Prying into public-private lives
Mark Said
The democratic function of the press falters when trivial details about the lives of politicians consume all the resources of our finite attention economy
Paceville bouncers were supposed to have been ‘regulated’. What happened?
Raphael Vassallo
Clearly, there has been an intensification of the street-crime associated with Paceville, over the years: both in terms of numbers, and also the severity of the violence itself
Strengthening social justice
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca

President of the Republic Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca writes: 'It is my firm belief that we cannot only implement economic globalisation, without a parallel...

President of the Republic Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca...

‘Nice party, we’ll take it’
Raphael Vassallo

'Let's face it: words like 'contest' or 'election' don't really do justice to the spectacle of political violence we are all...

'Let's face it: words like 'contest' or...

Tears of despair
Michael Falzon

Many PN supporters are crying tears of despair as their party tries to find the way to the future. Angry their party has been beaten in elections twice in a...

Many PN supporters are crying tears of despair as their...

Is training women for politics positive action or patronising?
Josanne Cassar

As we are seeing with the PN leadership contest, when you have failed to...

As we are seeing with the PN leadership contest, when you...

Delia! Delia! OMG
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan says that Adrian Delia has the gift of the gab; when and if he does win the leadership battle he would have done so on the strength of his...

Saviour Balzan says that Adrian Delia has the gift of the...

Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires
Matthew Bugeja

Continuing the war in Afghanistan is no longer a case of working to achieve victory, but rather, it is about prolonging a stalemate, or at worst, delaying a...

Continuing the war in Afghanistan is no longer a case of...

Integration, political correctness and racism
Josanne Cassar

It is pretty hypocritical of us to speak so scathingly of...

It is pretty hypocritical of us to speak so scathingly of...

‘Reconciliation’, they said. ‘It’s easy’, they said...
Raphael Vassallo

Once described as a 'land of attitudes and platitudes', Malta is a...

Once described as a 'land of attitudes and...

The joy of being a child
Evarist Bartolo

Oftentimes, we forget how important it is for our children to be children. You only get to be a child once, so don't spend it worrying too much about the...

Oftentimes, we forget how important it is for our children...

Of funds and creativity
Marco Bonnici

A formal request has been filed to the Ministry for Education and Employment to discuss the formula used to allocate central funds to State schools. How will...

A formal request has been filed to the Ministry for...

The only way is back...
Raphael Vassallo

The leadership election of any party is decided by an internal vote: in this case, 1,500 'party councillors'. What might their priorities be?

The leadership election of any party is decided by an...

… and the winner is, hate
Michael Falzon

Ranging from 1973 to current times, have things changed all that drastically or have they remained the same? An inside look into the Daphne Caruana...

Ranging from 1973 to current times, have things changed all...

The king is dead, long live the king
Saviour Balzan

If Adrian Delia does become leader he will enforce his autocratic style that goes beyond the rhetoric we have heard. His talk of inclusivity is not...

If Adrian Delia does become leader he will...

After all that fighting, now what?
Josanne Cassar

Only after it has rebuilt the shattered pieces of the party making it sturdy again, can the PN hope to be the truly effective Opposition that the country...

Only after it has rebuilt the shattered pieces of the party...

[WATCH] Why Labour hasn’t criticised Adrian Delia
Saviour Balzan

In today’s video-blog, MediaToday managing editor Saviour Balzan comments...

In today’s video-blog, MediaToday managing editor...

Europe is going grey
The Conversation

Milena Pavlova writes: Perhaps most critical is the fact that the share of working people who can provide care to the older persons is shrinking, even as the...

Milena Pavlova writes: Perhaps most critical is the fact...

Let’s bring compassion back
Josanne Cassar

It is always easy to mock and ridicule a stranger - in fact it can be side-splittingly hilarious - until the day you wake up and it is suddenly happening to...

It is always easy to mock and ridicule a stranger - in fact...

Just beat each other up, and get it over with...
Raphael Vassallo

Raphael Vassallo writes: Honestly, I sometimes wonder how an entire political...

Raphael Vassallo writes: Honestly, I sometimes wonder how...