The year in pop culture
Josanne Cassar
The big butt, the ice bucket, and "ok siehbi" - if you have lost out on 2014's major happenings, this digest will set you straight
Cartoon: 28 December 2014
Integration is not an option

As has been rightly pointed out elsewhere, the single greatest barrier to integration remains fear… and the unknown is the primary case for fear in any...

As has been rightly pointed out elsewhere, the single...

Cannabis and common sense? That’ll be the day…
Raphael Vassallo

The Justice Reform Commission has strongly hinted that some form of...

The Justice Reform Commission has strongly hinted that some...

Letters: 22nd June 2014
When did we become so cruel?
Josanne Cassar

There is a world of difference between criticism or satire of someone’s work, statements and behaviour in a public role and trying to tear that person...

There is a world of difference between criticism or satire...

Libya, Malta, oil smuggling and bombs
Arnold Cassola

Smuggling from Libya is perhaps one of the few instances where phone tapping by the Maltese Secret Service could be justified

Smuggling from Libya is perhaps one of the few...

A 'sorry' identity?

By Charles Xuereb

By Charles Xuereb

Misleading government forms allow applicant an exemption on registration tax
Malcolm Mifsud

The applicant asked the Tribunal to overturn the Chairman’s decision and allow an exemption from payment of tax

The applicant asked the Tribunal to overturn the...

The Iraqi crisis calls for a global approach

So far news reporters have been reluctant to modify their terminology...

So far news reporters have been reluctant to modify their...

Young people call for involvement in decision making
Evarist Bartolo

Late last month, 76 students from 38 schools in Malta and Gozo were the focus...

Late last month, 76 students from 38 schools in Malta and...

Baked potatoes with butter? Better buy an oven first
Raphael Vassallo

Maltese law  affords people with virtually unlimited opportunities to...

Maltese law  affords people with virtually unlimited...

Letters: 15th June 2014
Cartoon: 18 June 2014

Joseph Muscat's vision of Dubai in Malta

Joseph Muscat's vision of Dubai in Malta

Twisted logic on integration
James Debono

It-Torca is right in putting immigrants on the same league as underprivileged Maltese minorities. But it is bloody wrong when it puts trappers in the same...

It-Torca is right in putting immigrants on the same league...

[LISTEN] A new camp rises for the displaced in the wilderness
Karl Schembri

No child should ever feel their parents’ shame. And I wonder how many...

No child should ever feel their parents’ shame. And I...

These Europeans are crazy...
Raphael Vassallo

Of course, the entire European Union can instantly see that which seems to be the invisible to Leo Brincat and nearly all the rest of the Maltese population:...

Of course, the entire European Union can instantly see that...

When supply is free, demand is infinite
Michael Falzon

The truth is that, over time, the state has been financing the housing of more people who do not deserve it than of those who do, because of their dire...

The truth is that, over time, the state has been financing...

There is more than one kind of ‘worth’

If the Muscat administration wants to live up to its earlier promise of a just...

If the Muscat administration wants to live up to its...

The fourth estate and all that rubbish
Saviour Balzan

The robustness of the fourth estate very much depends on the political class, many of whom consider the media as a threat to their very existence

The robustness of the fourth estate very much depends on...