‘Speak to someone, they will arrange it for you’
Josanne Cassar
The reality is that it is never worth the risk because inevitably, it will always be the small fry, the little man at the bottom of the totem pole who will get chopped off first
The Prime Minister who cried: ‘It’s the Wollof! It’s the Wollof!’
Raphael Vassallo
Like Lambkin, Prime Minister Robert Abela will very soon discover the ultimate limits of his own credibility... if he hasn’t done that, already
Wrong to keep us out of PISA 2012
Evarist Bartolo

The Labour Party does not agree with the government decision to keep Malta out of the Programme for International Student Assessment, held earlier this year by...

The Labour Party does not agree with the government...

Looking to the future – part 2
Saviour Balzan

Yet another gaze into the political crystal ball.

Yet another gaze into the political crystal ball.

Another battle looms
Claudine Cassar

I shake my head and sigh at the Bishops' IVF pastoral letter.

I shake my head and sigh at the Bishops' IVF pastoral...

Professors of democracy
Raphael Vassallo

Back in 1981, Alex Sceberras Trigona did not practice what he now seems to be preaching.

Back in 1981, Alex Sceberras Trigona did not practice what...

Myopia rules OK!
Michael Falzon

In its enthusiasm to observe God’s law (as it sees it) the local Church forgets all about compassion and loving one’s neighbour.

In its enthusiasm to observe God’s law (as it sees it)...

Crusade against loving couples
Evarist Bartolo

Several priests were shocked about how insensitive and backward looking the pastoral letter was and refused to read it in church.

Several priests were shocked about how insensitive and...

Once upon a time there was a troika...
Carmen Sammut

Secularisation in a place like Malta does not merely entail a decline of religious influence but also a decline of ideologically-committed institutions.

Secularisation in a place like Malta does not merely entail...

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Saviour Balzan

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In support of an independent mayor
James Debono

Floriana has an independent mayor supported by the PN. Labour cries foul, thus betraying its aversion to anything which goes beyond the two-party system.

Floriana has an independent mayor supported by the PN....

With a mother like Nature…
Raphael Vassallo

What cheek, what nerve, what flaming hypocrisy, that they can cite ‘Mother Nature’ as a pretext to deprive other people of opportunities.

What cheek, what nerve, what flaming hypocrisy, that they...

Quotas – a necessary evil?
Claudine Cassar

Quotas are the only way that we can kick-start true progress towards achieving equality

Quotas are the only way that we can kick-start true...

PN bodyguards with criminal records
Evarist Bartolo

Setting the record straight on party bodyguards.

Setting the record straight on party bodyguards.

5 August, 2013
Saviour Balzan

How things will not change...

How things will not change...

Problem: no money
Raphael Vassallo

Both parties have for decades benefited from an incongruous state of affairs whereby no donation – no matter how astronomical – has to be registered.

Both parties have for decades benefited from an incongruous...

That’s irresponsible
Raphael Vassallo

‘Lack of DNA evidence’ is really just an excuse for the police not to take responsibility for the conclusions of their own investigations.

‘Lack of DNA evidence’ is really just an excuse for the...

Questions too hot to handle
Evarist Bartolo

Does not the finance minister that the impotency of MFSA to enforce its own regulations demonstrates a regulatory authority lacking in personality and...

Does not the finance minister that the impotency of MFSA to...

It’s all so surreal
Michael Falzon

I hazard to guess that come Election Day, the percentage of abstainers and vote spoilers will be much more than what has been the average in the past.

I hazard to guess that come Election Day, the percentage of...

Mistra and the aftermath
Edward Mallia

There is no way any “PN official” could have passed on a copy of the Mistra contract to the PL without Dr Gonzi (a great practitioner of Nixonian...

There is no way any “PN official” could have passed on...