Back to the stone age
Saviour Balzan
The answer to our infrastructural woes are not going to be climate change agencies but action and decision-making based on the premise  that this small island nation has...
Before ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’, there were... ‘The Powerpuff Girls’! (Part One)
Raphael Vassallo
The upshot, of course, is that both Barbie, and The Powerpuff Girls, ended up serving a purpose that was far removed from the intentions of their respective creators. The former...
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...

White Rocks? √  Just do it!
Frank Portelli

There are many critics of the White Rocks project: I say just do it!

There are many critics of the White Rocks project: I say...

Not just expensive. But shameless too.
Saviour Balzan

If I were Austin Walker I would have tried to find another explanation for receiving a salary of €93,000 a year

If I were Austin Walker I would have tried to find...

Solving the summer half-days issue
Michael Falzon

Rather than abolishing half-days, a more flexible system should be adopted

Rather than abolishing half-days, a more flexible system...

AD’s threshold is too low, but they are right on reform
James Debono

Wholesome electoral reform based on strict proportionality coupled with a...

Wholesome electoral reform based on strict...

Let us remember the meaning of 'conflict of interest'
Carmen Sammut

At some point PBS, contracted WE to produce reliable public service content:...

At some point PBS, contracted WE to produce reliable...

Salini - more than a pinch of salt
Frank Portelli

Here's an idea for the Salini sukkursu: a museum dedicated to salt

Here's an idea for the Salini sukkursu: a museum...

Blackboard bungle
Raphael Vassallo

It is simply not the business of a school exam – regardless of the subject – to interfere with teenagers’ perceptions of their own physical...

It is simply not the business of a school exam –...

Dishing out public land
James Debono

Malta has a history of public land being sold at a pittance to private developers. Will the White Rocks development be any different?

Malta has a history of public land being sold at a...

'What's the difference between tax evasion and tax avoidance?'
Frank Portelli

Can we achieve a ‘Mediterranean’ target of tax compliance that...

Can we achieve a ‘Mediterranean’ target of...

The silence of the lambs
Toni Abela

The real problems of people are overshadowed by national controversies, and politicians find rather convenient not knowing what they should know.

The real problems of people are overshadowed by national...

Journalism and PR should not mix
Carmen Sammut

We are experiencing highly unethical situations where some journalists are literally selling their unwitting audiences for a price

We are experiencing highly unethical situations where...

The man who sold the Eiffel Tower
Frank Portelli

  And the greatest medical hoax of all time...

  And the greatest medical hoax of all time...