Social cohesion is paramount
Alex Agius Saliba
The uplifting mood of the festive season stimulates us to be more compassionate with others, not least by donating to those in need
‘Balancing’ is the job of a circus acrobat, not a cabinet minister
Raphael Vassallo
Two small issues immediately arise, even at a glance. (On top of the third I already mentioned: i.e., that Aaron Farrugia evidently got his job description all muddled-up)
Contrariwise…
Raphael Vassallo

All these years later, Alice gets drawn into a world she will surely find familiar: the ‘contrariwise’ world of Malta’s increasingly neurotic...

All these years later, Alice gets drawn into a world she...

Needed: A coordinated response to a global crisis
Frank Psaila

Merkel’s unilateral decision to throw her doors wide open, and then...

Merkel’s unilateral decision to throw her doors wide...

Working for work
Evarist Bartolo

Productive and decent employment is the most important source of income security. 

Productive and decent employment is the most important...

As ‘honest’ as a football hooligan…
Raphael Vassallo

Other countries would pay good money for a display of that sort of outrageous...

Other countries would pay good money for a display of that...

Offside on De Valette
Matthew Vella

Was the Monti relocation ‘mediocre’ because it’s easy to lay it at Labour’s stinky feet? Or does the PN get to do what it likes because...

Was the Monti relocation ‘mediocre’ because...

Making way for new blood
Josanne Cassar

It is very easy to empathize with someone who feel his days as a professional are not “over” and that he has a lot more to give. This enthusiasm,...

It is very easy to empathize with someone who feel his days...

What if it was the other JC?
Raphael Vassallo

We’re not just talking smutty tabloids with a predilection for tits, asses and wildly exaggerated headlines. Last I looked, The Telegraph in particular...

We’re not just talking smutty tabloids with a...

Migration, belatedly on top of the EU agenda
Leo Brincat

The Valletta Summit is important because in a true sense of shared...

The Valletta Summit is important because in a true sense of...

Compassion is no insurance policy
Jurgen Balzan

The outrage at the death of asylum seekers attempting to reach Europe by boat from Libya disappears as soon as the cameras at the extraordinary summits in...

The outrage at the death of asylum seekers attempting to...

Learning how to handle money
Evarist Bartolo

We need to help our children distinguish between needs and wants and then to graduate to budgeting income and expenditure

We need to help our children distinguish between needs and...

It’s doom alone that counts
Raphael Vassallo

It may be too early to draw similar conclusions about the introduction of civil unions: but again, the thrust of the scaremongering was all along about the...

It may be too early to draw similar conclusions about the...

Simon panders to business. At what cost?
James Debono

Politically, Busuttil is making some wrong assumptions about his own electorate. He apes Muscat’s pre-2013 populism when voters expect him to be a voice...

Politically, Busuttil is making some wrong assumptions...

Against the moral blackmail
Matthew Vella

Pro-lifers tend to be gung-ho about their sanctimonious banging. They are shouting bloody murder at the top of their voices and drowning out the real human...

Pro-lifers tend to be gung-ho about their sanctimonious...

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...