Winners and the Holy Trinity
Leo Brincat
Alastair Campbell's bestseller ‘Winners: And how they succeed’ and what he has to say about success in the modern world
Shaking off the Mintoff legacy
Michael Falzon
The many Nationalists and Labourites who live in a time warp are more comfortable with the political enemy of old than with the current one
Maltese politics is stuck in traffic, too

There are indications that the traffic congestion currently afflicting...

There are indications that the traffic congestion currently...

Just bricks in the wall…
Raphael Vassallo

As with Pink Floyd’s brick wall, the implication is of a country held in a stranglehold by all-powerful forces: a state of play we all accept as fact,...

As with Pink Floyd’s brick wall, the implication is...

Why Corbyn is winning – and how Labour’s moderates can stop him
The Conversation

Labour’s moderates would have to argue that it is important for the party...

Labour’s moderates would have to argue that it is...

Celebrating co-ed in the state’s middle schools
Evarist Bartolo

Co-educational schools provide a much more realistic model of training boys and...

Co-educational schools provide a much more realistic model...

Police reform more urgent than ever

As the chief entity responsible for the enforcement of law and order, even a single case of dereliction of duty can seriously undermine public trust in an area...

As the chief entity responsible for the enforcement of law...

A national language debate stifled by righteousness
Mark Camilleri

If the council expects to release communiques in the form of diktats, without...

If the council expects to release communiques in the form...

Death of a (celebrity) lion…
Raphael Vassallo

Walter Palmer, it seems, slew more than just a random lion on his ill-fated hunting trip to Zimbabwe. He also took aim at, and shot, all our most cherished...

Walter Palmer, it seems, slew more than just a random lion...

Bad cop, good cop
Saviour Balzan

Money has no borders, especially when it comes to making more money.

Money has no borders, especially when it comes to making...

The thin, fine line of public propriety
Josanne Cassar

I always assumed that it should be quite obvious that once you are in a certain type of position, the way you behave has to be exemplary.

I always assumed that it should be quite obvious that once...

Cartoon: 2 August 2015

The many tentacles of corruption that are choking Malta.

The many tentacles of corruption that are choking Malta.

Court orders heir to pay the sum of €152,308 to the plaintiff as reserved portion
Censorship is no substitute for enforcement

Earlier this month, Justice Minister Owen Bonnici announced that his government...

Earlier this month, Justice Minister Owen Bonnici announced...

One Facebook group does not an ‘organisation’ make…
Raphael Vassallo

This week, it was reported across the media that a ‘new...

This week, it was reported across the media that a...

A change for the worse
James Debono

The planning law as proposed is a change for the worse; a throw back to the days when planning decisions were taken by the Minister and his cronies instead of...

The planning law as proposed is a change for the worse; a...

Cartoon: 29 July 2015

This land is your land, this land is my land...

This land is your land, this land is my land...

A reading challenge for our students
Evarist Bartolo

Maltese and Gozitan children and youths have been challenged to read at least five books over the summer through the ‘Aqra fis-Sajf’ campaign

Maltese and Gozitan children and youths have been...

Twenty reasons against MEPA’s demerger
Kevin Aquilina

Today MEPA is nothing more than a glorified government department when compared to the independent status it originally enjoyed in 1992. 

Today MEPA is nothing more than a glorified government...

A high-risk gamble

This week’s events have clearly demonstrated what a high-risk gamble the online gaming industry can be for countries that rely too heavily on it as...

This week’s events have clearly demonstrated what a...