The honeymoon is over
Michael Falzon
Protests are many times justified and needed if our democracy is to survive but there is an unintended consequence of their actions: they indirectly add to the despondency of the...
‘Long Live The… Quing!’
Raphael Vassallo
Ah, but with our newly-coined, gender-neutral noun in place… Hey presto! All those linguistic dilemmas are just… GONE. ‘The Quing is dead!  Long live the...
ESG: corporate values that serve the common good
Miriam Dalli

When corporate decisions are embedded in values, financial objectives can still...

When corporate decisions are embedded in values, financial...

Putin single-handedly revived NATO
Frank Psaila

Putin now faces a NATO that is stronger and bigger. Yet, the Kremlin is unlikely to reverse course and Putin is highly unlikely to admit that his was a huge...

Putin now faces a NATO that is stronger and bigger. Yet,...

‘Bouncers can’t police Paceville’; but nor can imaginary policemen…
Raphael Vassallo

When you combine the nature of these ‘random acts of violence’ – in Paceville, and elsewhere – it does appear as though Malta has...

When you combine the nature of these ‘random acts of...

A convenient technicality
Michael Falzon

I rarely join the chorus of those who are always asking for the resignations of people with whom they disagree, but in this case the Attorney General is so...

I rarely join the chorus of those who are always asking for...

As prices keep going up, will our lifestyles eventually come crashing down?
Josanne Cassar

With salaries remaining the same there is only so much you can stretch your pay cheque... for the first time, I am hearing people say that they have simply...

With salaries remaining the same there is only so much you...

A boy-scout cannot win elections
Saviour Balzan

Grech knows he cannot win the next European elections... he lacks gravitas, charisma, rhetorical will-power and the vision to pull the electorate away from...

Grech knows he cannot win the next European elections... he...

No ‘Green Deal’ without pain

The green transition involves readjusting a global energy system - and that includes generating that energy, storing and transporting it

The green transition involves readjusting a global...

Malta’s answer to ‘Roe vs Wade’? ‘Roe(sianne) vs Roe(berta)!’
Raphael Vassallo

Our politicians are beginning to actually touch upon the real issues surrounding abortion, for the very first time. Who knows? Our own ‘Roe(sianne)...

Our politicians are beginning to actually touch upon...

Defending tourists’ right-to-leisure at our expense may as well be etched into our constitution

The Skinny | No 145 – Fried Brains Thriving

The Skinny | No 145 – Fried Brains Thriving

A ‘blunder’ of gargantuan proportions

What happened in court was more than just a classic miscarriage of justice but...

What happened in court was more than just a classic...

Andrea Prudente case: No country for pregnant women
Raphael Vassallo

Here is what Maltese MPs seem intent on telling us: ‘Sorry, but no....

Here is what Maltese MPs seem intent on telling us:...

The PN’s recurring nightmare
Michael Falzon

By opting to be a confessional party – that historically it never was – the PN would be supported by a minority of voters and will never become the...

By opting to be a confessional party – that...

You need to treat people like you expect them to treat you
Josanne Cassar

How can you be making the sign of the cross one minute and spitefully turning...

How can you be making the sign of the cross one minute and...

Legislators are there to legislate: not pontificate

Andrea Prudente was not the first woman who needed protection, and she will...

Andrea Prudente was not the first woman who needed...

Giving our active youth tools to change the world
Cyrus Engerer

We must motivate and encourage engagement. Rather than seeing activism as a...

We must motivate and encourage engagement. Rather than...

Ice world: Antarctica’s riskiest glacier under assault from below
The Conversation

Ice is still ice – it doesn’t move that fast no matter what is...

Ice is still ice – it doesn’t move that fast no...

Fat boomers and their każin-grown enablers ruining the party yet again

The Skinny | No 144 – Karma Comino

The Skinny | No 144 – Karma Comino

‘The dog ate my government’
Raphael Vassallo

In just a few words, Robert Abela effectively exposed the sheer non-existence of a government that allowed itself to be ‘gobbled up’ by the...

In just a few words, Robert Abela effectively exposed the...