Everyone’s doing it
Josanne Cassar
With social media, public opinion can be moulded even more effortlessly because so many declare their stands on national issues in a very public way.
Cartoon: 27 August 2014
Cartoon by Mark Scicluna
Calling a spade a spade
Claudine Cassar

The message must be that crime, including tax evasion and benefit fraud, does not pay.

The message must be that crime, including tax evasion and...

The inappropriateness of parliament as a judicial body
Kevin Aquilina

Members of Parliament cannot be considered to be independent and impartial...

Members of Parliament cannot be considered to be...

Justice must be seen to be done

As the latest Enemalta scandal unfolds, there is an increasing danger of losing sight of what really happened in the mad scramble to apportion or deflect...

As the latest Enemalta scandal unfolds, there is an...

Grab a condom
Claudine Cassar

Teaching our youngsters to abstain and be faithful is clearly not sufficient for the circumstances at hand.

Teaching our youngsters to abstain and be faithful is...

The case of the outsmarted smart meters
Michael Falzon

Corruption does exist in all walks of life but blaming corruption for any controversial decision with which one disagrees is not on

Corruption does exist in all walks of life but blaming...

Laying the foundation for tomorrow’s education?
Evarist Bartolo

Having one strategy for all educational initiatives allows everyone to focus on...

Having one strategy for all educational initiatives allows...

A loss for the people?

The next President should be able to offer a social, reconciliatory hand and straddle the political divide as a unifying figurehead, embracing an understanding...

The next President should be able to offer a social,...

Farrugia Sacco – injustice in the making?
Kevin Aquilina

Applying proportionality to Farrugia Sacco indicates that judicial removal...

Applying proportionality to Farrugia Sacco indicates that...

The wolves of Malta
Saviour Balzan

If Muscat thinks his AC Milan has no news value, he is missing the point: News is not determined by who smells the coffee, but by who casts the dice.

If Muscat thinks his AC Milan has no news value, he is...

No waivers on ethics

Franco Mercieca should make his plans for the immediate future clear

Franco Mercieca should make his plans for the immediate...

Stealing from the commons
James Debono

In a country where political patronage and nepotism are rampant, naming and shaming those party to bribery is vital to dispel any impression that a cover-up is...

In a country where political patronage and nepotism are...

‘You can feel the disease…’
Raphael Vassallo

The Beatles's 'Come Together' is a terrible choice as Malta's theme song for the country's 50th anniversary celebrations. Here's why.

The Beatles's 'Come Together' is a terrible choice as...

On the parliamentary removal of a judge
Kevin Aquilina

The Speaker should ensure that biased Members of Parliament are debarred from taking part in the removal procedure, including in voting

The Speaker should ensure that biased Members of Parliament...

A legion of small fry

The government is claiming to have advice from the Attorney General that what so many consumers and businesses did in paying the perpetrators of the rigged...

The government is claiming to have advice from the Attorney...

Court blocks construction works pending title claim

The First Hall of the Civil Courts upheld a request to issue a warrant of...

The First Hall of the Civil Courts upheld a request to...

How much dirtier can you get?
Saviour Balzan

Surely the revelation that Enemalta meter readers had been involved in accepting bribes to reduce the value of an electricity bill comes as no surprise to most...

Surely the revelation that Enemalta meter readers had been...

Delimara: why all the haste?
James Debono

The decision on where to store and process natural gas should have been the first one to be taken and only after widespread public consultation with local...

The decision on where to store and process natural gas...

Strong voices in Europe
Raphael Vassallo

Take the next MEP election in June 2014. You can already predict what most (admittedly not all) candidates will say under any given circumstance.

Take the next MEP election in June 2014. You can already...