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Send in the Clowns

Saviour Balzan

When Joseph Muscat won a landslide victory in the 2013 general election, a kind heart left a copy of The Economist magazine on the desk in his office to be.

PN leadership: Why I am contesting | Adrian Delia

Adrian Delia

‘I would like to engender, first and foremost, a discussion in the party that leads to our redefinition as a political force’

Mark Said

Restoring the law course to its former respectable status requires that today’s reality and needs are also taken into consideration

Restoring the law course to its former respectable status...

John Baldacchino

Apart from a degree of addiction, social media does reflect a certain mood in circles which, as one expects, follows specific patterns

Apart from a degree of addiction, social media does reflect...

Social media: The good, the bad and the ugly

Josanne Cassar

And our source for news? These days it is invariably obtained online, in easy...

And our source for news? These days it is invariably...

Breaking the silence: Tackling sexual harassment at the workplace

Renee Laiviera

The workplace should be a safe and healthy environment where individuals feel...

The workplace should be a safe and healthy environment...

Mark Said

The parliamentary sitting of 24 February perhaps illustrated how parliamentary ethics and standards within our House of Representatives, supposedly the most...

The parliamentary sitting of 24 February perhaps...

AI’s so confusing! Which AI tool does what?

Alexiei Dingli

The best approach for those new to AI is to start small - experiment with free...

The best approach for those new to AI is to start small -...

The rich get richer, and the poor voted for them

Josanne Cassar

As Muscat ultimately saw, to his own dismay, anyone can be toppled from their...

As Muscat ultimately saw, to his own dismay, anyone can be...

John Baldacchino

Given our Maltese ways of phonetically flattening or augmenting vowels when speaking English, whenever I teach Kant’s aesthetics of the sublime, I am...

Given our Maltese ways of phonetically flattening or...

We need reproductive justice, not a higher birth rate | Liza Caruana-Finkel

While many claim that Malta is overcrowded and attribute this to migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees, Maltese women are stigmatised and vilified for not...

While many claim that Malta is overcrowded and attribute...

Gallows humour, cancel culture, woke-ism and the right to object to it all

Josanne Cassar

With the latest gallows humour about the notorious case of a little boy named Twanny, who was allegedly brutally murdered by his own mother Giga, even those...

With the latest gallows humour about the notorious case of...

Are acts of God becoming acts of man? | Joseph Zammit McKeon

Phenomena of this nature have for long been considered to be ‘acts of...

Phenomena of this nature have for long been considered to...

The government’s failure: Malta drowning in traffic, the cost of living and lack of vision | Alex Borg

The people are sending a clear message: Life in Malta is becoming harder, and a new direction is needed. The question is will the government listen, or will it...

The people are sending a clear message: Life in Malta is...