New government, same old crap
Raphael Vassallo
We all know how it works: the players may change from time to time, but the game remains the same.
1,825 days to go
Evarist Bartolo
The first 100 days in office normally provide a symbolic assesment of the success of a new government administration.
The death of social responsibility

According to the various ‘obituaries’ that would follow, Mintoff was either a superhuman idol who could absolutely no wrong whatsoever… or else a monster...

According to the various ‘obituaries’ that would...

Top Three Reasons Social Media Needs Real-Time Analytics
Jen Cohen

Someone once told me that the only function of a business that can be in a...

Someone once told me that the only function of a business...

Mourning Dear Dom
James Debono

The collective mourning for Duminku Mintoff was also symptomatic of a legacy of the blind devotion to the leader he cultivated to challenge an oppressive...

The collective mourning for Duminku Mintoff was also...

Reconciliation, ho ho ho
Raphael Vassallo

Remember ‘national reconciliation’, folks? Maybe not. It was after all 25 years ago, and… let’s face it, we never heard anything of it since.

Remember ‘national reconciliation’, folks? Maybe not....

Larger than life
Claudine Cassar

There is no doubt that the main event this week was the death of Dom Mintoff and the ensuing public reaction.

There is no doubt that the main event this week was the...

Political giant, ruthless bully, charmer...
Michael Falzon

At the risk of being accused of using a trite cliché, Dom Mintoff’s passing...

At the risk of being accused of using a trite cliché, Dom...

Learning from Dom Mintoff
Evarist Bartolo

Being born and bred in a traditional PN social environment, Dom Mintoff was the devil incarnate for me until I started developing my own, independent...

Being born and bred in a traditional PN social environment,...

The good, the bad and the ugly
Saviour Balzan

I am no different to anyone else. You like or dislike a person according to what you have been told about them, or better yet, your personal experience of them.

I am no different to anyone else. You like or dislike a...

The Mintoff metamorphosis

“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.”

“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft...

Malta after Mintoff

The national outpour of grief following Dom Mintoff’s death on Monday was both predictable and understandable.

The national outpour of grief following Dom Mintoff’s...

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Conrad Bugeja

If you have ever been online you have definitely made usage of a Uniform Resource Locator, better known for short as a URL.

If you have ever been online you have definitely made usage...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan on former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff's death and his legacy.

Saviour Balzan on former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff's death...

The Party of Stupid
Raphael Vassallo

The Nationalist Party has created for itself yet another lose-lose situation.

The Nationalist Party has created for itself yet another...

Ommi ma, can you just imagine him, Minister?
Saviour Balzan

Labour parliamentarian and spokesman Michael Falzon, not Michael Falzon the...

Labour parliamentarian and spokesman Michael Falzon, not...

Oh look: another bullshit abortion argument...
Raphael Vassallo

It’s getting a little repetitive, don’t you think? First it was civil...

It’s getting a little repetitive, don’t you think?...

How did they let this happen?
Claudine Cassar

Last Friday I went to Armier. I had not been there for years and I was not quite sure what to expect.

Last Friday I went to Armier. I had not been there for...

Wrong to keep us out of PISA 2012
Evarist Bartolo

The Labour Party does not agree with the government decision to keep Malta out of the Programme for International Student Assessment, held earlier this year by...

The Labour Party does not agree with the government...

Looking to the future – part 2
Saviour Balzan

Yet another gaze into the political crystal ball.

Yet another gaze into the political crystal ball.