Shunning our history
Josanne Cassar
We can just about hold it together to discuss the 1960s, but the closer we verge towards the 70s and the Mintoff years, the more people lose their heads
Still living next door to Alice...
Raphael Vassallo
The moment party politics touches any issue, no matter how remotely, another form of logic immediately takes the upper hand
It’s now a ‘two-speed Europe’, no matter what
Raphael Vassallo

The thing we call “the European Union” will no longer be quite the...

The thing we call “the European Union” will no...

Don’t underestimate the power of the female vote
Josanne Cassar

The female voice (and potential vote) can be a very powerful tool indeed, and...

The female voice (and potential vote) can be a very...

Spare a penny for slumdog
Matthew Vella

Should a formidable sense of humour and national adulation grant us the licence to solicit charity while seemingly enjoying a pass to privately take the piss...

Should a formidable sense of humour and national adulation...

Not to appoint cronies
Evarist Bartolo

The time has come to start thinking of raising the bar on our standards and reform our existing practice and process when appointing a chair of a key...

The time has come to start thinking of raising the bar...

Positions of trust: a  constitutional quagmire
Kevin Aquilina

The PSC concluded that mechanisms need to be put in place to ensure that...

The PSC concluded that mechanisms need to be put in place...

It dangles by a thread
Frank Psaila

Populism is a sordid game which weakens every politician that plays it and has devastating effects on the country and its people

Populism is a sordid game which weakens every politician...

Cartoon: 21 June 2016

Malta in 2016: blesses tax avoidance and bans on morning after pills...

Malta in 2016: blesses tax avoidance and bans on morning...

Open letter to C. Attard, who wants to ‘expose feminist narratives for the lies that they are’

An open letter letter from our secret academic ‘K.B.’ to the student of psychology Christopher Attard, who spoke out against ‘the lies of...

An open letter letter from our secret academic...

‘Remain’ remains the sensible choice

The 'remain' campaign may win the battle on purely factual grounds

The 'remain' campaign may win the battle on...

The travails of Maltese justice
Michael Falzon

Two and a half years after the Justice Reform Commission finalised its recommendations, most of them are gathering dust

Two and a half years after the Justice Reform Commission...

It’s not a ban, and it’s not abortion, either
Raphael Vassallo

The pharmaceutical product known as the ‘morning after pill’ is not...

The pharmaceutical product known as the ‘morning...

Confused? Just a little bit
Saviour Balzan

This is a small country with limited resources and scarce vocations and experience. Can NGOs afford to be so dispersed, so fragmented and unfocused?

This is a small country with limited resources and scarce...

The morning after the night before
Josanne Cassar

Many women are already practising some form of birth control from the Pill to the coil to asking the man to use a condom – all methods used to prevent...

Many women are already practising some form of birth...

Golf course at Bahar ic-Caghaq

The government should consider the great potential that the stretch of land at Bahar ic-Caghaq

The government should consider the great potential that the...

To grin and bear it

I have always been on the defensive replying to Mr Guillaumier’s incessant vociferous unholy crusade

I have always been on the defensive replying to Mr...

Do British expats wish to remain in the EU?

"I sincerely hope that come 24 June I will be able to enjoy my favourite...

"I sincerely hope that come 24 June I will be able to...

Questionable development at St Peter’s Pool

At St Peter’s Pool there are farmhouses that do not respect the original...

At St Peter’s Pool there are farmhouses that do not...

The two extra seats

I am not against that one day, the sooner the better, one or more members of the Greens will be in Parliament

I am not against that one day, the sooner the better, one...