Are we are sleepwalking into an educational abyss? | Louis Naudi
Can we continue to ignore this debate? A workforce possessing these thinking tools is a necessity for a Maltese society capable of evolving.
16-year-olds running the country? Maybe it’s not such a bad idea, after all…
Raphael Vassallo
Ah, but can we say the same for all the ‘adult politicians’, that we vote for in each and every election? No, I didn’t think so, either…
The statistical facade
James Debono

The stats produced by the anti divorce movement are a façade for strong religious convictions like those expressed by Eddie Fenech Adami on Thursday.

The stats produced by the anti divorce movement are a...

Anticipating events
David Friggieri

Any intellectual worth his salt should channel his energy into bringing about a new political event even when it is impossible to predict what precise form...

Any intellectual worth his salt should channel his energy...

The door’s over there...
Raphael Vassallo

Personally I can think of several cogent reasons for Austin Gatt to resign, and not one of them has anything to do with divorce.

Personally I can think of several cogent reasons for...

Actions that define us
Caroline Muscat

As with other small nation states, Malta’s foreign policy has never really mattered much to anyone except the country’s inflated egos.

As with other small nation states, Malta’s foreign...

Ministers' allowances was an administrative mess
Michael Falzon

The payment of an allowance equivalent to a proposed higher rate of MPs'...

The payment of an allowance equivalent to a proposed...

Dear Jean Pierre, why the hell did you waste our time?
Saviour Balzan

This great farce confirms one thing.  The weakness of our political...

This great farce confirms one thing.  The weakness...

Debating with the No movement
Michael Briguglio

The setting up of a ‘no to divorce’ movement is good: debate is essential in a democracy.

The setting up of a ‘no to divorce’ movement...

Tunisia: Our silence, their courage
James Debono

As Tunisians were marching for democracy and getting killed, Europe looked the other way only to discover when it was too late, that the revolution had...

As Tunisians were marching for democracy and getting...

Before divorce come the family priorities
Saviour Balzan

Is divorce the real priority right now, or should we be looking closely at...

Is divorce the real priority right now, or should we be...

A global crisis, a national problem
James Debono

While the economic crisis is global, the political crisis is a national problem. Blaming the government for the rise in the price of fuel is dishonest. But...

While the economic crisis is global, the political crisis...

Billboard island
David Friggieri

Perhaps the most fascinating thing about driving around Cuba is the sight of those wonderfully artistic billboards and murals which are erected along the...

Perhaps the most fascinating thing about driving around...

School hours must be extended
James Debono

21st century  trade unions should be defending working mothers by rallying outside the education ministry demanding extended school hours and better...

21st century  trade unions should be defending...

Paul Vincenti should get a life
James Debono

Why does Gift of Life, a marginal group of loony bigots who would like us to celebrate our birthday nine months earlier, elicit such a strong revulsion in...

Why does Gift of Life, a marginal group of loony bigots...

Grit blasting at the docks
James Debono

Maybe it's better to let polluting, heavy industries die a natural death than prolong their lives by a race to the bottom in social and environmental...

Maybe it's better to let polluting, heavy...

A providential new year
Saviour Balzan

The class issue will dominate the debate in 2011.  Whether anyone will care about this new reality is another matter altogether

The class issue will dominate the debate in 2011. ...

Qui-si-sana blues
Michael Falzon

The charge that MEPA is trying to make a new Paceville out of Qui-si-sana is ludicrous.

The charge that MEPA is trying to make a new Paceville...

Where do threatened women go if not the police?
Archiving our life: my proposal
James Debono

I would like to propose the setting up of a national memory vault consisting of interviews conducted with everyone who makes it past their 70th birthday.

I would like to propose the setting up of a national...