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Category: Opinion

  • Unto the next interlude

    Unto the next interlude

    Tippreferi bil-Malti? Aqra l-istess artiklu hawn: Għal waqfa li jmiss In the space of just 8 years, Malta has had a total of 2 prime ministers, 2 general elections and 4 opposition leaders. For a relatively brief period, that sounds like a lot of political change to take in. Much like a theatrical production, the Maltese…

  • Earth on Fire – The Red Rampage Ravaging the Planet

    Earth on Fire – The Red Rampage Ravaging the Planet

    Every single day, a new natural disaster seems to be dominating the news – in the past month, wildfire after wildfire have lit up our screens, choked our cities, burned our woodlands, and even tinted our moon. Russia If you’re a fan of trivia, you may have heard about the city of Yakutia, as it…

  • COVID Passports: Aye or Nay?

    COVID Passports: Aye or Nay?

    Last week, massive protests have erupted within major cities – including New York, London and Valletta – in countries that have started implementing the use of COVID-19 vaccination certificates. While people have more or less gotten used to this new normality of having to live with this ongoing pandemic, there is growing concern within the…

  • Afghanistan: Back in Taliban Hands

    Afghanistan: Back in Taliban Hands

    With the US pushing for the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, which started February of last year, the country has slowly but surely started to fall back into the hands of the Taliban, the terrorist group the US wanted to get rid of after the Twin towers fell, and the whole reason there were…

  • WTF is: Israel-Palestine Conflict

    WTF is: Israel-Palestine Conflict

    If you’re reading this article, you have access to internet, and if you have access to internet, you’ve surely seen thousands of posts on social media, and some might have been your own. But beyond the cacophony of trends and pseudo-morality, do you really know what the conflict is all about?

  • Instructions for Dancing – Nicola Yoon

    Instructions for Dancing – Nicola Yoon

    Hello again, my dear friends and book lovers!  I have another post for you today, and this time, it’s a book that’s all about love. Love lost, love gained, new and old love, and the risks that come with opening yourself up to love and all its complexities. If you’ve ever loved someone, anyone at…

  • Shards of Earth – Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Shards of Earth – Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Hello, hello, hello, my book-loving friends! It’s been too long. Long story short, I started a new full-time job, got into community work, and am in the process of making a lot of other changes in my life right now. It’s been very hectic, but also very rewarding. As such, reading has taken a bit of a…

  • What’s Next for Marvel? – An Outlook for a Hopeful Future

    What’s Next for Marvel? – An Outlook for a Hopeful Future

    Back in 2020, amongst all the doom and gloom of the pandemic, we were still reeling from the flashbang that Disney had thrown at us in the form of Avengers: Endgame. It culminated an extremely long saga (for modern standards anyways, it was no Coronation Street… Fun fact, that show has been running for 61 years!),…

  • Taken for granted? Taken for a ride? Or both?

    Taken for granted? Taken for a ride? Or both?

    We’ve been hearing quite a lot with regard to the sectors who have been the most negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, be it the deadly virus itself or the measures which have been put in the place to mitigate its spread. Be it the retail industry, catering establishments, or the performing arts, these sectors…

  • Love, Politics and Castration

    Love, Politics and Castration

    In 1964, an interviewer asked Hannah Arendt the following question:  “Does not man, as a politically active being, need a commitment to a group? A commitment which they can to some extent be called love? Do you not worry that your attitude could be politically sterile?” Can we be politically active with or without groups?…