A far cry from the newsroom
Saviour Balzan
The one thing that motivates people is money in their pockets and when that dries up they start to cry wolf about everything else they can think about
The future of space exploration | Nathan Pullicino
Without space exploration to help us push the boundaries of current technologies, we would miss out on having better, more affordable ones which benefit all of humankind
Solitary confinement in the 21st century? Seriously?
Raphael Vassallo

For better or worse, the use of ‘correctional facility’ to describe...

For better or worse, the use of ‘correctional...

Do refugees have a 'right' to hospitality?
The Conversation

To humanely respond to today’s “crisis” we need to understand...

To humanely respond to today’s “crisis”...

Is Malta well geared for eco tourism?
Leo Brincat

A walk through a rainforest elsewhere is not eco tourism unless that particular walk somehow benefits the environment and the people who live there.

A walk through a rainforest elsewhere is not eco tourism...

What could we do with €11 million?

By Nationalist MEP Roberta Metsola and and shadow environment and transport minister Marthese Portelli

By Nationalist MEP Roberta Metsola and and shadow...

Malta’s secret weapon
Evarist Bartolo

The community has an important role to play in the promotion of bilingualism as the home and early years settings are influenced by what happens within it

The community has an important role to play in the...

Conflict? What conflict?
Michael Falzon

What I find most intriguing is that the story about the irregular GWU leases did not raise too many eyebrows while the revelations of former PN Minister Joe...

What I find most intriguing is that the story about the...

Is it a bird? A plane? Well, that depends…
Raphael Vassallo

Exactly how any of this is supposed to inspire confidence in the Public...

Exactly how any of this is supposed to inspire confidence...

Look at all the lonely people
Josanne Cassar

The very thought of being reduced to a solitary life when one grows old is heartbreaking, but it is not simply restricted to the elderly.

The very thought of being reduced to a solitary life when...

[WATCH] Saviour Balzan’s videoblog: After the PAC
Saviour Balzan

On Thursday I testified in the Public Accounts Committee. The Commissioner of...

On Thursday I testified in the Public Accounts Committee....

More sex during South Africa’s World Cup meant more boys nine months on
The Conversation

Nine months after South Africa hosted the 2010 football World Cup a disproportionately higher number of male babies were born compared with the previous eight...

Nine months after South Africa hosted the 2010 football...

Last man standing
Raphael Vassallo

There is a war of attrition going on here: an eye for an eye, and a member of parliament for a member of parliament. But the analogy goes well beyond the most...

There is a war of attrition going on here: an eye for an...

Labour’s sun sets with Muscat
Mark Anthony Sammut

Is it not ironic that Joseph Muscat is more worried about salami and sausages, than about those carcinogenic issues his government should be tackling: traffic,...

Is it not ironic that Joseph Muscat is more worried about...

21st century skills and learning outcomes
Evarist Bartolo

The introduction of learning outcomes pedagogy is meant to move away from the...

The introduction of learning outcomes pedagogy is meant to...

Changeover and continuity
Michael Falzon

Keeping secret state agreements that somehow involve public financial matters should be a ‘no no’ for any government of any democratic...

Keeping secret state agreements that somehow involve public...

The Caflangu and the frame-up
Saviour Balzan

To claim that all those gifts from Gaffarena were now part of some elaborate frame-up was utterly silly and stupid. 

To claim that all those gifts from Gaffarena were now part...

Is it worth it?
Josanne Cassar

It cannot be denied that there is a definite sickness at the core of our society; a sickness which has grown deeper over the years and is now so pervasive that...

It cannot be denied that there is a definite sickness at...

Criminalise our children, please…
Raphael Vassallo

As I have often observed, just mention the frightening word ‘drugs’, and all logic and common sense immediately flies out of the window.

As I have often observed, just mention the frightening word...

Human rights apply to masons, too…
Raphael Vassallo

The ‘nastiest move’ imaginable, back in the 1920s, was to label someone a ‘mason’. How on earth do you explain that to someone who...

The ‘nastiest move’ imaginable, back in the...