and Leader of the Opposition and PN leader, Bernard Grech. However, the debate which took…

  • Game over for Boris Johnson?

    Game over for Boris Johnson?

    If there’s ever been a time where the past few months have been an absolute disaster for a British prime minister, it can most certainly be said that this has been the case for Boris Johnson as of late. Having experienced, and in some cases even engineered, one political calamity after another in the past…

  • Why the Unvaccinated Claim Victimhood

    Why the Unvaccinated Claim Victimhood

    Comparisons are indeed odious. That much can be said when we see historical events, political figures and pretty much anything else of a political or historical nature being lumped with one another. These comparisons can be applied to any other field quite frankly, be it culture, socio-economics or any other field for that matter. At…

  • On a Personal Note

    On a Personal Note

    As I start writing this, I feel that I’m probably going to write and re-write several drafts of this article till I get it right. Mostly because I think I’d only be happy until I know that I’ve struck the right chord in terms of what I want this article to be about, and also…

  • From the starting line

    From the starting line

    Having incurred a considerable electoral defecit at the ballot box, when and how will the Nationalist Party recover?