Cartoon: 3 August 2016

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Matters of life and death

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

Roberta Metsola

It was the longest day I remember in Brussels. Everyone was on a knife edge waiting for the next attack. But while people were scared and concerned, there was...

It was the longest day I remember in Brussels. Everyone was...

Evarist Bartolo

A life dedicated to serving others, mainly the most vulnerable, is Guze Ellul Mercer's legacy and should still be an inspiration to us who believe in...

A life dedicated to serving others, mainly the most...

‘Personality cults’ only work with personalities

Raphael Vassallo

I hate to say it, but this too looks like it will end in tears. The ‘cult...

I hate to say it, but this too looks like it will end in...

Malta’s political parties often seem content with a status quo that no longer suffices to placate an increasingly demanding and independent-minded public

Malta’s political parties often seem content with a...

Michael Falzon

The mess created in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq and its ‘liberation’ from Saddam Hussein spawned Isis – or Daesh, its proper name...

The mess created in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq...

Saviour Balzan

Cabu, whom French film-maker Jean-Luc Godard described as the “the best journalist in France”, was killed in 2015 in Paris aged 76

Cabu, whom French film-maker Jean-Luc Godard described as...

Damages arise when a co-owner excludes another co-owner

Malcolm Mifsud

Co-owners cannot occupy common property and take the fruits of that property...

Co-owners cannot occupy common property and take the fruits...

Josanne Cassar

While there are many who are openly disgusted by the behaviour of the Labour government, will that disgust manifest itself into a vote for a third party in...

While there are many who are openly disgusted by the...

Gay marriage: another opinion of political convenience

There is a paradox, no doubt well known to terrorists, whereby the only way to respond to attacks on Western liberal democracy is to limit and curtail...

There is a paradox, no doubt well known to terrorists,...

Raphael Vassallo

It may not be ‘warfare’ in the conventional sense… but there is definitely a war of sorts taking place in Europe

It may not be ‘warfare’ in the conventional...

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Saviour Balzan

Josanne Cassar

JP Fabri

Policing priorities...

Brewing up a new third party, with Marlene Farrugia, Salvu Mallia, Franco Debono, Paul Vincenti, and Arnold Cassola

Brewing up a new third party, with Marlene Farrugia, Salvu...

Evarist Bartolo

Even 80 years ago Einstein was speaking on how the concept of one-size-fits-all does not make sense for all children

Even 80 years ago Einstein was speaking on how the concept...

Abela’s failure defines Muscat’s politics

Frank Psaila

Joseph Muscat kicked Toni Abela ‘upstairs’ so as to rid himself of...

Joseph Muscat kicked Toni Abela ‘upstairs’ so...

It is abundantly clear that the ‘truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth’ has not yet emerged in the oil procurement case

It is abundantly clear that the ‘truth, the whole...

Raphael Vassallo

They promised us the fragrance of ‘Coco-Chanel Eau-de-Toilet’. It seems they left out the ‘Chanel’, ‘Eau’ and...

They promised us the fragrance of ‘Coco-Chanel...