After all, there is a left
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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.
Catarina and the beauty of killing fascists
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
So, let us hurry
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
The left wants European decline
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.
Only those who are fanatically devoted to the PSD would vote for Marques Mendes
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Among the eleven candidates, he will always be the last choice. And when only he remains, I will abstain.
We who fled Bolsonaro and encountered Ventura
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
On the Usefulness of History
History is cruel, but it is not useless. It creates a common destiny, albeit unequally. Opinion by Elísio Macamo.
Whom would the Portuguese people like to have as a companion when crossing "a dark valley"?
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.
Looks attractive but not secure
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
Who will I vote for? I still don't know. I only know who I won't vote for
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
The Heart Still Beats. I Still Dance
Why did time insist on overtaking me? Column by Inês Meneses
On the way to Mindanau
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
The country of the Julianas and the Julianos
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
The powerful elderly
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.
Orthography again, or a Roman spear in the Gallic village
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.
The Trial of the Dead
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
Viriato Soromenho-Marques: 'The old lie was the one aimed at deceiving our adversary, but we knew what the truth was'
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.
Don't worry — it'll pass
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.
Return to Paradise: my kind of library for 2025
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
The cultural and social weight of being "at the top" or "at the bottom"
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
Let us not be small, but infinitely improbable
O Candidato Vieira is an artistic political intervention in which burlesque serves to make us question ourselves. Opinion piece by Susana Peralta
It's not worth it: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa doesn't change
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.
