Hamas’s actions are hideous but the occupation has to be challenged
James Debono
There can be no justification for killing hundreds of people in a rampage which makes a mockery of dignified resistance to a brutal occupation
The desired unity | Mark Said
Unity means not advancing policies that are opposed by the other side. This has been a repeated mantra on Net News, but it is not limited to conservative media
The wonderful world they call Facebook
Saviour Balzan

It is a source of voyeurism that is shared by thousands, and it is no surprise that thousands of Maltese from different strata in society use up most of their...

It is a source of voyeurism that is shared by thousands,...

Not even in death is our privacy respected
Josanne Cassar

It is bad enough that people persist in sharing, exposing and revealing every...

It is bad enough that people persist in sharing, exposing...

How Muscat put Zonqor on the radar again
James Debono

By rushing the land transfer process through parliament during the Xmas period, Joseph Muscat has committed a strategic mistake; that of turning a purely...

By rushing the land transfer process through parliament...

The Dorks Awaken…
Raphael Vassallo

While some of us await in joyful hope the seventh instalment of this epic space fantasy saga, for others the same event looms as ominously as an approaching...

While some of us await in joyful hope the seventh...

Who was Giannicolo Muscat?
Evarist Bartolo

Muscat (1735-c.1800) was an enlightened reformer with contacts with such influential people like Kaunitz, the chancellor of the Emperor Joseph II of Austria.

Muscat (1735-c.1800) was an enlightened reformer with...

The war on terror
Frank Psaila

Terrorist groups, such as Isis, have dreamed of a showdown with the West. Donald Trump’s statement fills them joy.

Terrorist groups, such as Isis, have dreamed of a showdown...

Limiting the powers of government
Mark Anthony Sammut

Politics is a force for good if it is built by active civic participation of well-meaning citizens.

Politics is a force for good if it is built by active civic...

No discussions please. We’re academics
Mark Camilleri

When the majority of the Maltese people are craving answers on crucial and major questions on the Maltese language, some academics keep showing reluctance...

When the majority of the Maltese people are...

In the correct direction
Michael Falzon

People enjoy gossiping about government employees caught pinching petrol or what not, more than talking about the introduction of a propositive referendum law!

People enjoy gossiping about government employees caught...

The last merchant in Merchants Street
Raphael Vassallo

Strangely, the government got involved: not to defend the tenants’ rights against an aggressive corporate takeover – as one would rightly expect,...

Strangely, the government got involved: not to defend the...

Anglu – Oh, please,  not again!
Saviour Balzan

The Mosta Speaker of the House of Representatives flagged the apparent discrepancy in mileage and fuel consumption for Simon Busuttil’s car and cried...

The Mosta Speaker of the House of Representatives flagged...

Why can’t we ever emulate the best of America, rather than the worst?
Josanne Cassar

Media infiltration means that the world in many respects has become one globalised culture which connects us, for better or for worse.

Media infiltration means that the world in many respects...

Dishing out land to Sadeen is feudal not progressive
James Debono

Dishing out public land at a discount price without even issuing a tender to...

Dishing out public land at a discount price without even...

Better late than never
Raphael Vassallo

Make no mistake: the list of things which are very emphatically ‘better never than late’ is almost literally endless.

Make no mistake: the list of things which are very...

Are we going to keep our political circus in business?
Jurgen Balzan

The political circus is in town: parliamentary debates as intellectually...

The political circus is in town: parliamentary debates as...

An intifada in Europe
Carmel Vassallo

It is clear that many, perhaps the majority, of first and second generation Islamic cultural background ‘settlers’ have values at variance...

It is clear that many, perhaps the majority, of first...

Will we learn from past mistakes at Paris COP21?
Leo Brincat

If this will be purely down to rhetoric or not is something that can be figured...

If this will be purely down to rhetoric or not is something...

Marlene, Helena and Joe
Michael Falzon

Marlene decided to resign from the Labour Party and there was a reaction from her erstwhile colleagues.

Marlene decided to resign from the Labour Party and there...