Cartoon: 9 August 2015
Have Malta's politicians even taken a break this summer?
Power corrupts. But absolute lack of power kind of sucks…
Raphael Vassallo
Tell you what: instead of talking endlessly about ‘building new power stations’… how about we decommission our failed political system instead… and...
In praise of the principle

Side-lining the obvious media sensation of the fact that the accounts in question were located in Switzerland, we can only say that it is a singular act...

Side-lining the obvious media sensation of the fact that...

‘Michael and Ninu are not Austin’
James Debono

Joseph Muscat cannot resist the temptation to appeal to those who fall out with either Gonzi or Busuttil irrespective of the issue at stake.

Joseph Muscat cannot resist the temptation to appeal to...

Cartoon: 25 February 2015
Making Malta a learning nation
Evarist Bartolo

The Directorate for Lifelong Learning is also collaborating with the Education Department to make Lifelong Learning courses easily accessible to all school...

The Directorate for Lifelong Learning is also collaborating...

Leaders must not bicker on Libyan conundrum
Frank Psaila

Make no mistake, Libya needs a political solution not miliatry intervention....

Make no mistake, Libya needs a political solution not...

Taxation and morality

There is no doubt that the political class has to be transparent and assure their constituencies that they adhered with Malta’s tax laws.

There is no doubt that the political class has to be...

Letters: 22 February 2015
Space: the final frontier
Raphael Vassallo

Little did I realise the significance of all this when I waded into the City Gate kerfuffle with a contrarious opinion in recent weeks... that there is clearly...

Little did I realise the significance of all this when I...

The ties that bind us
Michael Falzon

Alexis Tsipras without a tie, Simon Busuttil taking off his jacket, Joseph Muscat with his pastel blue ties and Dom Mintoff sporting those infamous belts with...

Alexis Tsipras without a tie, Simon Busuttil taking off his...

Don’t ask me why
Saviour Balzan

I have little words of compassion for someone who presents himself together with his wife as Jesus freaks, and then scavenges in a business world dominated by...

I have little words of compassion for someone who presents...

Flawless is an illusion
Josanne Cassar

If you are a woman, the scrutiny on our physical appearance is ruthless and relentless.

If you are a woman, the scrutiny on our physical appearance...

Cartoon: 22 February 2015
Heirs block testamentary executor
Malcolm Mifsud

The First Hall of the Civil Court on 9 February, 2015 upheld a request to block a testamentary executor from carrying out his duties in lieu of a pending court...

The First Hall of the Civil Court on 9 February, 2015...

Malta needs to play its security role to the fullest
Daniel Fiott

Malta does not need to surrender its neutrality to play its part in defeating a...

Malta does not need to surrender its neutrality to play its...

Missing the wood for the trees

Every ‘scandal’ is grist to the electoral mill for politicians, and Gonzi knows this perhaps more than any other politician.

Every ‘scandal’ is grist to the electoral mill...

Malta and whose army?
Raphael Vassallo

We have completely forgotten our utter lack of any military defence capability … not to mention the even more glaring lack of an offensive military...

We have completely forgotten our utter lack of any military...

Letters: 18 February 2015
Healthy eating and physical activity
Evarist Bartolo

Interventions targeted at healthy nutrition need to occur early in childhood and adolescence to prevent or reverse the effects of being overweight and poor...

Interventions targeted at healthy nutrition need to occur...