Keep Christianity out of this
Raphael Vassallo
I sympathise with concerns over Malta's 'Christian identity' when applied to racism, but it is a dangerously flawed way of presenting the argument.
It’s about more than numbers
Speaking about unsustainable numbers means automatically that the government has a limit in mind; Muscat should come clean, therefore, and say what he thinks is sustainable.
Real-Time Data Analytics: On Demand vs. Continuous
Jen Cohen

Real-Time Data Analytics touches almost every part of a business – from the...

Real-Time Data Analytics touches almost every part of a...

The great white hope

If the Labour leader wishes to dispel the last remaining doubts about his party’s identity and its intentions, he will have to produce a good deal more than...

If the Labour leader wishes to dispel the last remaining...

Tickle my imagination
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan compares the two campaigns and uncovers the TVM’s solution to rescuing an ageing government

Saviour Balzan compares the two campaigns and uncovers the...

Manifestly absurd

One may well ask why Labour does not lift the lid by clarifying its ‘roadmap’ – Muscat’s choice of word, incidentally – ahead of an election in which...

One may well ask why Labour does not lift the lid by...

Abortion hypocrisy that fools no one
Raphael Vassallo

For all politicians who still think the entire ‘female reproductive rights issue’ exists only so that you can score the occasional cheap political point...

For all politicians who still think the entire ‘female...

The other side of history

Which side is really the right side of history with regard to Libya? That is a question only time can really answer.

Which side is really the right side of history with regard...

Cartoon 16 September 2012

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Calabria, we have a problem
Raphael Vassallo

No sooner do we find ourselves confronted by something inimical to our national sense of aesthetics, propriety or decorum, you can rest assured it will be…...

No sooner do we find ourselves confronted by something...

Illiteracy – a national emergency
Evarist Bartolo

The lack of consistent and coordinated action to spread functional literacy in our society has had the result of placing Malta at the 25th position in the EU.

The lack of consistent and coordinated action to spread...

Cali ic-Caqnu
Saviour Balzan

It would be interesting to ask each and every minister whether they have ever received anything in kind from Mr Polidano over the last 10 years.

It would be interesting to ask each and every minister...

Cartoon 12 September 2012

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Forward to the past

While both parties seem hell-bent on dragging us backwards towards the past, both insist that their intention is to pave the way to a better future.

While both parties seem hell-bent on dragging us backwards...

Here is an abortion of a Bill if ever there was one
Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

Maltese-Australian barrister Joseph Carmel Chetcuti, author of ‘A Queer...

Maltese-Australian barrister Joseph Carmel Chetcuti, author...

Economies of spin

Our appeal: government must assure us it will retain a firm grip on the tiller of the economy. As for the opposition, it ought to at least concede that...

Our appeal: government must assure us it will retain a firm...

Cartoon 9 September 2012

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

After the flood… the irony

How is it possible that no serious thought is ever given to availing ourselves of a natural bonanza of water delivered directly to our door?

How is it possible that no serious thought is ever given to...

Cartoon 5 September 2012

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Joe, Andrè and the legendary Totò
Evarist Bartolo

By now consumer complainants are used to placing little value in MFSA indications of expected dates.

By now consumer complainants are used to placing little...