2020 showed us the State is our strongest line of defence

Lydia Abela

The pandemic made it clear that having good, well-resourced public services is key. What would have happened if our public health system was not free and did not have all the...

Gender quotas should be part of a holistic electoral reform

It is a pity, then, that yet another opportunity to kick-start this much-needed reform appears to have been missed

Ashamed to be Maltese; proud to support Bulgaria

Raphael Vassallo

All the ‘shame’ and ‘embarrassment’ people like Bernard...

All the ‘shame’ and ‘embarrassment’...

Is he a wrongly accused man, or a pathological liar?

Josanne Cassar

Was his downfall due to his very success and egomania which made him think he...

Was his downfall due to his very success and egomania which...

Saviour Balzan

Is politics just about this populist barrel-scraping race for votes? With a depressed economy and a changing world, values will start to become an important...

Is politics just about this populist barrel-scraping race...

Labour has concretised the popular perception of a government that is – almost literally, in this case – held at gun-point by a single...

Labour has concretised the popular perception of a...

No one should be given a license to discriminate | Renee Laiviera

The Equality Bill aims to ensure that individuals are not treated unfairly...

The Equality Bill aims to ensure that individuals are not...

Equality for all: we’ll overcome the language of hate | Rosianne Cutajar

It is high time that we move towards a nationwide debate on the nature of our public sphere itself — on how we speak to each other across different...

It is high time that we move towards a nationwide debate on...

There can only be one immigration policy: Robert Abela’s

Raphael Vassallo

Speaking only for myself… that is not something on which there should be...

Speaking only for myself… that is not something on...

Conscientious objection does not belong in the Equality Act | Chris Barbara

Will the government give in to pressure and compromise on equality, or will it stand on the right side of history with the most marginalised in our society and...

Will the government give in to pressure and compromise on...

'Full up' is no answer to the challenge of migration

It is in this sense that Government and Opposition should really join forces:...

It is in this sense that Government and Opposition should...

Michael Falzon

It seems that at the moment there is a combination of circumstances that has given the US a stronger hand in its dealings with Malta that has been accused of...

It seems that at the moment there is a combination of...

‘Winning by default’ is no longer an option

Raphael Vassallo

But no matter: even if the debate proved entirely useless when it came to...

But no matter: even if the debate proved entirely useless...

Herrera should have traded the Maltese shark tooth for one of Queen Victoria’s molars

The Skinny | No. 55 • Jose Herrera’s Misadventures in Historical Dental Recovery

The Skinny | No. 55 • Jose Herrera’s...

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Only the lonely: the tragedy of the elderly dying alone

Josanne Cassar

For all our talk about mental health awareness, surely it should be obvious...

For all our talk about mental health awareness, surely it...

Saviour Balzan

We need change, but more important than change, we need politicians with substance, men and women with ideology and moral standing, to stand and speak out...

We need change, but more important than change, we need...

Abela and his ministers should not hope our corruption problem might just go away... It will cost them dearly if they make inaction on rule of law and...

Abela and his ministers should not hope our corruption...

Court costs may be apportioned amongst the parties

Malcolm Mifsud

The Court may apportion the court costs of a case to both parties and not...

The Court may apportion the court costs of a case to both...

After the pandemic, those with a second language stand to gain | Mario Pace

Multilingualism is key for national and international collaboration as we emerge from an environment of quarantine and isolation

Multilingualism is key for national and international...

Given that the fetus is entirely dependent on the woman’s body to transform it into a full human being, the woman should be given the right to make such...

Given that the fetus is entirely dependent on the...