Scoring an own goal
Carmel Vassallo
Having failed to convince their own constituency of the wisdom of their ways, some of our fellow citizens have taken to trying to sell their view of the world to outsiders
Of cats and perspective bubbles
Raphael Vassallo
How else is a man expected to know it’s time to wake up, without a fuzzy muzzle thrusting itself into his face at the stroke of 7am each day?
[WATCH] How feelings change when targets shift
Saviour Balzan

In his latest video-blog, MediaToday managing editor Saviour Balzan speaks of...

In his latest video-blog, MediaToday managing editor...

When buyer discovers defect, he must take legal action within six months
Malcolm Mifsud

The Magistrates Court upheld a plea of prescription because the buyer of a car found out the defect well before the action was instituted

The Magistrates Court upheld a plea of prescription because...

Marking 500 years since the Reformation

Roman Catholicism regards the Reformation as the cause of an unnecessary schism. However, since the papacy was corrupt and unscriptural, the Reformation...

Roman Catholicism regards the Reformation as the cause of...

Cars do not just crash head-on for no reason
Josanne Cassar

People need to see conclusive police and traffic experts’ reports of the...

People need to see conclusive police and traffic...

A bridge too far...
Raphael Vassallo

Things we criticise or deplore today, may well become the iconic cultural reference points of the future

Things we criticise or deplore today, may well become the...

The fine line between law and business

It is to be noted, for instance, that the draft ‘Lawyers’ Act’, tabled recently, does not include outright restrictions on commercial...

It is to be noted, for instance, that the draft...

Violent delights have violent ends
Evarist Bartolo

Regulation, people-first policies and a checks-and-balances structure has been wrongly, and misleadingly, packaged as needless bureaucracy

Regulation, people-first policies and a checks-and-balances...

How to scuttle your own party
Raphael Vassallo

As has happened on so many other occasions, it is the allegation that makes the story...with the ‘non-existence’ of proof dismissed as an...

As has happened on so many other occasions, it is the...

The political media today
Michael Falzon

The tone of the editorials of the GWU papers has recently become saner and more acceptable to the general public 

The tone of the editorials of the GWU papers has recently...

Politics isn’t always like football
Saviour Balzan

Marlene Farrugia has just done a Nigel Farage

Marlene Farrugia has just done a Nigel Farage

Dirty politics in leadership races are nothing new
Josanne Cassar

What PL leadership contenders did not have to contend with in 2008 was the ease...

What PL leadership contenders did not have to contend with...

Cartoon: 20 August 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

PN debates must give vision

One thing the PN leadership contest should start focusing on is the need to counterbalance Mucat's dominance on a national scale. Electors should be...

One thing the PN leadership contest should start focusing...

Court rules that articles of law need not necessarily be mentioned at the conclusion of a judgment
Malcolm Mifsud

A judgment is not null and void if the Court fails to mention all the articles of law in its conclusion, but are mentioned in other parts of the judgment

A judgment is not null and void if the Court fails to...

Choosing new PN leader wisely

No one has as yet come forward to say they would be willing to give up their seat if so-and-so is elected

No one has as yet come forward to say they would be willing...

Butlers to the cosmopolites? We’ll pay the price
Matthew Vella

Profit rules in Malta’s brave new cosmopolitan future, but we have no...

Profit rules in Malta’s brave new cosmopolitan...

You reap what you sow
Josanne Cassar

Many political pundits and observers had warned that this type of thing was inevitable, but there is no real satisfaction in saying, 'we told you so'

Many political pundits and observers had warned that this...

The story you don’t know about
Evarist Bartolo

The irony of it all is that those who spew hate towards people who escape conflict and violence are among those people who cheer on the same people when they...

The irony of it all is that those who spew hate towards...