Author: Marvin Lee Dupree
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The Clash Of Simplicity
by Marvin Lee Dupree and Andie Sophia Fontaine
Ever since the global economic meltdown, a vitriolic tide of populism has arisen around the world to ensnare and beguile…
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Moral Stewards
by Árni Finnsson and Marvin Lee Dupree
Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson wrote a piece in the Grapevine on July 2, arguing the case for sustainable whaling. He…
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Pour Out Thy Wrath
“The compulsory transfer of the Arabs from the valleys of the proposed Jewish state could give us something which we…
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I Am Curious (Yellow)
I recall reading an interesting tale from an old, crusty book a couple of years ago. The author was an…
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The Silver Spoon Revolution
After the events of the past few days, it is hard not to think of Goya’s painting of Saturn Devouring…
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Big Business vs. Icelandic
Last month, the board of Reykjavík Energy, a publicly owned company that supplies Reykjavík citizens with energy, accepted a merger…
One Little Nigger
“We never [were] niggers, that is a word used to describe our own wretchedness. And we perpetuate it now.”(1) Who…
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Awakening the Couch Potatoes
In retrospect Iceland has never lacked activism, and many prideful moments of Icelandic history are examples of social disobedience. In…
Fight for Your Right to Party: Fight Club
Political discourse is the same universal language, full of silly fights and childish talk, just like an enormous kiddie sandbox….
“Translating” the “News”
Here in Iceland there is a phenomenon called ‘gúrkutíð’, which if translated directly from Icelandic means ‘cucumber season’. Every summer…
A Peter Parker Conforms: “The Truth Is Out There?”
A great philosopher once said in a rather cryptic manner that nothing changes; one could say that our naked, tame…
My Opinion
A French poet once wrote “A gray city, sad as a tombstone with chrysanthemums”. To be honest, these words might…
Down and Out in Alcoa(Alcan)land!
At the time of this writing, I have just witnessed a weekend of utter beauty. My enthusiasm for the solstice…
How Not to be Icelandic
There are few things more exhilarating than visiting a foreign country for the first time, that liberating spark of childlike…
L’Étranger in downtown Reykjavík: “Waiting In Line Is For Pussies”
Ever since I was a child here in Iceland, I have been a silent spectator of my own “strangeness”. Due…
To be Green or not to be Green
I remember when being Green, or whatever it is called nowadays, was generally referred to as being: an environmentalist, a…
Be my Valentine “Lost”
One of the worst things you can go through is an anti-climax, because it is important enough to make you…
The Fisherman’s Burden – too many fish in the sea?
After reading a recent Liberal Party advertisement in the papers, shockingly not a joke despite being printed on the first…
No Love for Porn!
One of Iceland’s main selling points has always been “purity”, a trait on which Icelandair has capitalized with the tantalizing…