Most Annoying Christmas Song Of The Month
Whatever good you can say about Christmas, it seldom inspires great songwriting. There might be exceptions, but in general your typical Christmas song is either repetitive, hokey,
ICELAND’S HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM – AND SOME VERY SIMPLE SOLUTIONS
Consider the numbers. It is estimated that there are between 40 and 50 “literally homeless” (people living on the street) in Iceland, with somewhere between 80 and 100 people i
can jesus, allah and science coexist?
by Valur Gunnarsson TAKE 1: The Vikings “In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.” Easily the best opening line in history. Better than Dickens’ &#
The Burning Issue
Originally penned sometime around 1280 and apparently based loosely on factual events, with a good dose of fictional narrative thrown in, Njáls Saga is the most involved of many m
WHY THE BUSH REGIME WILL BOMB IRAQ BUT NEVER BAN ABORTION
Strong words, perhaps: “the death of democracy”? But this was surely the last real election we’ll ever have. People will still vote, of course, but they will have no real [&h
…BUT WHO WILL BECOME AMERICA´S NEXT TOP MODEL?
Media-and telecom specialist Elfa Ýr Gylfadóttir argued that it was time for consumers to ask themselves how much they were ready to pay for a diverse television system since, be
Letters
I love your paper – read the August issue and then kept the October one. When I got home I showed it to a friend whose friend was one of […]
Anti-War Protestors Buy New York Times Ad
They were joining writers Andri Snær Magnason and Hallgrímur Helgason, singer Bubbi Morthens who sang his anti-war song “Fastur liður” and a host of others in opposing the g
NOT TRYING TO FOOL ANYONE
Donald Trump has made it perfectly clear that the singular goal for his entire life has been to amass and maintain a fortune. Plain and simple. You will never hear […]
BUBBI, ELVIS AND JUDAS
Bubbi’s career is in many ways parallel to that of Elvis’; he started out as a rebel the likes of which we had never seen before and reached heights in […]
How to Enforce Your New European Rights
Politicians all around the world are usually very skilled in making headlines by announcing statements that do no create formal rights or procedures in practice. Strangely enough,
True Hijacking
“With the might of God on our side we will triumph over Iraq. God will watch over our troops and grant us a victory over the threat of Saddam’s army. […]
“THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION IS A JOKE.” A Teacher Speaks Her Mind
A lot has been written about the two month long strike in Icelandic schools that has just come to an end. Every day new articles appear in the papers concerning […]
If Christians read the Bible…
I was lucky enough to not to be baptised in infancy. My parents felt that this was a decision I had to make myself later in life. Perhaps it was […]
GLAMÚR: Is Fashion the New Punk?
One of the latest and most interesting additions to this wave of new designer shops is Glamúr. Located in the basement of a building on Skólavörðustígur, this shop has managed
Does mouth tobacco Turn you Into a sexual Tyrannosaurus?
People who know little about using “mouth tobacco” in the U.S. refer to all of it as “chew.” Chew or chewing tobacco consists of tender shredded leaves soaked in various [&
Giving the whole story
The scene described is from Jehane Noujaim’s documentary Control Room, about the political problems Qatari news network Al-Jazeera faced covering the war in Iraq. One is left wit
MAKING HISTORY:
Acting on an election promise to further equality, Zapatero began by breaking the European political mould by appointing 50% of his cabinet portfolios to women. In a recent intervi
THE ICELANDIC COMEDY SCENE:- a Conversation
E: Good afternoon Eyvindur. M: Hello myself. E: How long have I been doing stand-up comedy? M: Professionally for about four months, but I’ve been doing a few bits here […
The Struggle for New Iceland
by Valur Gunnarsson TAKE 1: The Vikings Relations between North Americans and Icelanders did not get off to an auspicious start. The Icelanders came upon nine Native North American
Letters
Dear Sir This may seem a rather random e-mail, but I found in an internet search a piece of work done on Icelandic sheep herding by Kirstin Egekvist. I used […]