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.
The misfit of one-size-fits-all policies | Steve Ellul
The path to a sustainable and equitable future may have its hurdles, but it is one that Malta is more than capable of navigating
Sorry, but we never had  an ‘Azure Window’
Raphael Vassallo

Let’s cut all this crap about losing an ‘Azure Window’, and...

Let’s cut all this crap about losing an ‘Azure...

Can it get worse? Yes, it can
Saviour Balzan

Simon Busuttil forgot how important inclusion is in politics, and this has thwarted the party’s ability to reach out to others

Simon Busuttil forgot how important inclusion is in...

Pride and prejudice
Josanne Cassar

The more Nationalists you have who sneer and look down their nose at Labour supporters, the more the latter will embrace their own lack of airs and graces

The more Nationalists you have who sneer and look down...

[WATCH] On conflicts of interest and party financing
Saviour Balzan

The PN will have a problem attracting business donors to its cause after Simon...

The PN will have a problem attracting business donors to...

A timely message from Mother Nature
Josanne Cassar

As the Azure Window showed us, we are all going to perish, whether we are dirt poor or mega rich

As the Azure Window showed us, we are all going to perish,...

Laughing all the way to the Seabank...
Raphael Vassallo

The two parties have spent their energies assiduously weakening and sabotaging the system of checks and balances

The two parties have spent their energies assiduously...

Investing in Europe’s youth
Evarist Bartolo

Improving our education and training systems is critical because it promotes social mobility and remains one of the best means of preventing social...

Improving our education and training systems is...

Domine Dirige Nos?
Michael Falzon

The real truth is that the Police Force is the ‘longa manus’ of the executive and it will never check the abuse of power being carried out by the...

The real truth is that the Police Force is the ‘longa...

Laws can be just as dangerous as drugs
Raphael Vassallo

Even if a handful of street dealers are arrested, it takes us no nearer to ‘smashing international trafficking rings’

Even if a handful of street dealers are arrested, it takes...

ITS deal | How PN ran with hares and hunted with hounds as government made the kill
James Debono

By soliciting donations from Silvio Debono’s company, the PN has undermined its good governance pledge. But there is more than a pinch of irony in Labour...

By soliciting donations from Silvio Debono’s company,...

Malta’s party funding mess
Michael Briguglio

Unless good-willed politicians unite against corruption, there will be a zero-sum game of divide and rule, to the ultimate benefit of the corrupt status...

Unless good-willed politicians unite against corruption,...

Why are we still talking about the gender pay gap?
Josanne Cassar

Throughout almost every field and sector, the people at the top who have the...

Throughout almost every field and sector, the people at the...

Time to decide
Saviour Balzan

The fact remains that the Gozo inquiry will get us nowhere if it is restricted to a simple question and answer session

The fact remains that the Gozo inquiry will get us nowhere...

2017 could be a turning point for European integration – but not in the way you think
The Conversation

A deeper political union may actually be closer than it seems. Without any treaty change required, the European Commission presidential nomination process has...

A deeper political union may actually be closer than it...

Poverty with pretty nails
Josanne Cassar

Is it so bad for a woman who may have everything else wrong in her life, to at least feel some pride and dignity in the fact that she has pulled herself...

Is it so bad for a woman who may have everything else wrong...

If Mizzi is an embarrassment... what about Juncker?
Raphael Vassallo

Unlike Konrad Mizzi, Jean-Claude Juncker was approved for the position of...

Unlike Konrad Mizzi, Jean-Claude Juncker was approved...

Don’t derail press law debate with spin
Mark Camilleri

I will not be apologetic for being irreverent to the hypocritical and...

I will not be apologetic for being irreverent to the...

Great again? We’re already there
Evarist Bartolo

Malta is registering low unemployment rates, record GDP growth, decreasing deficits as well as there being lots of investment and political will to tackle the...

Malta is registering low unemployment rates, record GDP...