UNESCO will not save our heritage
Michael Falzon
Is democracy committing a suicide of sorts?
The only ‘shocking’ thing about Geert Wilders’ win, is how the world’s media reported it…
Raphael Vassallo
It seems as though the entire world was somehow ‘shocked’, to discover that yet another ‘Far Right, populist politician’, has won ‘yet another...
Space: the final frontier
Raphael Vassallo

Little did I realise the significance of all this when I waded into the City Gate kerfuffle with a contrarious opinion in recent weeks... that there is clearly...

Little did I realise the significance of all this when I...

The ties that bind us
Michael Falzon

Alexis Tsipras without a tie, Simon Busuttil taking off his jacket, Joseph Muscat with his pastel blue ties and Dom Mintoff sporting those infamous belts with...

Alexis Tsipras without a tie, Simon Busuttil taking off his...

Don’t ask me why
Saviour Balzan

I have little words of compassion for someone who presents himself together with his wife as Jesus freaks, and then scavenges in a business world dominated by...

I have little words of compassion for someone who presents...

Flawless is an illusion
Josanne Cassar

If you are a woman, the scrutiny on our physical appearance is ruthless and relentless.

If you are a woman, the scrutiny on our physical appearance...

Malta needs to play its security role to the fullest
Daniel Fiott

Malta does not need to surrender its neutrality to play its part in defeating a...

Malta does not need to surrender its neutrality to play its...

Malta and whose army?
Raphael Vassallo

We have completely forgotten our utter lack of any military defence capability … not to mention the even more glaring lack of an offensive military...

We have completely forgotten our utter lack of any military...

Healthy eating and physical activity
Evarist Bartolo

Interventions targeted at healthy nutrition need to occur early in childhood and adolescence to prevent or reverse the effects of being overweight and poor...

Interventions targeted at healthy nutrition need to occur...

India’s agenda for change
Leo Brincat

Obviously with such a daunting agenda one can understand why India, like China, would like to see an agreement that takes into account their aspirations and...

Obviously with such a daunting agenda one can understand...

When illegal becomes legal
Ryan Callus

I have no difficulty in admitting that under the previous administration, MEPA had become too rigid in its decisions and impractical in others, but it now...

I have no difficulty in admitting that under the previous...

The cost of ‘culture’
Raphael Vassallo

Aesthetics are not, and should not be the only consideration when redeveloping public space. There is also the question of impact on the surrounding...

Aesthetics are not, and should not be the only...

The great altruists
Saviour Balzan

The oil scandal, when it is finally exposed for what it is, will show that corruption is pervasive here, and the Maltese live on a culture of promulgating...

The oil scandal, when it is finally exposed for what it is,...

It’s the working class that needs free public space and Piano’s garden
James Debono

The monti issue is simple enough: an arrogant lobby has used electoral blackmail to occupy valuable space at the expense of the rest of the community, which...

The monti issue is simple enough: an arrogant lobby has...

Some common sense on education at last
Josanne Cassar

The Alternative Learning Programme has taken the bull by the horns: rather than trying to make kids fit into our one-size-fits all system, they  changed...

The Alternative Learning Programme has taken the bull by...

Why CEOs should read books
Kevin-James Fenech

According to experts the reading of (proper) books leads to something known as ‘deep reading’, which you don’t experience when reading emails...

According to experts the reading of (proper) books leads to...

Dishonesty is too kind a word for you, Dr Gonzi
Saviour Balzan

Quizzed by the public accounts committee, he stated that his so-called...

Quizzed by the public accounts committee, he stated that...

Souls for sale (two for the price of one)
Raphael Vassallo

The Valletta market stalls may well cheapen a (very expensive) House of...

The Valletta market stalls may well cheapen a (very...

Education for all – is it an elusive dream?
Evarist Bartolo

We must work hard to reduce the dropout and early school leavers rate and...

We must work hard to reduce the dropout and early school...

Muscat’s ‘Mr Invincible’ attitude
Frank Psaila

The Court’s decision to allot two seats does not change the fact that the PN got a serious drubbing at the polls in 2013

The Court’s decision to allot two seats does not...