A leadership election, without leadership

On both sides of the divide, it seems the one thing that has been conspicuously absent from this leadership debate is - ironically - leadership itself

Surely Fearne kicks himself for not booking the long weekends before Abela

The Skinny | No. 52 • The PM’s weekend breaks

Reply to Tonio Fenech: we need mature reflection in the face of ethical dilemmas

On abortion, assuming that everyone will simply choose whatever suits him or her without considering the full picture, betrays the lack of moral standards we...

On abortion, assuming that everyone will simply choose...

Football: the only game you can win without playing...

Raphael Vassallo

This week, I also discovered that football is a game you can win without even...

This week, I also discovered that football is a game you...

We need to have a plan B which is firmly in place to cater for possible second wave: including a widespread campaign to encourage people to take the influenza...

We need to have a plan B which is firmly in place to cater...

Would we be better off if Prof. Gauci did all of the talking? Oh gods, yes.

The Skinny • No. 36 | Robert Abela’s Interminable Speechifying

The Skinny • No. 36 | Robert Abela’s...

It’s a crisis, all right… but only when it suits us

Raphael Vassallo

What can I say? Good luck with those European negotiations, Dr Abela. Something...

What can I say? Good luck with those European negotiations,...

Michael Falzon

Robert Abela’s immoral tactics may give him some sort of short-term victory, but the long-term damage to Malta’s reputation will have to be borne...

Robert Abela’s immoral tactics may give him some sort...

Can we rethink the economy, post-COVID-19?

Saviour Balzan

The importance of setting just the right tone

Josanne Cassar

Science is about facts. But take away values from humans and we become monsters

Tonio Fenech

When the WHO promotes abortion as a means of population control, camouflaged in terms like reproductive rights, it does not change the science of what is...

When the WHO promotes abortion as a means of population...

Court has wide powers to appoint company administrator

Malcolm Mifsud

The Companies Act allows the Court to have a wide discretion to appoint...

The Companies Act allows the Court to have a wide...

Under COVID-19, over-65s have been unjustly targeted with exclusion from life

It would be more logical to trust responsible adults care about their health, whether 65 or chronically ill, rather than allow this Big Brother...

It would be more logical to trust responsible adults...

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Julia Farrugia

How Europe uses COVID-19 to reinforce a hostile environment in the Mediterranean

The Conversation

Maurice Stierl | In the past, politicians claimed NGO rescuers encouraged migrants to make the journey across the Mediterranean. But migrant departures...

Maurice Stierl | In the past, politicians claimed NGO...

What if there’s no ‘normal’ to go back to?

Raphael Vassallo

People are unpredictable creatures at the best of times… and it is...

People are unpredictable creatures at the best of...

Will the proposed Gozo tunnel count as a tourism corridor? Asking for a friend

The Skinny • No. 35 | Post-COVID tourism corridors

Any rushed re-opening would be ill-advised; as is any consideration of the re-opening of travel corridors for the time being

Any rushed re-opening would be ill-advised; as is any...

Saviour Balzan

The decision to lift restrictions seems to be based on the need to revive the economy and not burden the State with more handouts

The decision to lift restrictions seems to be based on the...

My, how hyper-sensitive we’ve all suddenly become…

Raphael Vassallo

We seem to be living in a country where ‘misogyny’ and...

We seem to be living in a country where...