Bird's Eye View

Category: Opinion

  • Argument for a Living Wage

    Argument for a Living Wage

    Growing up I was always taught that if I put my mind to it, work hard and don’t let myself get distracted I will have a good and happy life. My parents were a living example of that mentality as was the majority of my family. The ones I heard of that were not as…

  • Putin Won

    Putin Won

    Putin does not need to invade Ukraine to get what he wants. He’s already won. For weeks running into months now, the Russian president has kept NATO countries on edge, all waiting to see what his next move will be, all ready to drop everything and whizz into diplomatic meetings like dogs waiting to be…

  • Beware of Abela bearing gifts

    Beware of Abela bearing gifts

    “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts”. An English phrase referencing the ancient story of the Sack of Troy, when during the Trojan War, the Greeks faked a truce by giving the city of Troy a massive wooden horse, which, after the Trojans got black out drunk celebrating, opened up to reveal Greek soldiers hiding inside, opening…

  • 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…

  • Counter: A culture propagating femicide and misogyny

    Counter: A culture propagating femicide and misogyny

    A reply to last week’s opinion article, one might ask, have we mistaken administrative failures for cultural ones?

  • 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…

  • A culture propagating femicide and misogyny

    A culture propagating femicide and misogyny

    Paulina Dembska is not the first to suffer such injustice, and unfortunately, she will most certainly not be the last.

  • 2021 – A Year of Survival, Growth, & Coming Back to My Purpose

    Hello, my dear friends, It’s been a long while since I last posted something like this. An accompanying Instagram post will be coming up later, but there are a few things about this year that can’t be summed up in a caption. The Books and Media I’d like to shout out the books and media…

  • Exams should remain online for the sake of students’ health

    Exams should remain online for the sake of students’ health

    Examinations at the University of Malta shall proceed as intended – majorly in-person on campus. This decision has been taken despite the record-breaking surge in daily cases, despite the fact that online exams have been utilised in the past, and despite all student feedback. Online exams do not promote cheating, they snuff them out through…

  • Being Bored

    Being Bored

    Busy or Bored? The latter can be healthier, here’s why.