The connection between a sense of entitlement and trouble finding a job
Josanne Cassar
There are plenty of jobs out there (unless all these vacancies I see are bogus) - but one cannot expect to find the right job immediately or without slogging away and paying...
Writing memories
Saviour Balzan
Our children have been brought up with a digital screen on their mobile or laptop. They do not read. They are overwhelmed by the immediacy and voyeurism of the digital world.
Campaign strategy? What strategy?
Raphael Vassallo

The PN seemed to seriously think that attacking Joseph Muscat, on its own, would somehow magically translate into support for their own party

The PN seemed to seriously think that attacking Joseph...

The dark side of the PN
Michael Falzon

It was no surprise, therefore, that the party machine would do its utmost to trip Claudio Grech by plotting his ‘downfall’: his not being...

It was no surprise, therefore, that the party machine would...

What we learnt from this election
Josanne Cassar

The Xarabank debate between Muscat and Busuttil will go down in history as one of the worst examples of political debates I have ever seen

The Xarabank debate between Muscat and Busuttil will go...

Lighting a flame
Saviour Balzan

The PN needs to kick start the process of seeing what it should stand for. Failure to do so will render it irrelevant

The PN needs to kick start the process of seeing what it...

Franco Debono for PN leader? Excellent idea!
Raphael Vassallo

What the PN needs now are good ideas. And Franco Debono is literally swimming...

What the PN needs now are good ideas. And Franco Debono is...

How social media skewed an election campaign
Josanne Cassar

 On the eve of the election people were receiving warning messages and...

 On the eve of the election people were receiving...

Heal the divide
Raphael Vassallo

I would like to think it is not beyond our collective capabilities to come together and thrash out this national, endemic problem of ours. But we do have to...

I would like to think it is not beyond our collective...

Saying it as it is: Part 2
Saviour Balzan

In this great charade, anybody who questioned the veracity of these stories was called a Joseph Muscat ass licker or a stooge of the State. No one was...

In this great charade, anybody who questioned the veracity...

Even this tense election had light moments
Josanne Cassar

There were the occasional moments when we still managed to muster a smile. And...

There were the occasional moments when we still managed to...

There is life beyond politics
Evarist Bartolo

We have a common attribute – we are all Maltese and the government must continue to work hard to ensure that it governs for the whole people and continue...

We have a common attribute – we are all Maltese and...

On a personal note
Michael Falzon

I could not hope that in his second term, Muscat would raise the ethical standards of his performance and suddenly become a paladin of good and transparent...

I could not hope that in his second term, Muscat would...

On a personal note
Michael Falzon

I think that Muscat’s victory this time around will not be as big as that of 2013. In other words Muscat will be re-dimensioned

I think that Muscat’s victory this time around will...

Saying it as it is
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan blogs: 'Most people were taken over by the two resounding messages: corruption and economy. And really from my point of view, neither of...

Saviour Balzan blogs: 'Most people were taken over by...

Trump’s trip and an American-European split
Matthew Bugeja

By leaving the global system to its own devices, Trump will not do himself, or...

By leaving the global system to its own devices, Trump will...

Simon Busuttil cannot be trusted on Gozo

Joe Cordina recalls that Simon Busuttil was not able to convince the Commission that Gozo should get regional status at a time when we were acceding – a...

Joe Cordina recalls that Simon Busuttil was not able to...

I vote clean, and that means neither PN nor PL
Ralph Cassar

AD candidate Ralph Cassar says that Labour will not get his vote, nor will the...

AD candidate Ralph Cassar says that Labour will not get his...

One-hit wonder

PN candidate Mark Azzopardi writes: Like a desperate pop star trying to cling on to the charts, after a humiliating first tour, he [Muscat] is trying to use...

PN candidate Mark Azzopardi writes: Like a desperate pop...

Putting things into perspective
Saviour Balzan

There is a feeling that most voters have entrenched themselves, built walls around them, accepted the status quo and simply engaged in a war of attrition that...

There is a feeling that most voters have entrenched...