Heatwaves, an overloaded electricity grid and power cuts: Is this the new abnormal?
Josanne Cassar
I doubt anyone will resign over this, because the ability to say ‘I was wrong and I will take the blame’ is somehow lacking in our politicians’ DNA
Fiasco
Saviour Balzan
The fiasco at Enemalta was perhaps in synch with the management disaster of the Jean Paul Sofia case
What is the Nationalist Party?
James Debono

A Nationalist local councilor defies conservative homophobes by kissing his partner during the pride march. And in a re-edition of the 1960s...

A Nationalist local councilor defies conservative...

The ST Microelectronics bungle
Michael Falzon

Government bungled its timing when it announced it is subsidising new investment at STM a few days before workers voted in a referendum on an austerity...

Government bungled its timing when it announced it is...

Pull the other one, Carm
Raphael Vassallo

The only values this country has ever upheld are those of avarice and hypocrisy. I certainly do not endorse either.

The only values this country has ever upheld are those of...

Zero-sum politics and divorce
James Debono

Do rainbow coalitions in a two party system offer any chance of divorce being introduced or will the opposites simply cancel each other out as happens in a...

Do rainbow coalitions in a two party system offer any...

A believer... or an unbeliever?
Carmen Sammut

During dinner conversations, journalists should also refrain from discussing their sources.

During dinner conversations, journalists should also...

Is government controlling renewable energy to safeguard Enemalta’s ‘interests’?
Michael Falzon

The lack of Independent power providers is hampering our quest to reach renewable energy targets

The lack of Independent power providers is hampering our...

No Speakeasy  about drink-driving
Frank Portelli

Lower the present legal limit for alcohol

Lower the present legal limit for alcohol

Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando drops his bombshell on Gonzi and Muscat
James Debono

The Nationalist MP's bombshell on the political landscape has put both...

The Nationalist MP's bombshell on the political...

A triumph for German diversity
James Debono

Football teaches us a fundamental lesson. Belonging to a nation nowadays has more to do with inclusive citizenship than with blood.

Football teaches us a fundamental lesson. Belonging to a...

The habit of quotations
Carmen Sammut

Some shocking claims and innuendos are used as bait for bigger audiences. Healthy debates are unlikely to ensue in this dangerous scenario

Some shocking claims and innuendos are used as bait for...

Protecting our national patrimony
Michael Falzon

Buying back objects of artistic or historical importance at their selling price makes sense

Buying back objects of artistic or historical importance...

Parliamentary Privilege, abused
Frank Portelli

A modern democracy requires a transparent parliament – not only a transparent government – but also a transparent opposition.

A modern democracy requires a transparent parliament...

Come on, Alan, get on with your job
Saviour Balzan

Camilleri should start taking his job seriously instead of worrying over the type of wedding ring on one’s finger

Camilleri should start taking his job seriously instead...

Herding people into the private sector
Toni Abela

We are facing a scenario where public services fail to deliver what has already been paid during the lifetime of a person, and people having to seek private...

We are facing a scenario where public services fail to...

Perpetuating an anomaly
James Debono

Giving gay couples and separated cohabitees the same rights as cohabiting brothers and sisters will not bring about equality but will perpetuate the Maltese...

Giving gay couples and separated cohabitees the same...

Medicine prices: patients before profits
Frank Portelli

Why didn’t the dog bark ? It's a curious incident

Why didn’t the dog bark ? It's a curious...

Monkey business
Toni Abela

What came to my mind when MEPA chairman Austin Walker compared himself to an expensive car...

What came to my mind when MEPA chairman Austin Walker...

Ramming civil society
Carmen Sammut

Our civil society has its owls, its peacocks, and its foxes too.... Critical voices are not an unnecessary nuisance; they may contribute to enrich our...

Our civil society has its owls, its peacocks, and its...