Hatred is ultimately linked to ignorance
Josanne Cassar
Those applauding Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric do not see beyond his anti-immigrant rhetoric and fail to connect the dots that his hate speech is potentially dangerous for...
If ‘sex sells’, it should be regulated
In recent years there has been a spate of suicides associated with the failure to live up to this unrealistic physical ideal: overwhelmingly, the victims have been young...
‘The Holocaust never happened’

David Pollina • Society needs the holocaust deniers. Not because they have a historically valid argument, but because they force the rest of us to...

David Pollina • Society needs the holocaust deniers....

A Twitter comment that says it all
Leo Brincat

Paris was a ground-breaker because we set out to craft the enduring framework that would attract the most ambitious action from the widest possible set of...

Paris was a ground-breaker because we set out to craft the...

Storm in a teacup
Carmel Vassallo

Our political and religious gatekeepers need to wake up and smell the coffee. It is not Muslims in Europe who need more tolerance

Our political and religious gatekeepers need to wake up and...

Lands reform must be transparent

Transparency and accountability should be a higher priority for the Lands Department than other, less sensitive sectors.

Transparency and accountability should be a higher priority...

Twixt green and clean
Michael Falzon

While concern about the environment dropped, in the last four months there was a substantial increase in concerns regarding buses and corruption. This says it...

While concern about the environment dropped, in the last...

€12,000 on Tribali is money well spent
Raphael Vassallo

When it emerged that Tribali were engaged to perform at a national festivity for €12,000, some people reacted as if it were some sort of scandal

When it emerged that Tribali were engaged to perform at a...

Cartoon: 31 January 2016

Mark Scicluna's take on patriots and their ham sandwich stunt

Mark Scicluna's take on patriots and their ham sandwich...

Letters: 31 January 2016
Yale, Michael and hate
Saviour Balzan

This week was the incredible week of Yale University, which came out with the implausible story that Malta ranked 9th of all countries in the world when it...

This week was the incredible week of Yale University, which...

The rights of children
Josanne Cassar

Women need to understand that when they decide to have a baby, especially with someone in a foreign country, they are basically tying their future to that man...

Women need to understand that when they decide to have a...

Fear is the real threat to the ‘Maltese identity’
Jurgen Balzan

The biggest threat to the ‘Maltese identity’ is the scaremongering...

The biggest threat to the ‘Maltese identity’ is...

Fekruna expropriation had a public purpose

"Did the Xemxija expropriation process involve any politician meeting any...

"Did the Xemxija expropriation process involve any...

Wife responsible for breakup of marriage following a one-way trip
Malcolm Mifsud

A wife's 'holiday' turned into a permanent relocation to Ethiopia...

A wife's 'holiday' turned into a permanent...

The wisdom not to speak

This week, Busuttil lashed out at a ‘Mafia in Castille’, and dubbed the NAO audit into the Gaffarena expropriation order as ‘a Mafia...

This week, Busuttil lashed out at a ‘Mafia in...

Je suis Emmy…
Raphael Vassallo

How is it even possible, that a State regulator which routinely ignores core aspects of its Constitutional mandate suddenly kicks into action only when faced...

How is it even possible, that a State regulator which...

Cartoon: 27 January 2016

The uphill struggle for Joseph Muscat

The uphill struggle for Joseph Muscat

Why bully? Be helpful
Evarist Bartolo

Fostering kindness has been highly effective in creating empathetic school populations that are less likely to partake in bullying behaviour

Fostering kindness has been highly effective in creating...

Sources are sacred. But so are facts
Matthew Vella

Libel lawsuits cannot be determined by attempts to discredit journalists by forcing them to reveal their sources.The courts consider all evidence ...

Libel lawsuits cannot be determined by attempts to...