What a Wonder Ball!
Michael Falzon
The howlers on TVM’s quiz programme are funny. But they are also a sad reflection of the way the public broadcaster works... and of its abandonment of its responsibility to...
Ghosts from the past
Saviour Balzan
It may have been music to his loyal sycophants but not to the vast majority of those who worked with him or close to him or orbited in his political world or experienced his...
‘Beam me up, Georgie…’
Raphael Vassallo

Brincat was fairly explicit in blaming 'both governments' in his irate comments at the airport on Monday: one for failing to evacuate him today, and...

Brincat was fairly explicit in blaming 'both...

Sandy of Zejtun
Henry Frendo

Alexander Cachia Zammit was a Borg Olivier loyalist who was one of only six MPs who voted with their leader against the bill to make Malta a republic, without...

Alexander Cachia Zammit was a Borg Olivier loyalist who was...

A change for the better
Evarist Bartolo

We’ve seen what the major issues were and we’ve started down the road to solve them.

We’ve seen what the major issues were and we’ve...

Sterling diplomatic duty
Ryan Callus

Joseph Muscat should perhaps consider promoting Marisa Farrugia to ambassadorial level

Joseph Muscat should perhaps consider promoting Marisa...

Legitimate criticism is not anti-Semitism
Raphael Vassallo

Even here in Malta, where we have been sheltered from these realities, it is...

Even here in Malta, where we have been sheltered from these...

Not fashionable to speak up
Saviour Balzan

The reason for ‘normal’ folk not to come out in favour of Palestine, I guess, is that rubbishing Israel is not the fashionable thing for those...

The reason for ‘normal’ folk not to come out in...

Panic button
Josanne Cassar

In a real scenario happening right under our nose, what is required are concrete steps because panic, whining, finger-pointing and getting ourselves worked up...

In a real scenario happening right under our nose, what is...

Boycott on Israel only solution to Gaza hell
Jurgen Balzan

A military, political and trade embargo will drive Israel into isolation since...

A military, political and trade embargo will drive Israel...

History repeats itself so much it stutters
Raphael Vassallo

In the past weeks, we have heard calls for the extermination of Palestinians...

In the past weeks, we have heard calls for the...

Gaza: This is no life
Karl Schembri

A ceasefire without an end to the Israeli blockade will not last long, and today’s six-year-old will be living through their fourth war in a couple of...

A ceasefire without an end to the Israeli blockade will not...

Pushing for more tertiary education
Evarist Bartolo

Tertiary education is another important step towards the consolidation of the knowledge-based economy

Tertiary education is another important step towards the...

Guido de Marco’s lingering presence
Henry Frendo

Prof. Henry Frendo • Gudio de Marco had a sense of history, as shown in his well-known quip from Nerik Mizzi: that politics was neither a vocation nor a...

Prof. Henry Frendo • Gudio de Marco had a sense of...

Squeezing the stuffiness out of the Nationalist Party
Frank Psaila

The stuffiness of the Nationalist Party on a number of social issues has driven...

The stuffiness of the Nationalist Party on a number of...

Gaza: Kudos for George but…
James Debono

Malta’s objection to Israel’s bid to win a UN security council seat should also take into consideration Israel's repeated failure to abide by...

Malta’s objection to Israel’s bid to win a UN...

More than a tad too cynical
Michael Falzon

Muscat had hinted at probable impending changes some time ago, just after the EP elections, saying that holding local elections frequently was a recurring...

Muscat had hinted at probable impending changes some time...

‘Absurd’? ‘Illogical’? ‘Nonsensical’? – must be the justice system…
Raphael Vassallo

I am tempted to draw analogies with Monty Python’s dead parrot sketch here, but seriously: the real life experience is more surreal.

I am tempted to draw analogies with Monty Python’s...

Better the dictator you know…
Saviour Balzan

There is little or nothing we can do to change the international situation.  We are if anything insignificant and without influence and to believe that we...

There is little or nothing we can do to change the...

To stay or to flee
Josanne Cassar

If my life or that of my family were in danger I would not be quibbling about having to pay money in order to get the heck out of a dangerous, war-torn country.

If my life or that of my family were in danger I would not...