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
Traffic, the seemingly insurmountable problem
Josanne Cassar

We can either spend the next 20 years complaining about the traffic while doing...

We can either spend the next 20 years complaining about the...

The last bastion
Saviour Balzan

We need to remove at once those policies that are causing irreversible harm that have changed the look of our country. We need to address the issue of...

We need to remove at once those policies that are causing...

Are you a pessimist or an optimist?
Josanne Cassar

We are surrounded by a world where everything seems to be crumbling, and bad things happen every day, but it might be better for our own well-being in the long...

We are surrounded by a world where everything seems to be...

Make it a bit more obvious, why don’t you?
Raphael Vassallo

The rules were making voters unhappy; so the rules had to go. In all honesty, I...

The rules were making voters unhappy; so the rules had to...

A gender quota muddle
Ingram Bondin

There is often a pervasive and toxic assumption that only women candidates are able to represent women voters

There is often a pervasive and toxic assumption that only...

Need for lifelong skills strategy
Evarist Bartolo

Rather than prepare people for specific jobs we need to prepare them for employability as we do not even know what kind of new jobs we are going to have in the...

Rather than prepare people for specific jobs we need to...

Good intentions gone bad
Frank Psaila

It was a curious mistake by the Archbishop. Good intentions are not enough. Timing matters

It was a curious mistake by the Archbishop. Good intentions...

Deficit myths, debunked
Michael Falzon

The real deficit was even bigger… the KMB government was drawing funds from the Posterity Fund and the real deficit would have otherwise been Lm89.4...

The real deficit was even bigger… the KMB government...

Oh ye of too much faith
Raphael Vassallo

We are expected to ‘have faith’ in an investigation that can only be inconclusive at best and highly politicised at worst

We are expected to ‘have faith’ in an...

[WATCH] Stop using inquiries to defend status quo
Saviour Balzan

Among the reforms required to truly guarantee their independence, inquiries...

Among the reforms required to truly guarantee their...

Would you say that to my face?
Josanne Cassar

People always forget that writing stuff on Facebook is like publishing it in your own little newspaper. I would say that it’s worse because it spreads...

People always forget that writing stuff on Facebook is like...

Stories from another world
Saviour Balzan

What is clear is that the aides around Simon Busuttil are clearly not on the ball, and are not used to buffering their leader from embarrassing moments and...

What is clear is that the aides around Simon Busuttil are...

Shattering ‘maximum popularity’ in France
Charles Xuereb

It is a pity that in Hollande, Malta will be losing a great friend who remains...

It is a pity that in Hollande, Malta will be losing a great...

[WATCH] Protocol needed for holding of inquiries
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan calls for an established protocol guiding the setting up and...

Saviour Balzan calls for an established protocol guiding...

A police force stretched to its limits
Josanne Cassar

The way things are going, with so much of our moral fabric being torn apart, the future of the country depends on establishing more law and order and discipline

The way things are going, with so much of our moral fabric...

Seriously? You must be joking...
Raphael Vassallo

‘Fake news’ may have conquered the Internet... but ‘real news’ remains far more surreal than anything the limited human imagination can...

‘Fake news’ may have conquered the Internet......

[WATCH] We cannot forget the victims of traffic accidents
Saviour Balzan

Victims of traffic accidents should not be forgotten in the din of public outcry

Victims of traffic accidents should not be forgotten in the...

Securing democracy through education
Evarist Bartolo

Education must prepare students for complexity because that is the reality of our societies

Education must prepare students for complexity because that...