Trump's map treats allies like provinces, eroding US leadership
There is a difference between a man making a joke and a President signaling a shift in the global order.
By Grant Colby ·
iceland — Lorien Times
Thorgerdur Gunnarsdóttir ignores Iceland's need for self-governance
The perennial temptation of any small, prosperous nation is to trade its hard-won particularity for the comforting blanket of belonging.
By Caroline Ashford ·
Trump and Brussels distract Iceland from its own sovereign arithmetic
The debate unfolding in Iceland is not about economics; it is about the architecture of power.
By Emilio Quesada ·
Partial lunar eclipse August 2026 — Where will it be visible from?
We are, it seems, perpetually under the spell of the spectacular.
By Elena Rossi ·
Arcos de las Salinas crowd shows passive awe instead of civic debate
The sheer logistics of it—the record 31 cruise ships off Iceland’s coast; the estimated six million people expected to traverse Spain's path of totality; the traffic jams reported…
By Elena Rossi ·
Eclipse across Europe proves shared spectacle beats state power
The sheer volume of people drawn together by a celestial alignment—a cosmic accident that temporarily suspends the normal rhythm of life—is always fascinating.
By Emilio Quesada ·
The most dramatic meteor shower of the summer peaks the day of a solar eclipse
The universe, I suppose, has a profound sense of dramatic timing.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Al Jazeera and Euronews ignore job stability for American payrolls
The world has fixed its attention on August 12, 2026. A solar eclipse is coming—a massive celestial show that will blot out the sun for as long as two minutes and eighteen seconds in some places.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
August’s total solar eclipse will sweep over Spain, Iceland and Greenland
The sheer spectacle of a total solar eclipse—the sudden descent into daytime darkness, followed by the ethereal corona—is fundamentally humbling.
By Dana Whitfield ·