Tone deaf with a complete lack of self-awareness
Josanne Cassar
Her supporters might say, but so what if she did? So many women go under the knife to look better, doesn’t she have the right to do so?  If she were just anyone else,...
When state institutions are not up to standard | Mark Said
It is time to reinstall and implement the true principles of meritocracy within all institutions and do away with nepotism, cronyism, incompetence, and mediocrity
The Mote in God’s Eye
Raphael Vassallo

Speaking out critically of the Catholic Church is actually a crime in this country. It’s called ‘offending religious sentiment’, and the...

Speaking out critically of the Catholic Church is actually...

The phenomenology of Joseph Muscat
James Debono

Joseph Muscat’s government likes to be liked. The €200,000 giveaway defines its modus operandi as a populist government.

Joseph Muscat’s government likes to be liked. The...

The Leopard
Leo Brincat

The Renzi factor has not only worked but is also expected to succeed, even if it might eventually go through difficult patches

The Renzi factor has not only worked but is also expected...

Youth Guarantee, making a difference
Evarist Bartolo

We have not shied away from exposing problems over the past 17 months and we promise not to do so in the coming years. If you don’t acknowledge the...

We have not shied away from exposing problems over the past...

Did someone say ‘compensation’?
Raphael Vassallo

The offer of compensation for household damages incurred by last Tuesday’s power cut is demonstration that time travel really is possible

The offer of compensation for household damages incurred by...

When it is no longer fashionable to be modern
Saviour Balzan

The modern society is exemplified by our new set of values, which we can now...

The modern society is exemplified by our new set of values,...

The cathartic effect of collective mourning
Josanne Cassar

What is wrong in sharing a feeling of sorrow through social media if it helps...

What is wrong in sharing a feeling of sorrow through social...

Do you realise…?
Raphael Vassallo

If to be funny is to be sad – and Williams was undeniably a very funny man – well, the evidence for his unhappiness was there all along, staring at...

If to be funny is to be sad – and Williams was...

Playing with democracy
Ryan Callus

If local elections are not worth holding due to financial reasons, then how can you justify splurging on outrageous paychecks?

If local elections are not worth holding due to financial...

Busuttil’s ‘washing line’, Muscat’s mess and a bottleneck at the Curia
Frank Psaila

Muscat’s advisors tried to make him look like a hero, who rescued Galea from certain death, but instead made Muscat look like a reckless fool

Muscat’s advisors tried to make him look like a hero,...

Building a tomorrow
Evarist Bartolo

Unlike in previous years, we will not be having one school project per year but multiple works being carried out in parallel. Not any less important is that we...

Unlike in previous years, we will not be having one school...

Public transport and public sector employment
Michael Falzon

This ministerial behaviour is completely unorthodox and utterly unacceptable....

This ministerial behaviour is completely unorthodox and...

History is just as important as maths
James Debono

The reaction  on the social media and elsewhere to shocking events in Iraq and Palestine exposes crass ignorance on current affairs of a society with no...

The reaction  on the social media and elsewhere to...

Hate speech, hangovers
Saviour Balzan

The Malta Employers’ Association did not deal only with hangovers, it also extended its silly concerns to sport injuries.

The Malta Employers’ Association did not deal only...

How sick?
Josanne Cassar

The problem with the arbitrary list given by the MEA on what it deems as “self-inflicted” is that it is just that: arbitrary.

The problem with the arbitrary list given by the MEA on...

‘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...