The “anyone can do it” syndrome

Josanne Cassar

‘What has really struck me about all this, however, is that it points to a certain air of dismissiveness and lack of respect towards other people’s professions, and...

The divine comedy

Saviour Balzan

If you had to put the four candidates – Edwin Vassallo, David Agius, Arrigo and Bezzina – in a giant incubator to isolate their strengths rather than their weaknesses,...

Franco Debono for PN leader? Excellent idea!

Raphael Vassallo

What the PN needs now are good ideas. And Franco Debono is literally swimming...

What the PN needs now are good ideas. And Franco Debono is...

How social media skewed an election campaign

Josanne Cassar

On the eve of the election people were receiving warning messages and...

On the eve of the election people were receiving...

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

The PN should not rush into electing a new leadership but should instead give itself the necessary time to go through an intense soul-searching exercise

The PN should not rush into electing a new leadership but...

Raphael Vassallo

I would like to think it is not beyond our collective capabilities to come together and thrash out this national, endemic problem of ours. But we do have to...

I would like to think it is not beyond our collective...

This country needs a strong opposition to counter an administration that has had an unprecedented second landslide

This country needs a strong opposition to counter an...

Saviour Balzan

In this great charade, anybody who questioned the veracity of these stories was called a Joseph Muscat ass licker or a stooge of the State. No one was...

In this great charade, anybody who questioned the veracity...

Even this tense election had light moments

Josanne Cassar

There were the occasional moments when we still managed to muster a smile. And...

There were the occasional moments when we still managed to...

Evarist Bartolo

We have a common attribute – we are all Maltese and the government must continue to work hard to ensure that it governs for the whole people and continue...

We have a common attribute – we are all Maltese and...

Michael Falzon

I could not hope that in his second term, Muscat would raise the ethical standards of his performance and suddenly become a paladin of good and transparent...

I could not hope that in his second term, Muscat would...

Michael Falzon

I think that Muscat’s victory this time around will not be as big as that of 2013. In other words Muscat will be re-dimensioned

I think that Muscat’s victory this time around will...

Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan blogs: 'Most people were taken over by the two resounding messages: corruption and economy. And really from my point of view, neither of...

Saviour Balzan blogs: 'Most people were taken over by...

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Matthew Vella

To any of the two men who could be Prime Minister today, this newspaper augurs that enlightened leadership will guide his every action; that he will seek...

To any of the two men who could be Prime Minister today,...

Malcolm Mifsud

It is not sufficient for a witness to simply testify on a document if it is not produced in court

It is not sufficient for a witness to simply testify on a...

Trump’s trip and an American-European split

Matthew Bugeja

By leaving the global system to its own devices, Trump will not do himself, or...

By leaving the global system to its own devices, Trump will...

Simon Busuttil cannot be trusted on Gozo

Joe Cordina recalls that Simon Busuttil was not able to convince the Commission that Gozo should get regional status at a time when we were acceding – a...

Joe Cordina recalls that Simon Busuttil was not able to...

I vote clean, and that means neither PN nor PL

Ralph Cassar

AD candidate Ralph Cassar says that Labour will not get his vote, nor will the...

AD candidate Ralph Cassar says that Labour will not get his...

PN candidate Mark Azzopardi writes: Like a desperate pop star trying to cling on to the charts, after a humiliating first tour, he [Muscat] is trying to use...

PN candidate Mark Azzopardi writes: Like a desperate pop...