Brincat’s opinions might be a load of BS…  but so was the ensuing ‘outrage’
Raphael Vassallo
Now: like all good dictionary definitions, this one is sufficiently vague to account for a certain ‘flexibility’, in the way the word is actually used
The Air Malta tragedy
Michael Falzon
In the case of Air Malta, amongst other things, the company was saddled with excess employees, thanks to political interference
Whatever happened to honour thy mother and father?
Josanne Cassar

Government needs to tread very carefully on its Bill to protect the elderly...

Government needs to tread very carefully on its Bill to...

The Europe I love (no more?)
James Debono

I was always in love with the idea of Europe; its openness and its roots in the popular struggle against Nazism and Fascism.  But now I find  myself...

I was always in love with the idea of Europe; its openness...

Dr Joseph and Mr Busuttil
Raphael Vassallo

Muscat himself evidently agrees with the idea of issuing humanitarian visas, seeing as he suggested it himself. So what’s stopping him from doing it...

Muscat himself evidently agrees with the idea of issuing...

Not just sitting in classes
Evarist Bartolo

We know obesity is a problem in our islands but we have teamed up with the Ministry for Health to introduce more initiatives that will help educate our people...

We know obesity is a problem in our islands but we have...

This crisis will destroy Europe… but not how most people think
Raphael Vassallo

It is true that Europe’s future existence is ‘threatened’ by...

It is true that Europe’s future existence is...

Evaluating Simon Busuttil’s first two years
Frank Psaila

Whether Busuttil defies the odds to be a one-term opposition remains to be...

Whether Busuttil defies the odds to be a one-term...

Napalm girl, beach boy
Matthew Vella

This is a nightmare for all of us. A Holocaust is happening right here in our back-gardens, and we appear to be unwilling to provide legal ways of granting...

This is a nightmare for all of us. A Holocaust is happening...

IVF – the revolution has only just begun
Nikita Zammit Alamango

Rights, responsibilities, obligations and ethics are all fundamental to...

Rights, responsibilities, obligations and ethics are all...

When the argument gets the better of us
Josanne Cassar

Can we try and learn to stick to the argument at hand rather than going off in so many tangents that it’s like an explosion of different opinions and...

Can we try and learn to stick to the argument at hand...

Refugees: are you asking what you can do to help?
Carla Camilleri

Although refugee arrivals to Malta have not been as dramatic as in other parts...

Although refugee arrivals to Malta have not been as...

Public opinion on the refugee crisis is changing fast – and for the better
The Conversation

For years, the bulk of the media, most politicians, and a majority of the public have ignored these stories. But whatever it’s taken to get here, this is...

For years, the bulk of the media, most politicians, and a...

Powerful image of dead Syrian toddler is timely reminder of our inhumanity
Jurgen Balzan

Aylan Kurdi, the young boy found lying face-down on a Turkish beach was one of at least 12 Syrians who drowned attempting to reach Greece

Aylan Kurdi, the young boy found lying face-down on a...

Leadership debates, without any debate
Raphael Vassallo

“[Jeremy Corbyn] has done for the [British] Labour leadership race what John Travolta did for Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction: he has jabbed an adrenaline...

“[Jeremy Corbyn] has done for the [British] Labour...

Matching the demand of tomorrow's jobs
Evarist Bartolo

The creation of jobs that match the individual’s skills and knowledge is a very important factor in determining the type of employment that applies to...

The creation of jobs that match the individual’s...

Two Charlies and a secular quandary
John Baldacchino

On decriminalising vilification, the State needs to have robust grounds on which society protects individual liberty through social responsibility, which...

On decriminalising vilification, the State needs to have...

How important is resource efficiency?
Leo Brincat

Rather than limiting the discussion strictly to our own natural resources or lack of them, we should also recognise the costs of wasteful consumption along...

Rather than limiting the discussion strictly to our own...

Dogma and untruths in the name of St Augustine’s despotic God
Mark Camilleri

It is only natural that the head of the Catholic Church in Malta would oppose...

It is only natural that the head of the Catholic Church in...

A tale of two Koreas…
Raphael Vassallo

It’s almost like an unspoken rule of political reportage: any nugget of information that can be used to embarrass one’s political opponents WILL be...

It’s almost like an unspoken rule of political...