Let’s bring compassion back
Josanne Cassar
It is always easy to mock and ridicule a stranger - in fact it can be side-splittingly hilarious - until the day you wake up and it is suddenly happening to you.
Just beat each other up, and get it over with...
Raphael Vassallo
Raphael Vassallo writes: Honestly, I sometimes wonder how an entire political party can collectively take leave of its senses like that.
Don’t dare raise the subject, or else …
Saviour Balzan

People, especially politicians, purposely do not distinguish between perception...

People, especially politicians, purposely do not...

Dignity is what it should be all about

PN candidate Claudio Grech writes: Rather than wasting precious time in petty bickering we should converge our strengths to address these social challenges

PN candidate Claudio Grech writes: Rather than wasting...

Principled proposals

Labour candidate Robert Abela writes: We have to sustain a culture of sharing of responsibilities and all this is based on the fundamental principle of...

Labour candidate Robert Abela writes: We have to sustain a...

I know nothing
Ralph Cassar

Alternattiva Demokratika does not base its campaigns on pet hates and jump on bandwagons at the drop of a hat.

Alternattiva Demokratika does not base its campaigns on pet...

The venerated lobbies

The argument remains that the two perceptions are facing each other as if they were two principles: a vibrant economy against a corrupt government

The argument remains that the two perceptions are facing...

A battle for the switchers

Expect the next weeks to be tense, intense and heated. The parties will ponder whether to unleash pure hell through a negative campaign, or whether there are...

Expect the next weeks to be tense, intense and heated. The...

You can tell a big liar from the small lies | Ryan Callus

PN candidate Ryan Callus writes: Given that this is about the reputation of...

PN candidate Ryan Callus writes: Given that this is about...

Long and winding road

Perhaps we shall have to wait for political parties to look at governance beyond winning elections before we can reduce our national dependence on cars

Perhaps we shall have to wait for political parties to look...

Clearing up confused history

The false accounts of Christian anti-Semitism, persecution of pagans, the Dark Ages, crusading for land, loot and converts monstrosity of the Inquisition,...

The false accounts of Christian anti-Semitism, persecution...

Lease taken over by widow is not a sublease
Malcolm Mifsud

The act of a widow taking over the lease of a butcher shop does not constitute...

The act of a widow taking over the lease of a butcher shop...

Considering not voting? Read on | Mario Mallia

AD candidate Mario Mallia writes: Before you stick your voting document to a...

AD candidate Mario Mallia writes: Before you stick your...

In leaps and bounds, with purpose | Rosianne Cutajar

PL candidate Rosianne Cutajar writes: Let us stay on course to build, step by...

PL candidate Rosianne Cutajar writes: Let us stay on course...

My Little Phoneys
Raphael Vassallo

Either Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil have gotten slightly ahead of themselves, and started smoking marijuana before actually legalising it... or else, my...

Either Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil have gotten...

Anything you can do, I can do better
Josanne Cassar

Social justice means that everyone is given a fair chance of living a decent life, and this does not always mean simply throwing money at a problem, but...

Social justice means that everyone is given a fair chance...

The childcare conundrum

Voters should consider such a proposal not for its allure as ‘yet another freebie’, but for the social purpose it serves for the wider society

Voters should consider such a proposal not for its allure...

Cartoon: 11 May 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Dangerous, ‘Terinu’ politics
Evarist Bartolo

This is a choice between a party which has strong proposals in place and someone who has no idea on how to govern

This is a choice between a party which has strong proposals...

A different campaign
Michael Falzon

The incredible U-turn about this magistrate’s job that was made by the blogger who originally made the allegations, cannot be dismissed as just a...

The incredible U-turn about this magistrate’s job...