Dual-language books as a tool to disseminate information
Laura Calleja
Despite English being commonly spoken by Maltese, there is still deep-rooted objection to English being spoken at an official level
Prying into public-private lives
Mark Said
The democratic function of the press falters when trivial details about the lives of politicians consume all the resources of our finite attention economy
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...

Too illegal to do anything about…
Raphael Vassallo

The problem with enforcing planning laws on illegal zoos, Muscat seems to be telling us, is that his government would have suddenly had a bunch of zoo...

The problem with enforcing planning laws on illegal zoos,...

The Dubaification of my country
Saviour Balzan

Finance minister Edward Scicluna, with his very cool ‘Nationalist’ affectations, furthers the perception that people can get away with tax evasion,...

Finance minister Edward Scicluna, with his very cool...

An empty chair speaks volumes about domestic violence
Josanne Cassar

In many cases, still, it is the abused woman who has to leave her home, for her...

In many cases, still, it is the abused woman who has to...

Abandoning the quartet in favour of the Arab peace initiative
Alon Ben-Meir

Times have changed; the Quartet was defunct from day one, and it will not...

Times have changed; the Quartet was defunct from day one,...

The sun starts setting on our financial industry
Ralph Cassar

We were told over and over again that Malta is a ‘centre of...

We were told over and over again that Malta is a...