What happens when we let the authorities – medical or otherwise – define what constitutes ‘proper’ food?

The Skinny: No. 49 • Crisps!

Shedding crocodile tears over a programme many loved to hate

Josanne Cassar

Those who are gnashing their teeth and wringing their hands over the end of the Xarabank era should be honest and ask themselves when was the last time they actually watched the...

Saviour Balzan

Despite social distancing measures aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, many keep meeting with family and friends

Despite social distancing measures aimed at limiting the...

Saviour Balzan

Obviously at a distance, the fact that he is not a pedigree Nationalist but the son of former Labour politician, means this lad has...

Obviously at a distance, the fact that he is...

Enough with calling them ‘vulnerable’ – how about we treat senior citizens with dignity?

Josanne Cassar

Malta has managed the crisis well… but at a cost

It's been ages since Malta has unsettled the powers that be in...

It's been ages since Malta has unsettled the powers...

No need to ask for premises to be vacated, immediately after Court auction

Malcolm Mifsud

When a property is purchased by court auction, there is no need that the eviction of the property takes place before or immediately after it is purchased

When a property is purchased by court auction, there is no...

So... are there penalties for not wearing face-masks, or not?

Raphael Vassallo

Given all the excellent work carried out by the same Superintendence of Public...

Given all the excellent work carried out by the same...

‘Artfully arranged plants don’t have to follow social distancing rules!’

The Skinny | No. 33 | The Valletta Green Festival 2020

Giving privacy a bad name | Mireille Caruana

What is of utmost importance is transparency and accountability: the detailed...

What is of utmost importance is transparency and...

It is also undeniable that this barrage of inflammatory hate-speech is at its most severe when the topic of discussion is migration: revealing a level of...

It is also undeniable that this barrage of inflammatory...

I challenge Abela to publish the secret Vitals-Steward agreements

Adrian Delia

I challenge Prime Minister Abela to publish this secret agreement and the legal...

I challenge Prime Minister Abela to publish this secret...

Science should guide all our health policies... including abortion

Raphael Vassallo

Our total abortion ban is no less dangerous or unhinged (or even idiotic, for...

Our total abortion ban is no less dangerous or unhinged (or...

Saviour Balzan

Politics needs people like Evarist Bartolo; his party needs him, warts and all

Politics needs people like Evarist Bartolo; his party needs...

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Michael Falzon

Instead of chiding its contractors for not doing their homework properly before accepting contracts that involved huge amounts of excavation waste,...

Instead of chiding its contractors for not doing their...