The citizen hero
Mark Camilleri Gambin
Despite hailing from a generation which is far from savvy with technology, Arnold Cassola manages to utilise modern tools with deftness of an expert social media influencer
The tuna industry’s greenwashing tactics | Daniel Xerri
When we look at the 10,003 tonnes of tuna caught in the wild in 2021, one realises that sustainability is far from being the hallmark of Malta’s fish farming industry
A coalition of cranes, planes and fossil fuels
Ralph Cassar

The PN took credit for the removal of stamp duty on properties in Gozo –...

The PN took credit for the removal of stamp duty on...

Malta’s political orphans
Michael Falzon

In their efforts to eat into the other party’s natural electorate, both parties are ending up abandoning the sectors that harbour their own traditional...

In their efforts to eat into the other party’s...

Cardinal sin
Saviour Balzan

I must point out that all my defamation cases, like everybody else’s, are heard by the same magistrate - and this state of affairs is completely...

I must point out that all my defamation cases, like...

Deciphering Malta’s interest  in the US elections
Josanne Cassar

It is clear from those first photos with Obama, that Donald Trump is...

It is clear from those first photos with Obama, that Donald...

Trump victory comes with a silver lining for the world's progressives
Yanis Varoufakis

We are at a crossroads when change is inevitable, not just possible. To ensure...

We are at a crossroads when change is inevitable, not just...

How Donald Trump used the media and the 'industry of outrage' to win the US Presidency
The Conversation

In the face of the Trump onslaught and the unrestrained outpourings of the outrage industry, this has seemed insipid and inadequate. But does an ethical media...

In the face of the Trump onslaught and the unrestrained...

A vote for Trump was a despicable choice
James Debono

Call me part of the liberal elite, but a vote for a playground bully like Trump was a despicable choice that must be understood, but never condoned

Call me part of the liberal elite, but a vote for a...

Education for the real world
Evarist Bartolo

‘In the past, the appointment of a University rector was like a palace coup d’etat.’

‘In the past, the appointment of a University rector...

Insults, car bombs and ISIS
Frank Psaila

Car bombs endanger Malta’s reputation as a safe and secure country

Car bombs endanger Malta’s reputation as a safe and...

When the ‘villain’ becomes the star
Josanne Cassar

In hindsight, the more the media pushed Clinton and the more it ridiculed The Donald, the more entrenched Trump supporters became.

In hindsight, the more the media pushed Clinton and the...

Things fall apart
Raphael Vassallo

Unless something is eventually conceded to the growing chorus of voices demanding genuine change – in the United States of America, as everywhere else...

Unless something is eventually conceded to the growing...

The minimum wage conundrum
Michael Falzon

Increasing the minimum wage by more than the annual COLA adjustment might be seen as the panacea for social problems. I fear it is not.

Increasing the minimum wage by more than the annual COLA...

Why Paceville is Malta’s Standing Rock
Raphael Vassallo

By what stretch of mental gymnastics are we to conclude that expropriation for the sake of purely private speculative development serves anybody’s...

By what stretch of mental gymnastics are we to conclude...

It is a mad world
Saviour Balzan

In-Nazzjon missed out on a serious administrative enquiry that is currently being conducted in Luxembourg at the offices of the European Parliament’s...

In-Nazzjon missed out on a serious administrative enquiry...

Our lives played out for all to see: the future is now
Josanne Cassar

If the day comes where our past is stored digitally and can be reviewed and...

If the day comes where our past is stored digitally and can...

Bury them in paperwork, they’ll never notice
Josanne Cassar

While businesses flourish, employers sharply shoot down any suggestion that...

While businesses flourish, employers sharply shoot down any...

The Paceville master plan is a violent form of gentrification
Matthew Vella

There is nothing organic about proposing a €150 million expropriation plan...

There is nothing organic about proposing a €150...

With ‘star candidates’ like that...
Raphael Vassallo

The only thing that can really make a difference in Maltese politics is an evolutionary quantum leap among the younger generations of politicians -...

The only thing that can really make a difference in Maltese...