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Policies not politics

Michael Falzon

Meloni has done little in the way of real reforms, but she has proved pragmatic, ditching hard-line policies and moving away from her past populist and inflammatory rhetoric

What a waste of space

Daniel Xerri

When media houses give space to people with absurd views, they achieve nothing of value

Josanne Cassar

Schooling can be an often bumpy path, but it is also a microcosm of life – because nothing else can prepares you for dealing with all types of people and...

Schooling can be an often bumpy path, but it is also a...

What’s ‘public’ about public broadcasting, anyway?

Raphael Vassallo

Audience ratings have repeatedly confirmed that most people trust PBS more than...

Audience ratings have repeatedly confirmed that most people...

Evarist Bartolo

Times have changed, and from the 1970s onwards we have seen whole new towns appear before our eyes and grow into communities

Times have changed, and from the 1970s onwards we have seen...

Michael Falzon

With the Maltese rental market in an unprecedented boom, the number of problems with tenants not abiding by their tenancy agreement is bound to increase

With the Maltese rental market in an unprecedented boom,...

Raphael Vassallo

We are gradually revealing ourselves to be a country where neither government...

We are gradually revealing ourselves to be a country where...

Saviour Balzan

The PN needs a charismatic leader, who appeals to all classes and is her or his own wo/man

The PN needs a charismatic leader, who appeals to all...

Warring parents, the damage to kids is done

Josanne Cassar

I don’t think either the mother or the father has a monopoly on what...

I don’t think either the mother or the father has a...

After the latest economic crisis and the austerity measures imposed on EU countries to overcome this crisis, the principle that drives political forces is no...

After the latest economic crisis and the austerity measures...

Labour – bad governance and all – is winning the strategic game

Michael Briguglio

Of course, a week is a long time in politics, and many things can happen before...

Of course, a week is a long time in politics, and many...

The ERA’s credibility is at stake: it must appeal Townsquare or shut up shop

James Debono

If the ERA renounces the only power it has been granted by the demerger law, it may well close its offices and reduce its staff complement to a secretary with...

If the ERA renounces the only power it has been granted by...

‘PC bitchslap’ is no hero. The police need better training

Josanne Cassar

Rather than making the police officer into some kind of lopsided...

Rather than making the police officer into some kind of...

Raphael Vassallo

Malta does ‘look just the same’ despite the change. The sentiment is perhaps best expressed by a car-sticker that seems to have become popular over...

Malta does ‘look just the same’ despite the...

English language teaching, a success story

Evarist Bartolo

English language teaching has now become a stand-alone pillar and a niche...

English language teaching has now become a stand-alone...

Literary and book circles are disappointed at cutbacks in shelving space

Mark Camilleri

Literary and book circles inevitably feel disappointed with any cutback in shelving space available in the market, especially in a prime location such as the...

Literary and book circles inevitably feel disappointed with...

Strasbourg’s death knell to defamatory libel

Kevin Aquilina

Successive governments have dragged their feet to ensure that the criminal law...

Successive governments have dragged their feet to ensure...

Michael Falzon

One of the secrets behind Muscat’s economic success is that rather than ditching whatever the previous administration did in the economic...

One of the secrets behind Muscat’s economic success...

Raphael Vassallo

Most of the issues up for discussion in this country will inevitably be the offspring of Maltese politics

Most of the issues up for discussion in this...

Saviour Balzan

Government officials and politicians cannot be trusted if they are planning to become richer and more comfortable with those whom they became chummy with

Government officials and politicians cannot be trusted if...