Selling ourselves cheap
We cannot expect to exploit the poor and asylum seekers, or only seek to reap profit on the rich who set foot in Malta
Is there anybody out there?
Saviour Balzan
Looking back it strikes you hard that we have lost so very much. Today, the new firebrands that get assimilated by the political parties have little or no ideological...
Boat driver not at fault in diving accident
Malcolm Mifsud

The facts at play were common and as such the Magistrate’s conclusions...

The facts at play were common and as such the...

The anti-liberal backlash
Josanne Cassar

'I struggle to understand why being liberal presents such a problem. But it seems that if you simply live your own life without trying to impose your...

'I struggle to understand why being liberal presents...

Anger must be channelled, not ignored

Moderate political parties must rediscover their own raison d’etre: if they continue to ignore popular angst in favour of a corrupt establishment, we can...

Moderate political parties must rediscover their own raison...

Not just an economic conundrum
Angele Deguara

The arguments being used to vouch against raising the minimum wage are reminiscent of others that tend to be presented every time that any progressive...

The arguments being used to vouch against raising the...

We’re all ‘anti-establishment’ now...
Raphael Vassallo

There they both are - Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil - trying to exploit...

There they both are - Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil...

Cartoon: 16 November 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

The curious case of the footballer in Gozo
Anthony Buttigieg

It is time Malta and its government took a reality check. The increasing...

It is time Malta and its government took a reality check....

Supporting students to succeed
Evarist Bartolo

We believe in education and we will continue to devise as many ways as possible to help our students achieve to the best of their ability

We believe in education and we will continue to devise as...

Justice is not a game

The law cannot be seen to serve some defendants better than others, otherwise, we shall be left to conclude that justice is a game

The law cannot be seen to serve some defendants better than...

A coalition of cranes, planes and fossil fuels
Ralph Cassar

The PN took credit for the removal of stamp duty on properties in Gozo –...

The PN took credit for the removal of stamp duty on...

Malta’s political orphans
Michael Falzon

In their efforts to eat into the other party’s natural electorate, both parties are ending up abandoning the sectors that harbour their own traditional...

In their efforts to eat into the other party’s...

Paceville: Letter to Environment Committee MPs

Only Parliament has the power to ensure that any development projects are...

Only Parliament has the power to ensure that any...

Cardinal sin
Saviour Balzan

I must point out that all my defamation cases, like everybody else’s, are heard by the same magistrate - and this state of affairs is completely...

I must point out that all my defamation cases, like...

Deciphering Malta’s interest  in the US elections
Josanne Cassar

It is clear from those first photos with Obama, that Donald Trump is...

It is clear from those first photos with Obama, that Donald...

Cartoon: 13 November 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Trump victory comes with a silver lining for the world's progressives
Yanis Varoufakis

We are at a crossroads when change is inevitable, not just possible. To ensure...

We are at a crossroads when change is inevitable, not just...

Extra works must be paid for
Malcolm Mifsud

The Court of Appeal ruled that a contractor must be paid for extra works carried out

The Court of Appeal ruled that a contractor must be paid...

How Donald Trump used the media and the 'industry of outrage' to win the US Presidency
The Conversation

In the face of the Trump onslaught and the unrestrained outpourings of the outrage industry, this has seemed insipid and inadequate. But does an ethical media...

In the face of the Trump onslaught and the unrestrained...