Muscat (1735-c.1800) was an enlightened reformer with contacts with such influential people like Kaunitz, the chancellor of the Emperor Joseph II of Austria.

Muscat (1735-c.1800) was an enlightened reformer with...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Dishing out public land at a discount price without even issuing a tender to...

Dishing out public land at a discount price without even...

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...

The political circus is in town: parliamentary debates as intellectually...

The political circus is in town: parliamentary debates as...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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