The media's role is also to engage
Muscat may well have a point when he talks of an ‘existentialist crisis’ affecting the media, but his polarised example of a straight choice between...
‘The Force is strong in this one…’
Raphael Vassallo
With the entry of a single candidate into the UK Labour party leadership debate – Jeremy Corbyn – the entire flavour of the contest suddenly changed.
Cartoon: 1 March 2015
Tribunal rules it is competent to decide on claims deriving from leases
Malcolm Mifsud

A Small Claims Tribunal presided by Dr Censu Galea, in Anthony and Mary Dolores Montebello -v- Falk Lindner and Jaynell Lindner, held on 17 February that...

A Small Claims Tribunal presided by Dr Censu Galea, in...

What's your problem?
Kevin-James Fenech

I think it was Einstein who said that if he only had one hour to save the world he would spend a staggering 55 minutes defining the problem and only five...

I think it was Einstein who said that if he only had one...

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...