Minimum wage and social justice | Rafel Grima

The gap between the haves and the have-nots in Malta is growing, and it has been exacerbated by the exponential increase in rental fees

Apparatchiks and the problems of Maltese democracy | Kurt Borg

As a country, we need to destroy this political idolatry, to stop opportunistically defending the indefensible, or be too late in condemning it.

Vision of the future: Vaccine. Remote work. Maskless and drunk after pub crawl. Repeat

The Skinny • No. 68 – Death to 2020

One would surely have assumed that the justice system is, in fact, robust enough to avoid being unduly influenced by such observations

One would surely have assumed that the justice system is,...

Raphael Vassallo

One of the things that made 2020 such an awful year to live through (apart from COVID-19, and all the rest of it) was the realisation that humanity has, in...

One of the things that made 2020 such an awful year to live...

Michael Falzon

Post-truth is an invention of the powerful, not the powerless. It comes from the top, specifically with the intent to undermine the truth that may be...

Post-truth is an invention of the powerful, not the...

Saviour Balzan

Today, I am taking a step back. It is not a question of age. I am not dumping Mediatoday of course. But I will be doing solely what I have been doing for a...

Today, I am taking a step back. It is not a question of...

Josanne Cassar

Will it not be much worse in the long run to give people false hope and have all their expectations dashed if normality is not restored as quickly as he has...

Will it not be much worse in the long run to give people...

Over and above the immediate urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic, we also need to start talking about a return to some form of institutional normality...

Over and above the immediate urgency of the COVID-19...

There is no legal right to parking in front of one’s home

Malcolm Mifsud

There is no legal right for anyone to object to road markings on the ground...

There is no legal right for anyone to object to road...

2020: A lot of positive work overshadowed by COVID-19 | Josianne Cutajar

COVID-19 may have dominated the news in 2020 but a lot of good work was carried out by the European Parliament in the past 12 months

COVID-19 may have dominated the news in 2020 but a lot of...

Kurt Sansone

In a year dominated by COVID-19, children’s lives changed as much as ours but they also displayed a resilience that many parents, including myself, may...

In a year dominated by COVID-19, children’s lives...

Aaron Farrugia

As a government, we are committed to ensuring that sustainability remains at...

As a government, we are committed to ensuring that...

Was Jesus really born in Bethlehem? Why Gospels disagree | Rodolfo Galvan Estrada

The Conversation

Today, genealogies may bring more awareness of one’s family medical history or help uncover lost family members. In the Greco-Roman era, birth stories...

Today, genealogies may bring more awareness of one’s...

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Malta’s temple-builders at least had the excuse of pre-literate...

Malta’s temple-builders at least had the excuse of...

We got an actual vaccine trailer. Pity Michael Bay was in Malta only so many years ago

The Skinny | No. 67 – Vaccine: The Trailer

Michael Falzon

Without entering into the merits of Rosianne Cutajar’s tryst with the business classes, I cannot but comment that such ‘improbable’ links are...

Without entering into the merits of Rosianne...

Josanne Cassar

Malta’s Got Talent is just that... if these shows can bring some happiness to people stuck at home at a time when they need to come together... then they...

Malta’s Got Talent is just that... if these shows can...

A murder that unravelled the ugliness of our political system

Saviour Balzan

If allowed, Yorgen Fenech could drag the entire house of cards down...

If allowed, Yorgen Fenech could drag the entire...

COVID-19 also reminded us of what is truly important

The coronavirus pandemic is a reminder of how public goods and services must...

The coronavirus pandemic is a reminder of how public goods...