Earth Day still focused on immoral climate crusade

Today is Earth Day, an event that has been almost entirely hijacked by the ridiculous and dangerous climate change movement. "Climate" appears a total of 10 times on the earthday.org home page and 15 time on the subpage for this year's event. The first action item on the Greenpeace USA home page is...

Post Corona Blues

Like many husbands I have a pretty small suitcase. Well, small, anyway. All the better in this day and age, I hear you...

Barcelona, a step backward

I could start with the pandemic parenthesis that is hitting us at the moment. I could unleash indignation in the face of...

The new Parlament

This week the bankrupt investiture of Pere Aragones brought the new Catalan Parliament to the fore. I refer to this...

Barcelona is burning

Coalition government. Coalition society. Scratches that day by day are widening the gap between people who, some...

Environmentalists should hope for quick economic rebound

We are seeing significant pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions as a result of the economic slowdown...

8M Barcelona: The day working women stop the world

Photo credit and copyright, Juli Iturralde The day began in Barcelona on the eve of the 8M, with the traditional march...

The Only Opposition Venezuela's Government Cannot Get Rid of Is Reality

As Venezuela faces its most chaotic situation in its 216-years of history, both government and opposition prepare for...

Bahar Mustafa and hate speech

In Germany, there is little tolerance of intolerance. That may come as a surprise to some, namely those who are ignorant...

Germany Surf Paradise?

The title alone is an eyebrow elevator for anyone who hasn't stepped foot in the asparagus epicentre of Europe (Germany...

Spitz saves '72 and more

Being a child of the mid-sixties, most of my first real memories came to me in the early 1970s, with the exception of the...

A Summer of Sport

First of all, a very warm welcome to the first print edition of The Munich Times. We take a look back on an exciting Euro...

Lovell's Lowdown

I used to have the (dubious) pleasure of living next to Bayern Munich's training grounds. I say dubious because there is...

The week in review: 14.05-20.05 A thud, a whack, a strike and a blast

What a week it was. It started out with so much promise for the inhabitants of Munich and then it just went thud. Bastian...

El rollo of Albert Royo

The former secretary-general of Diplocat, Albert Royo, has been cut off. He is no longer this wizard of Catalan diplomacy...

The end of one alarm. The beginning of another?

This moment was desired for so long that I am not in a position to understand whether or not we are ready for the next...

Fly little pigeon - The migrant generation

Immigration, a key element in the 20th-century working-class context of an underdeveloped world, persists to this day...

The forgotten ones

I saw her through the glass. It's true that I passed by very quickly, engrossed in my thoughts, but her simple and...

Searching the perspective of a future

"Speaking without perspective is like looking through a keyhole. You see the other side, but only halfway". One year on...

Do androids dream with electric sheeps?

It is not so disturbing that robots resemble human beings; the scary thing is that it is the other way around. Perfect...

The art of discrimination

In spite of the times we live in, it is not difficult to find a society, and all those that fit within each of them,...

EU faces uncertainty as Brexit and pandemic hit hard

As 2020 draws to a close, the EU unknowingly teeters on the brink. After a year of disastrous political posturing and...

Extinction Rebellion, more hindrance than help

As Extinction Rebellion (XR) takes to the streets of various capital cities around the world, one can't help but wonder on...

Mainstream Media and the Shameless Manipulation of Women

Over a year ago, Donald Trump was elected as the latest US president, in a surprise result which hit the mainstream media...

Solution to the Stalemate in Kashmir

The Kashmir region in India is perpetually in the news because of the violence and anti-Indian agitation of the local...

Shamelessly Corrupt and Incompetent Pakistan

The recent incident involving kidnapping and the subsequent killing of two Chinese citizens during June in Pakistan is...

India is not a democracy but 'demon-o-cracy'

India as per its constitution, is a secular nation but secularism has been blatantly misused by the majority of political...

Indian Patriotism on Display

The Supreme Court of India came up with a ruling in November 2016 that all cinema halls in India shall play the national...

Crafting cost-effective policies against climate change

The Earth's Climate is changing. There is now one-fifth more carbon in the atmosphere than there was in 2000 and there few...

German should be easier than French, but is it?

"French is prettier than German" Or "It's the language of love". "It's melodic, less harsh". "French is easier"....

Don't Blame Germany

After attending an academic conference in 2011, I and my friend were on vacation in Miami, Florida. One evening we drove...

Lost in a Bavarian Laundrette

I thought I had quite a good grasp of German. Until I moved to Munich, that is. I had spent months diligently copying...

Organ donation: to opt-in or opt-out

Timothy Potenz asks you whether you think Germans should have to register to become organ donors, or the other way...

Wise and focused leaders cannot give away forests!

I saw a young boy driving a huge horse along a narrow path directing it whenever it tried to turn around. I asked myself,...

Lovell's Lowdown

Sports fans worldwide, not just in Great Britain, should be freely able to revel in Bradley Wiggins' stunning success in...

Lovell's Lowdown

Only a few days into the 2012 Olympics and the first cases of doping have already hit the headlines - a gymnast from...

The Energy Conundrum and the EU

The EU went down the path of a single common currency with the hope of progressing to full political and economic...

Facebook, Twitter and Co.

I love Fridays. I really do. Not for the reasons you might assume. It's media-related - my reason. I really enjoy the...

Prawn sandwich brigade descends on Munich

The biggest game of the European club calendar is finally upon us with tickets for the clash at the Allianz Arena like...

Church, State and Media Empires Get Buzzed

Social media is finding its voice and redefining the pecking order in global power institutions. Michael Comte, a...