Tapping into that streak of cruelty in human nature
Why do the ‘Winds of Heaven’ lead back to Israel? | David Attard
A formal and proper investigation into the mysterious circumstances surrounding the alleged bombing of the Conscience is definitely required although not necessarily perceived to...
Malta needs a truth commission
Michael Falzon

Moral injury results when a person experiences a sense of betrayal, humiliation, frustration, anger and shame as a result of people of trust failing to do the...

Moral injury results when a person experiences a sense of...

All I want for Christmas is...  no more spin
Josanne Cassar

At one point, self-preservation will kick in and more people who have...

At one point, self-preservation will kick in and more...

What’s next in the Egrant and Macbridge mystery?
Saviour Balzan

The perception seems to be that the police are treating Schembri with kid...

The perception seems to be that the police are treating...

How Labour failed to connect with the British working class
The Conversation

Eric Shaw • Deluding others is wrong; deluding yourself is fatal....

Eric Shaw • Deluding others is wrong; deluding...

First we want foreign workers, then we deport their children
Josanne Cassar

Don’t lure TCNs here with false promises, allowing them to build a new...

Don’t lure TCNs here with false promises, allowing...

‘Tis the season to be abnormal…
Raphael Vassallo

Over the years, we have all simply accepted a whole variety of political realities that would be considered bizarre – if not downright unacceptable...

Over the years, we have all simply accepted a whole variety...

Labour at a crossroads
Evarist Bartolo

In these difficult times we must strive for reason against passion and hatred; for patriotism rather than partisanship, and above all work together for the...

In these difficult times we must strive for reason against...

That social media bubble again...
Raphael Vassallo

What interests me more right now are the precise mechanics of how a minority seems to have somehow convinced itself that it had turned the tables on the...

What interests me more right now are the precise mechanics...

Will Labour come clean? It surely cannot have it both ways
Michael Falzon

So long as Muscat clings to his position as Prime Minister, the cleaning up...

So long as Muscat clings to his position as Prime Minister,...

And then he came tumbling down
Saviour Balzan

Not all the media treated Labour and the Muscats unfairly; more importantly, Michelle Muscat’s real concern should have been the overly close fraternal...

Not all the media treated Labour and the Muscats unfairly;...

Is NATO still relevant? Only if it comes into the 21st century
Matthew Bugeja

NATO is still relevant, but only if it redefines itself for 21st century...

NATO is still relevant, but only if it redefines itself for...

Perceptions, urban myths and public sympathy
Josanne Cassar

In the weird chaotic atmosphere we have been experiencing, passions are running...

In the weird chaotic atmosphere we have been experiencing,...

Easier to throw eggs than to run a country
Raphael Vassallo

Makes you wonder what these people really want, at the end of the day. So far,...

Makes you wonder what these people really want, at the end...

Should we boycott Christmas, too?
Raphael Vassallo

All this, at a time when there appears to be no viable Opposition, either. So if certain extremists (and I do not use that word lightly) get their way, we...

All this, at a time when there appears to be no viable...

The fear of losing power
Michael Falzon

Whether the Prime Minister was conscious of what was going on in the office he headed or not, Joseph Muscat is in a fix. He is – at least – either...

Whether the Prime Minister was conscious of what was going...

[WATCH] Saviour Balzan’s video blog | If we had a solid Opposition, they would be calling for a general election
Saviour Balzan

Everything the Labour Party and Joseph Muscat represented in 2017 has been dismantled after the recent revelations

Everything the Labour Party and Joseph Muscat...

Holding up a mirror to Maltese society
Josanne Cassar

“Il-Ministru” is the key to their no-stress life and a guaranteed income, which explains the deference, the kowtowing, and the nauseating reverence...

“Il-Ministru” is the key to their no-stress...

On Joseph and Adrian
Saviour Balzan

The Nationalist MPs may need to remove Delia and put someone who brings together the factions and the middle-of-the-road voters to win and offer an alternative...

The Nationalist MPs may need to remove Delia and put...