Why does the EU want to lower the driving age to 17? To boost Europe’s automotive industry, of course…
Raphael Vassallo
And viewed from that angle, at least: who knows? Maybe it’s not such a daft idea, all things considered…
Policy schizophrenia
Michael Falzon
Instead of telling it how it is in a frank manner, they prefer to appear contradictory and schizophrenic!
Publish and be damned, sue and be damned... either way, you’re damned
Raphael Vassallo

Removing the garnishee order – even in its totality – will not even begin to address the Pandora’s Box that Chris Cardona's case has...

Removing the garnishee order – even in its totality...

[WATCH] Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan's Il-Punt • Is the government banking on strong economy hoping it will make up for all its shortcomings? Saviour Balzan takes a look at...

Saviour Balzan's Il-Punt • Is the government...

The obligations of objective journalism
Josanne Cassar

We are living at a time when the Internet has potentially made anyone a publisher, which may give the illusion that the usual duties, obligations and ethical...

We are living at a time when the Internet has potentially...

What’s the matter with public opinion?
Josanne Cassar

This government is suffering from a serious case of lack of credibility, but you won’t see any large-scale manifestations of people waving their...

This government is suffering from a serious case of lack of...

Land of the brave, home of the ‘pastizz’
Raphael Vassallo

Is it down to the nature of our interminable insistence at finding fault with...

Is it down to the nature of our interminable insistence at...

Against the Cardona garnishee. But always in favour of the truth
Matthew Vella

Journalism’s first obligation is towards the truth. Those who cannot...

Journalism’s first obligation is towards the truth....

Border clampdowns won’t foil smugglers
The Conversation

Andrew Geddes & Luigi Achilli • To save lives and undercut the smugglers regular pathways for people to move across the Mediterranean to Europe are a...

Andrew Geddes & Luigi Achilli • To save lives and...

Education as if reality matters
Evarist Bartolo

We must stop confusing qualifications with skills and competences. You can be qualified and still lack the skills and character to be able to survive in the...

We must stop confusing qualifications with skills and...

Vote Trump, get Bannon
Michael Falzon

Apart from the ‘ideology’ embraced by Donald Trump and Steve Bannon, in the political world, there are many interesting parallels to the...

Apart from the ‘ideology’ embraced by Donald...

No money, but plenty of chicks for free...
Raphael Vassallo

Ordinary clients just pay for a private encounter with a prostitute, and...

Ordinary clients just pay for a private encounter with a...

Who really calls the shots in the sex industry?
Josanne Cassar

This is the point often missed by those who advocate for the right of women to...

This is the point often missed by those who advocate for...

The carpenter of coffins
Saviour Balzan

The Nationalist Party seems to seek to win the next election with the help of a talented carpenter making coffins for the people she attacks, unhurriedly...

The Nationalist Party seems to seek to win the next...

[WATCH] Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan talks about the plan agreed upon by the EU leaders at the Malta Summit and says that they were merely reacting to their electoral base and...

Saviour Balzan talks about the plan agreed upon by the EU...

EU migration plans are as bad as Trump’s
Jurgen Balzan

If you thought Trump’s travel ban was bad, the EU migration plans pushed...

If you thought Trump’s travel ban was bad, the EU...

Confused? Fear not, comfort is nigh...
Raphael Vassallo

As an outsider looking in, it is none of my business how or to whom the Maltese bishops should choose to administer or not administer their own Church's...

As an outsider looking in, it is none of my business how or...

It’s not about the sex, it’s about compromising your own position
Josanne Cassar

If we say it’s OK for anyone holding public office to behave...

If we say it’s OK for anyone holding public office to...

Teaching controversial issues in Ethics education
Lucianne Zammit

An important skill that one should possess in the 21st century is that of media...

An important skill that one should possess in the 21st...

Democracy and Brexit
Peter Apap Bologna

If democracy is taken to mean that the interests of all the people should be protected by the elected government, then it is hardly democratic for a simple...

If democracy is taken to mean that the interests of all the...