‘Why vote for others to be cheated? Vote for us instead!’
Raphael Vassallo
Elsewhere, both the Socialists and Liberals are equally keen to appease Far-Right sympathisers in other, arguably less ‘contentious’ ways: for instance, by supporting...
What the latest statistics tell us about a changing Malta
Josanne Cassar
The fact that the previous barriers which used to divide Malta into two distinct sub-cultures are being slowly dismantled, is a good thing
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...

Education must be enriching
Evarist Bartolo

We must align education with social economic policies. Learning for life and learning for employability go together

We must align education with social economic policies....

The Holocaust is political evil. Abortion is a difficult personal choice
James Debono

Tonio Fenech is historically insensitive when he compares the evil of an ideologically planned genocide with the difficult personal choices of women

Tonio Fenech is historically insensitive when he...

Anger is an energy
Raphael Vassallo

We are living at a time when everyone and his sausage dog feels automatically entitled to speak on behalf of the entire country

We are living at a time when everyone and his sausage dog...

Crime and punishment
Michael Falzon

Maltese historians who have started delving into the records to see how Malta was handled by Westminster are all astonished at the arrogant and dismissive way...

Maltese historians who have started delving into the...

Police? I’d like to report a camera and microphone
Josanne Cassar

What is surprising in all this is that I never expected this kind of...

What is surprising in all this is that I never expected...

Yellow, gutter and fake journalism
Saviour Balzan

Liars and hate-bloggers will always exist and there is little we can do about them; but politics cannot be created out of gossip and hatred, it must be borne...

Liars and hate-bloggers will always exist and there is...

[WATCH] Saviour Balzan's video blog
Saviour Balzan

In this week's il-Punt, Saviour Balzan talks about the migration crisis and how citizens look at refugees, whilst the second part focuses on politicians,...

In this week's il-Punt, Saviour Balzan talks about the...

To die, and to go we all know where...
Raphael Vassallo

Being an atheist also means stoically accepting that all this energy and eloquence – and all the other attributes we associate with ‘life’...

Being an atheist also means stoically accepting that all...