Mental health is a social, not just personal issue

Society can never aim to be perfect but it should at least strive to be more just, more inclusive, and better prepared to help people who need professional and structural support

A very Maltese ‘presepju’...

Raphael Vassallo

Just take out all the fancy backdrops, and stick in a few walls of grey concrete and some steel shaft-like structures and there you have it - the Maltese presepju, as it really...

Taken in isolation the four towers may not have a dramatic impact; but if one, two or three other high-rises are approved in a locality which stands in the...

Taken in isolation the four towers may not have a dramatic...

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Michael Falzon

The intriguing question is not whether the pill causes an abortion but how the hell did the seemingly never-ending argument about it start in the first place

The intriguing question is not whether the pill causes an...

Where are Labour’s environmental credentials now?

Raphael Vassallo

It is not the repercussions of any individual project we now have to worry...

It is not the repercussions of any individual project we...

Josanne Cassar

Are high-rise towers plonked in the middle of an already crowded urban landscape which already cannot cope with the burden of basic infrastructure that has...

Are high-rise towers plonked in the middle of an already...

Saviour Balzan

This would mean revisiting the shameful policies which are allowing owners of land or derelict dwellings to construct new lavish homes in the countryside

This would mean revisiting the shameful policies which are...

Political silence on Townsquare has played into the hands of developers and Labour

Michael Briguglio

In the case of Townsquare what struck me most was the PN strategy, which played into the hands of the Gasan developers and the Labour government

In the case of Townsquare what struck me most was the PN...

Taken after fertilisation, the morning-after pill can be abortifacient indeed

Taken after fertilisation, the morning-after pill can be...

Our deadly roads claim too many victims. The grim stats must stop

Josanne Cassar

I think we have more than enough commemorative plaques in the memory of...

I think we have more than enough commemorative plaques in...

Raphael Vassallo

The PN must be the only political party in the world to reach its peak of hysterical belligerence, just at the time of year when most normal people...

The PN must be the only political party in the world to...

Joseph Muscat argued that the country’s success was built on his...

Joseph Muscat argued that the country’s success was...

Frank Psaila

The war on Iraq was a misconceived strategy that is in part to blame for the spread of Islamic militancy

The war on Iraq was a misconceived strategy that is in part...

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Josanne Cassar

Saviour Balzan

Evarist Bartolo

There are real grievances which demagogues have been able to cunningly exploit

There are real grievances which demagogues have been able...

The MaltaToday stand on euthanasia | A question of dignity

The way a society cares for its people, the way its healthcare succours its...

The way a society cares for its people, the way its...

Michael Falzon

Muscat must be plotting his strategy for the next 18 months – a strategy that will probably show him aiming at fulfilling those electoral promises that...

Muscat must be plotting his strategy for the next 18 months...

The ‘choice of evils’ argument doesn’t work

Raphael Vassallo

Inherent in Obama’s speech is exactly the sort of political tribalism we...

Inherent in Obama’s speech is exactly the sort of...

Saviour Balzan

So this week, we had a little bang at the Malta Freeport Corporation...

So this week, we had a little bang at the Malta Freeport...

Josanne Cassar

Despite the fact that there are times when I feel very disillusioned with politics and politicians in general, a great speaker still has the ability to lift my...

Despite the fact that there are times when I feel very...