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Left-wing people seem to be more sensible, even more intelligent, in their political choices than the majority of the leaders of left-wing parties. Opinion by São José Almeida.

It's not for nothing that dictators hate artists. Perhaps art, or the kind of art that deserves the name, is a weapon capable of killing not the fascists themselves, but the fascist ideology. Opinion by Fernanda Hamann

Words are means of transport. They are lorries. We never know what they will carry. I think of the meanings of each word as if they were the cargo of a lorry. Column by Miguel Esteves Cardoso


Reactions to the situation in Venezuela and Greenland undermine Western cohesion and illustrate that the left wants European decline, relying here on the Socialist Party (PS) and the other parties.

Among the eleven candidates, he will always be the last choice. And when only he remains, I will abstain.

Does fate catch the fugitive around the very first corner, or is there no escape from fascism in this miserable chapter of history? Opinion by Maria Giulia Pinheiro

History is cruel, but it is not useless. It creates a common destiny, albeit unequally. Opinion by Elísio Macamo.

Ventura is a talker, the sort who runs at the first shot. In a theatre of valleys and mountains like Afghanistan, he would be at the base doing the paperwork.

There is a candidate offering the supposedly secure panacea of pacts as the solution to the Portuguese people's problems; almost certainly one pact will be missing, leaving us exactly where we are. Opinion by Fernando de Melo Gomes

If any reader wants to know who I'll be voting for next Sunday, I have no problem explaining my method of choice. Opinion by João Miguel Tavares

Why did time insist on overtaking me? Column by Inês Meneses

I don't know which will be the coldest and darkest day of this winter, but there is a hope, however crazy it may be, that it has already passed. Column by Miguel Esteves Cardoso

For those who work on the history of the dictatorship and consult many original documents, this is a widespread and distressing reality for those who confront it. Opinion by José Pacheco Pereira

Older people who didn't lose heart are far stronger than young people who were never challenged to lose heart. They are not just survivors. They are winners. Column by Miguel Esteves Cardoso.

In recent years nothing has improved in the so-called “new orthography”. Calling it “good” is like taking a toxic medicine merely to follow the prescription. Opinion piece by Nuno Pacheco.

What sort of blindness allows you to ignore the 75 people who died and focus on the two clowns, Trump and Maduro? Column by Miguel Esteves Cardoso

INTERVIEW, PART 1 || Today we have created a society in which falsehood itself 'becomes a modern lie' — and even now liars 'believe that their lie is the truth'. This is what a philosopher says, and from that razor-sharp remark he unfolds a map of the present (and what lies ahead) without embellishment: a world in which we invent and deploy technology faster than we can govern it, a Europe that was born as a political promise of peace and that so often became a machine of rules, wars that reshuffle alliances and spread shocks, the climate as a limit.

In this analytical opinion piece Miguel Esteves Cardoso contends that our bodies often cope and recover on their own. He examines tendencies to overreact and overmedicalise everyday symptoms, arguing for measured self-care, patience and perspective—an approach especially pertinent to expatriates adjusting to different health norms.

They are not gifts, nor are they necessarily recent editions, but they are the books that, for mysterious reasons known only to themselves, chose to be read during the year that is now ending. Opinion piece by Pedro Norton

One of the most persistent traits in our people, from top to bottom and among both the poor and the rich, is the prevalence of behaviours that conform to each person's social position. Opinion piece by José Pacheco Pereira

O Candidato Vieira is an artistic political intervention in which burlesque serves to make us question ourselves. Opinion piece by Susana Peralta

The debates (which attracted a large audience), Gouveia e Melo (who confused voters) and the President of the Republic (who is seeking the limelight) are the Good, the Bad and the Villain.

