The only ‘shocking’ thing about Geert Wilders’ win, is how the world’s media reported it…
Raphael Vassallo
It seems as though the entire world was somehow ‘shocked’, to discover that yet another ‘Far Right, populist politician’, has won ‘yet another...
A tiny island which is too big for its boots
Josanne Cassar
It may be a bitter pill to swallow for those who can only lick their chops and think of the Ka-ching! But we need to lower our expectations, adjust our targets and above all, know...
‘Every vote counts’, my foot
Raphael Vassallo

Don’t bother knocking on my door come election time before you reform this rotten system into something that actually resembles a functional...

Don’t bother knocking on my door come election time...

It must be the Byzantines!
Michael Falzon

The Byzantines came and left so many years ago but their guile seems to have lingered all these years

The Byzantines came and left so many years ago but...

The underdog
Saviour Balzan

Many of those who still run the institutions have not been removed not because of some ‘taghna lkoll’ diktat, but simply because the term in...

Many of those who still run the institutions have not been...

Water off a duck’s back
Josanne Cassar

It is a sad state of affairs that so many people feel that as long as they have money in their pockets, they are willing to close an eye to governmental...

It is a sad state of affairs that so many people feel that...

Will history absolve Fidel Castro?
James Debono

Fidel represented all the great hopes and disappointments of the left in the 20th century, an inspiration for those striving for a better world,...

Fidel represented all the great hopes and...

Fidel Castro (1926-2016): Charismatic revolutionary leader who defied the odds
Peter Mayo

Academic Peter Mayo's obituary on the leader of the 1959 Cuban revolution and the legacy of el jefe máximo

Academic Peter Mayo's obituary on the leader of the...

No such thing as free
Josanne Cassar

The reluctance to pay for PRS betrays a general attitude towards intellectual property, a belittlement of people’s talent, as if to imply that the...

The reluctance to pay for PRS betrays a general...

Judge for yourself
Raphael Vassallo

Bashing individual judges and magistrates is hardly going to restore public confidence in an ailing justice system

Bashing individual judges and magistrates is hardly...

Project Anger
Frank Psaila

Donald Trump’s election campaign strategy was Project Anger, and it worked wonders for him!

Donald Trump’s election campaign strategy was Project...

Inspiring children to a better education
Evarist Bartolo

Getting students into classrooms is not enough - we want to make them learn and to succeed, we need to create new modules according to the needs of the...

Getting students into classrooms is not enough - we want to...

Down with the establishment?
Michael Falzon

With so many evident shortcomings in our two main political parties, the least they can do is spare the electorate meaningless arguments as to which of them is...

With so many evident shortcomings in our two main political...

That’s some ‘moral code’ you’ve got there, Godfrey...
Raphael Vassallo

Godfrey Farrugia seems to have made a career out of shedding crocodile...

Godfrey Farrugia seems to have made a career out of...

The alarming rise of sexual abuse in Maltese society
Josanne Cassar

As sexual abuse cases rise, the answer is certainly not to always blame girls...

As sexual abuse cases rise, the answer is certainly not to...

… it’s a small world
Saviour Balzan

The industry is permanently involved in an orgy, eating at old homes, pulling down relatively new homes and constructing new apartments, turning the townscape...

The industry is permanently involved in an orgy, eating at...

Let's bring unnecessary loss of lives to an end
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca

On the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, President...

On the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims,...

The anti-liberal backlash
Josanne Cassar

'I struggle to understand why being liberal presents such a problem. But it seems that if you simply live your own life without trying to impose your...

'I struggle to understand why being liberal presents...

Not just an economic conundrum
Angele Deguara

The arguments being used to vouch against raising the minimum wage are reminiscent of others that tend to be presented every time that any progressive...

The arguments being used to vouch against raising the...

We’re all ‘anti-establishment’ now...
Raphael Vassallo

There they both are - Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil - trying to exploit...

There they both are - Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil...