Reply to Tonio Fenech: we need mature reflection in the face of ethical dilemmas
On abortion, assuming that everyone will simply choose whatever suits him or her without considering the full picture, betrays the lack of moral standards we believe we have
Football: the only game you can win without playing...
Raphael Vassallo
This week, I also discovered that football is a game you can win without even playing. Which also makes it an automatic licence to party like there’s no tomorrow…...
The institutional rot still runs deep

Like the rotten fish of the Maltese idiom, the stench must be addressed at its head. Without strong moral leadership there can be no revolution inside the...

Like the rotten fish of the Maltese idiom, the stench must...

No prescription among co-debtors
Malcolm Mifsud

When a co-debtor pays the debtor, the other debtor cannot raise the plea of prescription, in order to refund his share of the debt

When a co-debtor pays the debtor, the other debtor cannot...

People at the top decided to rewrite the rules
Josanne Cassar

What intrigued me about this documentary was the clash of two very different...

What intrigued me about this documentary was the clash of...

17 blue heroes, standing on a wall...
Raphael Vassallo

They never once challenged him for the leadership themselves; nor have they ever availed of their presumed majority in Parliament to strip him of the title of...

They never once challenged him for the leadership...

The die is cast...

The risks of a prolonged war of attrition within the ranks of the party could be very damaging, if not fatal. And as party grassroots move to take sides in...

The risks of a prolonged war of attrition within the ranks...

I can see how such a pandemic can lead to racist attitudes towards the Chinese...

The Skinny | No 22. Coronavirus

The Skinny | No 22. Coronavirus

Chantelle was stabbed by Justin… and our cultural and social welfare deficits | Maria Brown

Expecting people to unlearn our galvanised gender stereotypes – just because relevant authorities argue that these are politically or morally incorrect...

Expecting people to unlearn our galvanised gender...

‘Barra, Barra!’ is not an end in itself
Raphael Vassallo

All these years later, we tend to forget that Fenech Adami – when still...

All these years later, we tend to forget that Fenech Adami...

Police force... police farce
Michael Falzon

Passing the buck, instead of taking action, is the slightest abuse that one can think of

Passing the buck, instead of taking action, is the...

Delia is delusional. He cannot rebuild the PN
Saviour Balzan

Delia has no credibility and no chance in hell of rebuilding the party. He...

Delia has no credibility and no chance in hell of...

Highlighting the rubbish problem... by using rubbish
Josanne Cassar

It is clear she has hit a raw nerve: obviously, no one likes to have the worst...

It is clear she has hit a raw nerve: obviously, no one...

The Palestinians are in a tough spot... and the Democratic primaries are off to a bad start
Matthew Bugeja

January felt like a long month for most following global news

January felt like a long month for most following global...

Grandparents have a juridical interest to request access to grandchildren
Malcolm Mifsud

EU legislation has interpreted the right to family life in its widest sense and allows Courts to examine whether it is in the children’s best interest to...

EU legislation has interpreted the right to family life in...

Would it make it any better if women killed men too?
Josanne Cassar

If we cannot mourn the death of a woman still in her prime who was callously...

If we cannot mourn the death of a woman still in her prime...

There is no such thing  as a ‘crime of passion’
Raphael Vassallo

There have been no fewer than 31 cases of femicide since 1978; and while they...

There have been no fewer than 31 cases of femicide since...

Konrad Mizzi: He’s not a politician’s politician, let’s put it that way

The Skinny | No 20. Konrad Mizzi

The Skinny | No 20. Konrad Mizzi

Bad news for democracy

To function properly, any democracy requires a healthy counterbalance between Government and Opposition: more so in a context like Malta’s Parliamentary...

To function properly, any democracy requires a healthy...

Sexual harassment at work: a tough row to hoe | Renée Laiviera

In order to control such challenging behaviour all employers and...

In order to control such challenging behaviour all...