Oh, so you punched someone? It’s ok, everyone makes mistakes…
Josanne Cassar
Apart from the audacity of those who are in the wrong, who ingeniously manage to portray themselves like they are being persecuted, what also flabbergasts me is the way people...
Silver Economy in Malta: A Growing Opportunity | Steve Ellul
Maltese and Gozitan families want a dynamic and growing economy that provides for them, for their children’s education and future, but also an economy that caters for their...
Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

Banning the burqa in Malta? Not the best idea a politician has ever come up with...

Banning the burqa in Malta? Not the best idea a politician...

Education – More than just schooling
Evarist Bartolo

The purpose of education is much more than exam results, it is about forming active citizens with employability skills

The purpose of education is much more than exam results, it...

British Labour, its leader and its future
John Baldacchino

British Labour is at a juncture in history: political discourse has become...

British Labour is at a juncture in history: political...

A police force in need of a radical shake-up
Frank Psaila

Heads must roll, rotten apples must be discarded, and we need an overhaul...

Heads must roll, rotten apples must be discarded, and we...

Power corrupts. But absolute lack of power kind of sucks…
Raphael Vassallo

Tell you what: instead of talking endlessly about ‘building new power...

Tell you what: instead of talking endlessly about...

Muscat’s Zonqor moment
James Debono

It’s cheeky for Muscat to justify Zonqor’s AUM as the only ODZ controversy Labour has had to face so far, when he pilots a planning regime that...

It’s cheeky for Muscat to justify Zonqor’s AUM...

Outrageous statements always get more attention
Josanne Cassar

The problem with those who think it is so hilarious to offend a certain sector...

The problem with those who think it is so hilarious to...

If you want change, change the way you choose people in power
Saviour Balzan

The truth is that Joe Gaffarena is unprincipled and is only interested in...

The truth is that Joe Gaffarena is unprincipled and is only...

[WATCH] People should vote for parties, not candidates
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan calls for a change in Malta's electoral system, so...

Saviour Balzan calls for a change in Malta's electoral...

Just bricks in the wall…
Raphael Vassallo

As with Pink Floyd’s brick wall, the implication is of a country held in a stranglehold by all-powerful forces: a state of play we all accept as fact,...

As with Pink Floyd’s brick wall, the implication is...

Why Corbyn is winning – and how Labour’s moderates can stop him
The Conversation

Labour’s moderates would have to argue that it is important for the party...

Labour’s moderates would have to argue that it is...

Celebrating co-ed in the state’s middle schools
Evarist Bartolo

Co-educational schools provide a much more realistic model of training boys and...

Co-educational schools provide a much more realistic model...

A national language debate stifled by righteousness
Mark Camilleri

If the council expects to release communiques in the form of diktats, without...

If the council expects to release communiques in the form...

Death of a (celebrity) lion…
Raphael Vassallo

Walter Palmer, it seems, slew more than just a random lion on his ill-fated hunting trip to Zimbabwe. He also took aim at, and shot, all our most cherished...

Walter Palmer, it seems, slew more than just a random lion...

Bad cop, good cop
Saviour Balzan

Money has no borders, especially when it comes to making more money.

Money has no borders, especially when it comes to making...

The thin, fine line of public propriety
Josanne Cassar

I always assumed that it should be quite obvious that once you are in a certain type of position, the way you behave has to be exemplary.

I always assumed that it should be quite obvious that once...

One Facebook group does not an ‘organisation’ make…
Raphael Vassallo

This week, it was reported across the media that a ‘new...

This week, it was reported across the media that a...

A change for the worse
James Debono

The planning law as proposed is a change for the worse; a throw back to the days when planning decisions were taken by the Minister and his cronies instead of...

The planning law as proposed is a change for the worse; a...