Sanity versus insanity
Saviour Balzan
When the Amanda Muscat story hit the headlines a few days ago, we all had our opinion as to how this would impact a political survey. 
Muzzling educators | Daniel Xerri
Just like Said’s intellectuals, their role 'is not to consolidate authority, but to understand, interpret, and question it'
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...

The curious case of the footballer in Gozo
Anthony Buttigieg

It is time Malta and its government took a reality check. The increasing...

It is time Malta and its government took a reality check....

Supporting students to succeed
Evarist Bartolo

We believe in education and we will continue to devise as many ways as possible to help our students achieve to the best of their ability

We believe in education and we will continue to devise as...

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...