If we want ‘faster justice’… we have to invest in it a little, too

Raphael Vassallo

Simply put: if you want a system – any system – to operate faster and more efficiently… sooner or later, you’re going to have to invest a little money...

For every unmarried mother there’s usually an unmarried father

Josanne Cassar

If the point is for society to pass self-righteous judgement on these single mothers, surely, we have more than enough of that already

Emergency contraception: our women’s needs are paramount | Rosianne Cutajar

Rosianne Cutajar • I have little patience for prejudice and the peddling of pointless fear in this country. There is nothing shameful about sex, and...

Rosianne Cutajar • I have little patience for...

This year more women have lost their jobs, becoming financially dependent on their partner, and restrictive measures have locked many women in with their...

This year more women have lost their jobs, becoming...

It’s interesting how Malta’s bodybuilder PM is actually quite a queen at heart

The Skinny | No. 62 – The Great Robert-Roberta Impasse

Michael Falzon

How to tackle this problem is also a political issue – and the Opposition has the duty and every right to criticize any political decision made by the...

How to tackle this problem is also a political issue...

Raphael Vassallo

If we are going to dispense with the need for evidence, as a prerequisite for a...

If we are going to dispense with the need for evidence, as...

Inside the Bermuda Triangle of Corradino

Saviour Balzan

Beyond the recriminations, there is a bubble waiting to burst inside Corradino Correction Facility

Beyond the recriminations, there is a bubble waiting...

Stop blaming children for the behaviour of sexual predators

Josanne Cassar

When it comes to young children who have been exposed to sex, we must also be...

When it comes to young children who have been exposed to...

Though not immediately related to any of the previous prison fatalities – most of which took place on Alexander Dalli’s watch – the attitude...

Though not immediately related to any of the previous...

Those who are not entitled to social benefits should refund

Malcolm Mifsud

Those individuals who have been given social benefits but then discovered that...

Those individuals who have been given social benefits but...

Coronavirus: compliance with controls will fall over the winter holidays

The Conversation

Sheheryar Banuri • In the upcoming holidays we face a different problem: the effects our behaviour has on one another – or what we call social norms

Sheheryar Banuri • In the upcoming holidays we face a...

If cannabis is ‘bad for your health’... what’s prison?

Raphael Vassallo

I can safely say 100% certainty that the prison experience must have caused...

I can safely say 100% certainty that the prison experience...

Political tribalism is no substitute for common courtesy

A substantial chunk of the Maltese electorate no longer identifies with a...

A substantial chunk of the Maltese electorate no...

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We do not have the carrying capacity to take in more irregular migrants and...

We do not have the carrying capacity to take in more...

CAP reform: enemy of the European Green Deal

Ralph Cassar

The new CAP favours huge agro-industrial interests, and so continues to...

The new CAP favours huge agro-industrial interests, and so...

If the Baby Jesus is not appeased during this shameless spend-fest, His wrath will be catastrophic

No. 61 – Christmas Cheer at the Capital: Pandemic Edition

No. 61 – Christmas Cheer at the Capital:...

Edwin Vassallo may be a ‘dinosaur’… but he is not quite ‘extinct’ yet

Raphael Vassallo

Perhaps we should thank the likes of Edwin Vassallo for so graphically reminding us that the ‘struggle for equality’ is actually very far...

Perhaps we should thank the likes of Edwin...

Michael Falzon

One cannot forget that until his term expires on January 20, Trump remains the commander-in-chief, whose orders must be obeyed if they’re lawful

One cannot forget that until his term expires on January...

SLAPPs are silencing hundreds of journalists in Europe: we need an EU law

For every journalist or activist threatened with violence in Europe, a hundred more are silenced discreetly by letters sent by law firms, perverting laws meant...

For every journalist or activist threatened with violence...