Marching against GMOs
Michael Briguglio
Why should we oppose Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)?
Why are so many Maltese lawyers so… useless?
Raphael Vassallo
Lawyers with ‘higher things’ on their minds are highly unlikely to want to rock the boat in any way
Cartoon 15 July 2012

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Where does all this lead?

Effectively, all government’s resources have now been channelled only into its own surviva

Effectively, all government’s resources have now been...

Show us the evidence

Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando presents a quandary for the PN.

Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando presents a quandary for the PN.

Missionary position? It’s not for Presidents
Raphael Vassallo

Missionary work in Peru is the sort of thing one might expect from George Abela...

Missionary work in Peru is the sort of thing one might...

Caught in a political no man’s land

Regardless of how the PN chooses to ‘discipline’ its own members, the paralysis affecting the present government will invariably entail serious...

Regardless of how the PN chooses to ‘discipline’ its...

Symptoms of a failed system

In the aftermath of the chilling events of last Friday, many of the shortcomings identified in the International Commission of Jurists’ report were visibly...

In the aftermath of the chilling events of last Friday,...

Spiders and Search Engines
Conrad Bugeja

Search engines are indispensable sources of information retrieval. These online tools enable us to find information on the Web—this being a massive wealth of...

Search engines are indispensable sources of information...

Saviour Balzan's videblog
Saviour Balzan

Is it possible the PN will expel its three 'troublesome' MPs?

Is it possible the PN will expel its three 'troublesome'...

Home sweet Alabama
James Debono

One cannot condemn racism without questioning policies based on an entrenched, institutional racism.

One cannot condemn racism without questioning policies...

Zoto’s death: another case of savage violence?
Carmen Sammut

The current investigation will clarify the course of events but nothing can...

The current investigation will clarify the course of events...

The Great White Lie
Raphael Vassallo

Zoto was ultimately killed, not just by kicks and punches, but also by a lie.

Zoto was ultimately killed, not just by kicks and punches,...

The biter bit*
Saviour Balzan

*someone who has caused harm to other people in the past and who has now been hurt

*someone who has caused harm to other people in the past...

Rights for gays: thank God for elections!
Evarist Bartolo

The PN knew that legislation to recognise civil partnerships for gays was to be...

The PN knew that legislation to recognise civil...

Curious cases of déjà vu
Michael Falzon

In being the prime mover behind the action that provoked this investigation, Paul Bonello was acting in the interests of the small investor against the people...

In being the prime mover behind the action that provoked...

The outlook for 2012
Claudine Cassar

We can get away with not taking our fiscal medicine this year, but only at the price of having our symptoms increase and our economic health deteriorate...

We can get away with not taking our fiscal medicine this...

Facing the inevitable

History has a nasty habit of repeating itself.

History has a nasty habit of repeating itself.

Only Richard (and Richard alone)…
Raphael Vassallo

In a few years’ time Richard’s place will have duly been filled by any of a dozen potential candidates, without anyone even noticing the difference.

In a few years’ time Richard’s place will have duly...

Plutocracy rules!
Evarist Bartolo

The BOV plutocracy is stronger than Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and his cabinet.

The BOV plutocracy is stronger than Prime Minister Lawrence...