Our faith in the institutions
Malcolm Mifsud
The fact there is so much mistrust in the institutions has turned into the Prime Minister’s main headache. Calling for us to unite behind them, when he knows that there is...
Upholding human decency
Evarist Bartolo
This is not about just one journalist, it’s an affront to the liberties and freedoms we all hold dear, as long as we are not selective in our definition of freedom of...
On changing the PN, tread carefully
Manuel Delia

Manuel Delia has seen 15 years of political action up close. Now, the man ‘who messed up the buses’ says it is time for the PN to rebuild the...

Manuel Delia has seen 15 years of political action up...

Behind Muscat’s victory – winning people’s hearts
Paul A. Bartolo

Professor of psychology Paul A. Bartolo explains that Muscat’s landslide...

Professor of psychology Paul A. Bartolo explains that...

Campaign strategy? What strategy?
Raphael Vassallo

The PN seemed to seriously think that attacking Joseph Muscat, on its own, would somehow magically translate into support for their own party

The PN seemed to seriously think that attacking Joseph...

The dark side of the PN
Michael Falzon

It was no surprise, therefore, that the party machine would do its utmost to trip Claudio Grech by plotting his ‘downfall’: his not being...

It was no surprise, therefore, that the party machine would...

What we learnt from this election
Josanne Cassar

The Xarabank debate between Muscat and Busuttil will go down in history as one of the worst examples of political debates I have ever seen

The Xarabank debate between Muscat and Busuttil will go...

Lighting a flame
Saviour Balzan

The PN needs to kick start the process of seeing what it should stand for. Failure to do so will render it irrelevant

The PN needs to kick start the process of seeing what it...

Cartoon: 11 June 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Missing Labour’s ground game

Political observers and the press may have refused to acknowledge how normal lives were being affected by public policy, missing Labour’s ground game

Political observers and the press may have refused to...

Arrogant denial of scientific truth

President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement is simply an arrogant abrogation of science and cooperation

President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw...

Confusion in products is unfair competition
Malcolm Mifsud

The fact that one gas distributor also filled the gas cylinders of competitors...

The fact that one gas distributor also filled the gas...

Franco Debono for PN leader? Excellent idea!
Raphael Vassallo

What the PN needs now are good ideas. And Franco Debono is literally swimming...

What the PN needs now are good ideas. And Franco Debono is...

How social media skewed an election campaign
Josanne Cassar

 On the eve of the election people were receiving warning messages and...

 On the eve of the election people were receiving...

Cartoon: 7 June 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Country deserves strong opposition

The PN should not rush into electing a new leadership but should instead give itself the necessary time to go through an intense soul-searching exercise

The PN should not rush into electing a new leadership but...

Heal the divide
Raphael Vassallo

I would like to think it is not beyond our collective capabilities to come together and thrash out this national, endemic problem of ours. But we do have to...

I would like to think it is not beyond our collective...

The lessons to be learnt

This country needs a strong opposition to counter an administration that has had an unprecedented second landslide

This country needs a strong opposition to counter an...

Saying it as it is: Part 2
Saviour Balzan

In this great charade, anybody who questioned the veracity of these stories was called a Joseph Muscat ass licker or a stooge of the State. No one was...

In this great charade, anybody who questioned the veracity...

Even this tense election had light moments
Josanne Cassar

There were the occasional moments when we still managed to muster a smile. And...

There were the occasional moments when we still managed to...