Cartoon: 5 March 2017
Cartoon by Mikiel Galea
Securing democracy through education
Evarist Bartolo
Education must prepare students for complexity because that is the reality of our societies
Our electoral system has broken down

Malta cannot afford to go to another election without fixing its flawed electoral system once and for all

Malta cannot afford to go to another election without...

How did we come to this, exactly?
Raphael Vassallo

Not in my wildest dreams did I ever expect to hear such arguments from the leader of Malta’s political Left

Not in my wildest dreams did I ever expect to hear such...

Fiddling with the system is a way of life
Josanne Cassar

It is bad enough for a childcare centre to screw the taxpayer out of money, but...

It is bad enough for a childcare centre to screw the...

Cartoon: 30 November 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

A fish and a monkey enter a classroom
Evarist Bartolo

Different children are asked to sit down for the same lesson and examination, then they aare branded disobedient when they become frustrated and act out during...

Different children are asked to sit down for the same...

A vote of confidence

The proposed measures for retailers are testament to our over-riding economic policy which is driven by the nurturing of talent, the accelerated growth of...

The proposed measures for retailers are testament to our...

Education is an end in itself

The new system promises to be more inclusive, and to restore the dignity of vocational subjects that were previously downgraded within the educational...

The new system promises to be more inclusive, and to...

‘Every vote counts’, my foot
Raphael Vassallo

Don’t bother knocking on my door come election time before you reform this rotten system into something that actually resembles a functional...

Don’t bother knocking on my door come election time...

It must be the Byzantines!
Michael Falzon

The Byzantines came and left so many years ago but their guile seems to have lingered all these years

The Byzantines came and left so many years ago but...

The underdog
Saviour Balzan

Many of those who still run the institutions have not been removed not because of some ‘taghna lkoll’ diktat, but simply because the term in...

Many of those who still run the institutions have not been...

Water off a duck’s back
Josanne Cassar

It is a sad state of affairs that so many people feel that as long as they have money in their pockets, they are willing to close an eye to governmental...

It is a sad state of affairs that so many people feel that...

Cartoon: 27 November 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Will history absolve Fidel Castro?
James Debono

Fidel represented all the great hopes and disappointments of the left in the 20th century, an inspiration for those striving for a better world,...

Fidel represented all the great hopes and...

Fidel Castro (1926-2016): Charismatic revolutionary leader who defied the odds
Peter Mayo

Academic Peter Mayo's obituary on the leader of the 1959 Cuban revolution and the legacy of el jefe máximo

Academic Peter Mayo's obituary on the leader of the...

Is it the parish or the parish priest?
Malcolm Mifsud

When a group of farmers filed the lawsuit against the Nadur parish priest, the defendants filed a statement of defence saying that they have no judicial...

When a group of farmers filed the lawsuit against the Nadur...

Europe: problems to the left of it, problems to the right

The truth is that the EU is not working well for every European nation

The truth is that the EU is not working well for every...

No such thing as free
Josanne Cassar

The reluctance to pay for PRS betrays a general attitude towards intellectual property, a belittlement of people’s talent, as if to imply that the...

The reluctance to pay for PRS betrays a general...

Tax cuts are not the only answer

Tax cuts for middle earners may make a lot of political sense, but it remains a traditional approach to an issue which would be better confronted with...

Tax cuts for middle earners may make a lot of political...