Cartoon: 10 April 2016
Someone mentioned the elephant in the room...
Aspiration. It can make you do bad things
Matthew Vella
What does Labour stand for? The question nobody asked during Labour’s AGM.
An offensive truth

If both parties are content to be labelled ‘big shops’ – and even revel in the compliment – they are certainly not in a position to...

If both parties are content to be labelled ‘big...

Privatisation is the name of the game
Michael Falzon

The funniest thing is that the supposedly leftist Labour Party is pushing for privatisation while the supposedly centre right Partit Nazzjonalista is rallying...

The funniest thing is that the supposedly leftist Labour...

The opposite of justice
Raphael Vassallo

The sentence was infinitely more barbaric than I at first surmised. It is not just redolent of the 19th century... it is positively medieval

The sentence was infinitely more barbaric than I at first...

When will enough be enough?
Joseph Calleja

A no-nonsense approach with people who refuse to integrate or are troublemakers strikes me as a very civil, fair and logical solution to the plight...

A no-nonsense approach with people who refuse to...

Bongu! Paceville has been swarming with under-age teens for at least 25 years
Josanne Cassar

It’s time for parents to take back their control over what their kids get up to, and not cave in at the slightest rebellion. You know, like parents...

It’s time for parents to take back their control over...

Changing face of my country
Cartoon: 15 November 2015

€250,000 from Malta for African countries, and €24 million from citizens buying Maltese passports... any irony here?

€250,000 from Malta for African countries, and...

Supermarket politics and national amnesia
Jurgen Balzan

Malta’s political parties have occupied the State and other institutions...

Malta’s political parties have occupied the State and...

Cartoon: 11 November 2015

Sandro Chetcuti is in shoppers' paradise...

Sandro Chetcuti is in shoppers' paradise...

Migration issue calls for leadership

Unlike the issues that the EU is accustomed to discussing – such as trade agreements, directives on specific areas of industry, etc. – there has to...

Unlike the issues that the EU is accustomed to discussing...

Agreement to not have children before marriage does not render a civil marriage null

By Joseph Mizzi, Partner at Mifsud & Mifsud Advocates

By Joseph Mizzi, Partner at Mifsud & Mifsud...

Solitary confinement in the 21st century? Seriously?
Raphael Vassallo

For better or worse, the use of ‘correctional facility’ to describe...

For better or worse, the use of ‘correctional...

Do refugees have a 'right' to hospitality?
The Conversation

To humanely respond to today’s “crisis” we need to understand...

To humanely respond to today’s “crisis”...

Is Malta well geared for eco tourism?
Leo Brincat

A walk through a rainforest elsewhere is not eco tourism unless that particular walk somehow benefits the environment and the people who live there.

A walk through a rainforest elsewhere is not eco tourism...

What could we do with €11 million?

By Nationalist MEP Roberta Metsola and and shadow environment and transport minister Marthese Portelli

By Nationalist MEP Roberta Metsola and and shadow...

Malta’s secret weapon
Evarist Bartolo

The community has an important role to play in the promotion of bilingualism as the home and early years settings are influenced by what happens within it

The community has an important role to play in the...

Cartoon: 8 November 2015

Reflections on the vanities at Castille square...

Reflections on the vanities at Castille square...

The honourable thing

While credit is due for bowing out with grace, it would be a mistake to extend the ‘honourable’ accolade also to the behaviour which warranted...

While credit is due for bowing out with grace, it would be...