William J. Furney, Author at Furney Times

October 28, 2021 Commentage

The Real Greek Tragedy: Ancient Beauty and Grim, Modern Despair

By William J. Furney If the gorgeous gods of ancient Greece could see how people in their beloved country that gave the world the essential freedom of democracy live now,

October 24, 2021 Commentary

It’s the Multiverse We Want Answers To, Not a Metaverse

By William J. Furney If we do end up destroying our planet — next month’s climate talking-shop in Scotland is hardly likely to arrest the devastating change under way, as

October 22, 2021 Reportage

Old Wounds Fester in Cyprus, Home to World’s Last Divided Capital

By William J. Furney Only the forenames of some people interviewed for this article have been used, to protect their identity in a politically sensitive place. It’s midnight on the

October 17, 2021 Commentage

The Dictatorship of Wokeism and Cancel Culture

By William J. Furney It’s a crisp Saturday morning in claustrophobic Central Athens and as I run past street stalls setting up for the day alongside buildings festooned in loud

October 12, 2021 Reportage / Travel

After Covid, An American Invasion of a Greek Party Island

By William J. Furney “Are all y’all bonding over there?” the bearded, hulking figure of an African-American bellows into his phone as I walk past him in a narrow and

October 4, 2021 Reportage

The Butchers of Nicosia

LETTER FROM CYPRUS By William J. Furney In the “ghetto” of Nicosia, as my local friend Alexandros describes it, there are many meat shops and barbers, all within a stone’s

September 26, 2021 Commentary

Grow Up! Chides Boris, as World Faces Climate Apocalypse

By William J. Furney His reference to a frog puppet may not exactly have been ribbiting, but Boris Johnson surely sent many people hopping mad with his lecture at the

September 25, 2021 Reportage

In Tourism-Devastated Bali, and Crowdfunding Your Way Out of Covid

SPECIAL REPORT By William J. Furney Bali’s main tourism industry was wiped out by Islamic terrorists’ bombs nearly two decades ago, but those repeated Al Qaeda-inspired attacks on tourists partying

September 19, 2021 Reportage

Blowing Your Top in the Canary Islands

By William J. Furney Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez decided to postpone his trip to the UN General Assembly in New York and head to the Canary Islands, the seven-isle

September 12, 2021 Travel

The Best Little Shop in the World

By William J. Furney The only store in the tiny village in Lanzarote I’ve been staying in for the last few weeks has little on its shelves. And what’s there