A week of weirdness
Josanne Cassar
From the weird to the downright depressing... Sometimes a week comes along when everything you see online just makes you say, huh? 
So who is a f***ing asshole?
Saviour Balzan
If someone is a comedian or an actor, and it is abundantly clear that the purpose of one’s speech or act is comedy or theatre, then why the hell should we allow people like...
Cali ic-Caqnu
Saviour Balzan

It would be interesting to ask each and every minister whether they have ever received anything in kind from Mr Polidano over the last 10 years.

It would be interesting to ask each and every minister...

Here is an abortion of a Bill if ever there was one
Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

Maltese-Australian barrister Joseph Carmel Chetcuti, author of ‘A Queer...

Maltese-Australian barrister Joseph Carmel Chetcuti, author...

Joe, Andrè and the legendary Totò
Evarist Bartolo

By now consumer complainants are used to placing little value in MFSA indications of expected dates.

By now consumer complainants are used to placing little...

The cohabitation bill is an insult
Claudine Cassar

Numerous studies have shown that children are not damaged in any way whatsoever by having gay parents.

Numerous studies have shown that children are not damaged...

The higher they climb, the harder they fall
Raphael Vassallo

Give someone a public platform to say anything at all, and before you know it...

Give someone a public platform to say anything at all, and...

It’s not me. It’s my budgerigar
Saviour Balzan

PBS has this amazing habit of defending its staff as if they were only answerable to the board of directors.

PBS has this amazing habit of defending its staff as if...

The chickens come home to roost
Saviour Balzan

What a grotesquely incongruous situation: the campaign manager of the anti-divorce lobby is today the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for the...

What a grotesquely incongruous situation: the campaign...

The chickens coming home to roost
Michael Falzon

What a grotesquely incongruous situation: the campaign manager of the anti-divorce lobby is today the Permanent Secretary of the ministry introducing the...

What a grotesquely incongruous situation: the campaign...

Is gay love second-class?
James Debono

The proposed cohabitation bill risks institutionalising inequality by creating a ‘second class’ division for same sex couples.

The proposed cohabitation bill risks institutionalising...

Top Three Reasons Social Media Needs Real-Time Analytics
Jen Cohen

Someone once told me that the only function of a business that can be in a...

Someone once told me that the only function of a business...

Mourning Dear Dom
James Debono

The collective mourning for Duminku Mintoff was also symptomatic of a legacy of the blind devotion to the leader he cultivated to challenge an oppressive...

The collective mourning for Duminku Mintoff was also...

Reconciliation, ho ho ho
Raphael Vassallo

Remember ‘national reconciliation’, folks? Maybe not. It was after all 25 years ago, and… let’s face it, we never heard anything of it since.

Remember ‘national reconciliation’, folks? Maybe not....

Larger than life
Claudine Cassar

There is no doubt that the main event this week was the death of Dom Mintoff and the ensuing public reaction.

There is no doubt that the main event this week was the...

Political giant, ruthless bully, charmer...
Michael Falzon

At the risk of being accused of using a trite cliché, Dom Mintoff’s passing...

At the risk of being accused of using a trite cliché, Dom...

Learning from Dom Mintoff
Evarist Bartolo

Being born and bred in a traditional PN social environment, Dom Mintoff was the devil incarnate for me until I started developing my own, independent...

Being born and bred in a traditional PN social environment,...

The good, the bad and the ugly
Saviour Balzan

I am no different to anyone else. You like or dislike a person according to what you have been told about them, or better yet, your personal experience of them.

I am no different to anyone else. You like or dislike a...

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Conrad Bugeja

If you have ever been online you have definitely made usage of a Uniform Resource Locator, better known for short as a URL.

If you have ever been online you have definitely made usage...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan on former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff's death and his legacy.

Saviour Balzan on former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff's death...