Being inquisitive, not the law, makes a good journalist
Saviour Balzan
Last Sunday was another political stunt like all the stunts we have seen in the past months from both political parties
Less hysteria on press reform
Josanne Cassar
It is imperative that the grey areas are removed, definitions are made crystal clear and all lingering doubts eliminated
With a flip, and a flop, and a flippety-flop...
Raphael Vassallo

Nobody can take the media seriously as a custodian of the public interest, if...

Nobody can take the media seriously as a custodian of the...

Stifling competition
Michael Falzon

Enemed takes advantage of its dominant position, especially with the fact that it is practically impossible for most other would-be competitors to have fuel...

Enemed takes advantage of its dominant position, especially...

‘Tutto il mondo è paese’
Saviour Balzan

It has always been the practice with politicians to shoot the messenger and forget about the message. And perhaps it has always been difficult for me and other...

It has always been the practice with politicians to shoot...

Strong men don’t have to put women down to feel powerful
Josanne Cassar

Women do not expect to walk into a pharmacy and have a mean-spirited man look...

Women do not expect to walk into a pharmacy and have a...

Educational investment, key for our economy
Evarist Bartolo

Providing the right tools for a better education is important because it...

Providing the right tools for a better education is...

When a settlement is not full and final
Malcolm Mifsud

A full and final settlement declaration does not mean that one cannot claim the balance of a claim due

A full and final settlement declaration does not mean that...

Shunning our history
Josanne Cassar

We can just about hold it together to discuss the 1960s, but the closer we verge towards the 70s and the Mintoff years, the more people lose their heads

We can just about hold it together to discuss the 1960s,...

Still living next door to Alice...
Raphael Vassallo

The moment party politics touches any issue, no matter how remotely, another form of logic immediately takes the upper hand

The moment party politics touches any issue, no matter how...

Shooting the messenger

It is a common tactic to respond to politically turbulent press stories by simply attacking or undermining the medium that printed them

It is a common tactic to respond to politically...

Patriotism revisited
Michael Falzon

What was once considered as a good anti-Imperialist policy no longer holds water in this day and age

What was once considered as a good anti-Imperialist policy...

Mosques shouldn’t become an ideological battleground
Frank Psaila

Respect for secular values is not an excuse to deny the local Muslim...

Respect for secular values is not an excuse to deny...

An affront to women’s rights

The compromise on the morning after pill may be convenient for a political class that doesn’t seem interested in the plight of the people affected...

The compromise on the morning after pill may be...

You think today’s traffic is bad? Just you wait...
Raphael Vassallo

All governments have embarked on a foolish, uncontrolled and unplanned...

All governments have embarked on a foolish, uncontrolled...

Good for the goose, good for the gander
Saviour Balzan

Journalists might not be the ones to change the world, but our job is to publish the truth

Journalists might not be the ones to change the world, but...

I know what you did last night
Josanne Cassar

If we are going to allow doctors to be the morality police over women’s sexuality then we are no better than any other country which tries to control its...

If we are going to allow doctors to be the morality police...

Cartoon: 9 October 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

What is clear does not need any interpretation
Malcolm Mifsud

The change of President takes place every five years and ‘an exceptional...

The change of President takes place every five years and...

Time is running out for Air Malta

The Prime Minister is right to hold out for a deal which is more beneficial for Air Malta, especially if the Alitalia agreement would have reduced Air Malta to...

The Prime Minister is right to hold out for a deal which is...