What do you mean it’s not political?
Josanne Cassar
Apart from suffering from real political fatigue, pronouncing yourself on a current topic often acts as a trigger for people to come out of the woodworks. Who needs that kind of...
Cartoon: 15 May 2016
Cartoon by Mark Scicluna
Economy for the people, by the people

By Matthew Paris, PN councillor for Floriana

By Matthew Paris, PN councillor for Floriana

Religious freedom and pluralism are enduring American values
Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley

An essential component of religious liberty is the right of people of all...

An essential component of religious liberty is the right of...

Sadeen university: Investment is no excuse for impunity

From the outset, the government has shown a dogged determination to push this...

From the outset, the government has shown a dogged...

Consultation on Maltese has been a lame duck

Prof. Ray Fabri: 'The ‘consultation process’ took off on the...

Prof. Ray Fabri: 'The ‘consultation...

So, size really matters after all…
Raphael Vassallo

The bigger the crime the more it pays to actually commit it... This week, the government took the entire paradigm to its next logical level, by-passing all its...

The bigger the crime the more it pays to actually commit...

Disposing of public land
Michael Falzon

Apparently, the so-called American University of Malta has already failed its most important test – it will not be recognised as a university but only as...

Apparently, the so-called American University of Malta has...

Letters: 20 December 2015
The wonderful world they call Facebook
Saviour Balzan

It is a source of voyeurism that is shared by thousands, and it is no surprise that thousands of Maltese from different strata in society use up most of their...

It is a source of voyeurism that is shared by thousands,...

Not even in death is our privacy respected
Josanne Cassar

It is bad enough that people persist in sharing, exposing and revealing every...

It is bad enough that people persist in sharing, exposing...

Cartoon: 20 December 2015
How Muscat put Zonqor on the radar again
James Debono

By rushing the land transfer process through parliament during the Xmas period, Joseph Muscat has committed a strategic mistake; that of turning a purely...

By rushing the land transfer process through parliament...

Witness’s change of version of events may undermine prosecution’s case
Malcolm Mifsud

The Magistrate explained that the prosecution is bound to convince the court that the charges issued against the accused have been proved beyond...

The Magistrate explained that the prosecution is bound...

Malta, as a whole, loses

There is a growing sensation that the Presidency does not and probably cannot fulfil its mandate as a figurehead for the entire nation, because it is itself...

There is a growing sensation that the Presidency does not...

The Dorks Awaken…
Raphael Vassallo

While some of us await in joyful hope the seventh instalment of this epic space fantasy saga, for others the same event looms as ominously as an approaching...

While some of us await in joyful hope the seventh...

Cartoon: 16 December 2015
Who was Giannicolo Muscat?
Evarist Bartolo

Muscat (1735-c.1800) was an enlightened reformer with contacts with such influential people like Kaunitz, the chancellor of the Emperor Joseph II of Austria.

Muscat (1735-c.1800) was an enlightened reformer with...

The war on terror
Frank Psaila

Terrorist groups, such as Isis, have dreamed of a showdown with the West. Donald Trump’s statement fills them joy.

Terrorist groups, such as Isis, have dreamed of a showdown...

Limiting the powers of government
Mark Anthony Sammut

Politics is a force for good if it is built by active civic participation of well-meaning citizens.

Politics is a force for good if it is built by active civic...