The threat of burning the Koran on the anniversary of 9-11, although withdrawn, has conjured the spectre of a war between fundamentalisms.

The threat of burning the Koran on the anniversary of...

Political parties can only come clean on the fireworks issue if they cut their links with the fireworks lobby.

Political parties can only come clean on the fireworks...

Paul Vincenti is making an argument against divorce based on notions he doesn’t even understand. So he needs to look them up.

Paul Vincenti is making an argument against divorce based...

Councillors would not have been better without the discipline of their...

Councillors would not have been better without the...

Some have compared the current epidemic of bribery hitting local councils to tangentopoli (Bribesville). I beg to differ: Malta simply doesn't have an...

Some have compared the current epidemic of bribery...

Malta needs coordinated public diplomacy and nation branding strategies.

Malta needs coordinated public diplomacy and nation...

Don’t expect any proper reform on party financing by parties who are so cosy with the unaccountable system of political money laundering.

Don’t expect any proper reform on party financing...

Gaddafi looks and sounds like a crackpot who reinforces his exotic 'otherness'.   But we should see him for what he is a political survivor...

Gaddafi looks and sounds like a crackpot who reinforces...

For 74 years broadcasting has been used crudely or subtly by the government of the day as its mouthpiece.

For 74 years broadcasting has been used crudely or subtly...

The muffled announcement of PBS’s new CEO, Anton Attard, compounds what is already a problematic situation in terms of freedom of the press in Malta.

The muffled announcement of PBS’s new CEO, Anton...

The sagas of some of the appointments of  PBS executives in recent years strongly suggest political influence at that level too.

The sagas of some of the appointments of  PBS...

Should we be surprised with the hurly-burly that is taking place at the Sliema Local Council?

Should we be surprised with the hurly-burly that is...

The Valletta and Sliema agglomeration is a zone where pollution limits are being exceeded due to the Marsa Power Station and heavy traffic.

The Valletta and Sliema agglomeration is a zone where...

The Australian electoral system could offer a timid first step to break the stagnant Maltese duopoly.

The Australian electoral system could offer a timid first...

I remember someone once telling me, ‘you have to create your own Garden...

I remember someone once telling me, ‘you have to...

Even if the State gives parents vouchers to send their kids to private schools, the fees for extra curricular activities, club memberships and social...

Even if the State gives parents vouchers to send their...

Will Mark Montebello be as outspoken in Saltillo as he was in Malta?

Will Mark Montebello be as outspoken in Saltillo as he...